Posts Tagged Star Trek
Geek Blog – SpoCon 2011
August 12, 13 and 14 of 2011 was the Annual SpoCon: Spokane, Washington’s geek-fest. The GeekWife and I took a mini-vacation away from the LittleGeeks for some play of our own.
We might have disrupted a Space/Time Continuum or two....
I was out of town for work Friday, so we didn’t start our escapade until early Saturday afternoon. I’ll admit, this was my first Con, so I was a tad anxious. The Con offered many choices for entertainment and education. Workshops for CosPlayers, LAN Gaming, Board Gaming, writers’ workshops, a Masquerade and Rave as well as an Art Show/Auction – options, options!
We arrived at Spokane’s DoubleTree hotel sometime after lunch and as we navigated the crowds toward the front desk for checkin, we were greeted by a young man in full Ultramarine Power Armor! Farther down the hall sat Boushh, presumably enjoying a short break in the tides. After check-in, GeekWife and I hurried to our room at the 11th floor and quickly changed into our Con garb. Geekwife had created an excellent corset by weaving together a ton of WoW cards (doubles of doubles, and alliance to boot, she assures me). I donned my favorite costume: the Jedi Robes. We then promptly headed back downstairs to see what it was all about.
365 Challenge – Day 023
“Get over here!” just doesn’t do this image justice.
"Come here!"
Whenever I get fancy bookends, I struggle to decide what goes between them. Do I take the Sword of Truth series from the shelf? The Star Trek hardcovers? Shannara? Deathstalker? Graphic novels or RPG manuals? The list goes on. I figure my Tolkien collection deserves a special spot, but why stop with just one copy? You can tell I love these works by the state of the books. In that stack shown above, are the paperbacks my father handed down to me when I was just eight – I’ve read them every summer since. The only ones missing are my collection of Tolkien’s letters and his translation of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” – which is on a different shelf, dedicated to medieval poetry.
I’ll admit, I have yet to read “The Return of the Shadow” or “The Treason of Isengard” — the summer is young yet.
-SnowytheGeek
*Bonus points if you identified the Lego minifig as Raistlin Majere, after he switched to the black.
365 Challenge – Day 017 “Imzadi”
"Imzadi"
Day 017, aside from being one of my five lucky numbers, is dedicated to my GeekWife, the Imzadi in my life. Imzadi is a Betazoid term describing the spiritual, physical and mental connection one has for their first True Love. My wedding band creates the heart-shaped shadow in the spine of the novel, and you can almost read its inscription “You are my World”.
I love you, GeekWife.
-SnowytheGeek
Geek Blog – Words Hurt
Words of advice to “keep our future janitors and sports reporters in school just long enough so they don’t become a burden on our tax system.” Don’t be a GeekBully
Words Hurt, so bite your tongues, fellow geeks. Just once a day.
-SnowytheGeek [via GaS]
365 Challenge – Day 015
A new, geeky entry in my 365 Challenge. I found myself playing with some of my cube-toys and thought it pertinent to snap a photo.
Day015 - A Geek's Desk is Also His Playroom
-SnowytheGeek
Geek Blog – How I Feel Today
Yup, it’s that time of year again. My Birthday. The kid in me hopes for lots of toys, sweets and fun, but the decrepid old man that I’ve become just wants some peace and quiet. I’m only a few years from my 2nd midlife crisis and only a few steps beyond that is the “get off my lawn” stage. I can totally relate to the following video, an alternate (yet official) video for Bruno Mars’ “Lazy Song”.
-SnowytheGeek [via YT]
Geek Blog – Being White and Nerdy is all about Data
Weird Al’s cover video of “Riding Dirty” is epically adequate. YT users GeneralGrin takes it to another level (not sure if it’s the next level or not, but it’s something else.
Data does love to roll with the gangsters.
-SnowytheGeek [via Neatorama]