Geek

  • Cool

    “You should really thank The Big Bang Theory for making geeks like you cool.” I stammered in response and finally offered up a fairly well thought out, “uh huh”  right after I did a quick age check to confirm what I already suspected, that I really was too old to care about whether I’m cool.…

  • An Interview

    I was stopped in the hall today and asked if I’d mind being interviewed for the school paper.  Ok, so it may have been the office newsletter. Potato potato (err… that sounds so much better in my head.) Who can keep up with these things? You’d think saying, “yes” wouldn’t be particularly difficult.  However, I…

  • Imagine Greater? I Can’t Imagine Worse

    Let’s start with a story… Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was sitting on some bleachers in a studio full of my fellow co-workers staring at a music stand draped with a black cloth. Beneath that cloth lurked our new company slogan and beside it stood our beaming CEO eagerly waiting to…

  • Beth vs. Trek

    With the latest Star Trek movie out, I’ve been trying to work out how to write about my take on Star Trek and Science Fiction in general. I’ve always had a soft spot for Science Fiction, thanks to my father. We spent countless hours watching Star Trek with Kirk rolling around, his shirt half torn…

  • My Battlestar Friends

    Don’t forget about the BSG Webisodes before the premiere (January 16) like I did. Episode #7 comes out tomorrow at noon. Plus, by virtue of being behind, you get to repeatedly see the latest trailer for the Underworld Movie – Rise of the Lycans. Sure, the first five times I saw it, I was all…

  • Who is Dawn?

    When I post on the Big Blue Mess I assume a certain level of geekery from my handful of readers and I completely forget that there are those of you who haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about. While I try to remember to include links, a few things get through the cracks and…

  • Box Dawn

    Come to think of it, I do have a story from the convention. I conned everyone into attending the Dawn Look-Alike contest, which I had remembered as being highly entertaining from two years before when Anthony Daniels (C3PO) hosted. When we got there, we’d just come from a lovely dinner, which originally was just going…

  • So Say We All!

    I don’t have a lot of “stories” from Dragon Con. Sure, there was the gal that made it her personal mission to scream at all 70,000 attendees as they made their way up the stairs at the Marriott. She was delightful – had a great set of lungs – and when I say “lungs”, I…

  • Kendra vs. The Angry Little Troll

    P8300162Originally uploaded by thekie Here’s Kendra’s shot where she upset the angry little troll that guarded Edward James Olmos. What you miss by just the picture is the woman hollering at Kendra to knock it off; it was priceless. On a side note – the other celebrities who didn’t want to have their photos taken…

  • April’s A-Twitter About Dragon Con

    We got back from DragonCon today – for a quick glimpse at a few of the happenings, check out April’s Twitter. Just a quick “who we ran into”: Chatted up Jerry Doyle who was lamenting the Hilton’s bar not being open at 11:30am. Stood next to James Hong at our hotel’s buffet; all I could…