k8black, ninja – purple Hearts that Flourish shawl test knit – http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/mia-rinde-design/2245257/1-25#1 – Geek Pride: JK Rowling, Harry Potter Scarlettkitten, ninja red ninja – http://www.ravelry.com/projects/scarlettkitten/ninja – Intellectual: “Tonight you have learned the final and greatest truth of the Ninja: that ultimate mastering comes not from the body, but from the mind.” – Splinter, Ninja Turtles, 1990 Marianasays/1-Up Rainy Day Socks – http://www.ravelry.com/projects/marianasays/rainy-day-socks – Intellectual: “Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” Frank Howard Clark – Team Spirit tie-in: Rain in Minecraft AND Slubby Sheep Yarn – http://www.ravelry.com/people/marianasays/stash/slubby-sheep – Geek Pride: Notch AKA Markus Persson – Colors represent the different environment blocks of minecraft, his creation. The blocks are used by the player to create landscapes, and yarn is used to create garments and other things. Tsuki, Hellmouth Eva’s Shawl in Summer Berries http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Tsuki/evas-shawl – Scientific: the double-slit experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment – Unity = “something blue” – “Buffy admits to Willow that she feels “real love and passion have to go hand in hand with pain and fighting” and that says a lot about lace knitting to me. – the shawl I was trying to remember is Haruni Kryslyn, Squints Tiny chicken and cupcake http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Krislyn/tiny-chickens – Nerd Culture: Petting zoo – feed things to animals like cupcakes to chickens – Team Spirit tie-in: In CSI episode season 8, episode 16 “Two and a Half Deaths”, the vic has a rubber chicken shoved down her throat, and obviously that is where cupcakes go TheLostSkeleton, 1-Up orange bowl http://www.ravelry.com/projects/TheLostSkeleton/the-orange-bowl – Nerd Culture: Going for a walk in the city, traffic cone orange. – Team Spirit tie-in – the Orange Box C-three, Writer red baby afghan – Nerd Culture: Leaf peeping – to see the red leaves – Team Spirit tie-in: Andrew Marlowe is the creator of Castle, and he and wife Terri Miller have two children. I bet they’d like this for their kids and red matches the blood/ink for the pen in the logo of the show. LadyKatka, Bazinga aardvark: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aardvark Contributions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! Nerd Wars Podcast, E13   Subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher!