Did you know I was in a Star Trek novel? Two actually. Both are by Andy Mangels and his writing partner, Michael A. Martin. The first is Last Full Measure, and you can read about how I came to be in the book here. The second is called The Good That Men Do. I happened [...]
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I Might Owe Brent Spiner $100
So, earlier today, Brent Spiner was talking about auctioning off his 400th Tweet. Instead, he posted a Groucho Marx quote. Then: “You can never go wrong with a good Groucho line. But, I will be auctioning the 500th. Best offer I got-$10. Not nearly enough.” When I saw this, I posted: @brentspiner I’ll give you [...]
TNG Title Geekdom
So I was about to watch something on the history of hardware stores, when I noticed TNG had just started on Sci-Fi! So I switched over, and within 15 seconds, I knew the title of the episode. Literally, only three lines were said before I knew it. And this wasn’t Unification or Relics or Encounter [...]
Star Trek Experience
We had a great time last night at the Star Trek Experience! I was practically skipping through the casino of the Las Vegas Hilton, following the signs to the attraction. We bought our tickets first, and then went downstairs to Quark’s Bar to get dinner. We decided to be brave and order a full-size Warp [...]
Picard Insanity
I was going to put this in tomorrow’s quicklinks, but I decided it was worth its own post, especially because you have to do this in order. These are all YouTube videos. First, check out Patrick Stewart Alphabet, which I found thanks to hobbitblue. Next, go to The Picard Song. You might want to turn [...]
Shore Leave Wrapup
I had a pretty good time at Shore Leave despite being sick and alone. First, a rundown of who I interpreted for this weekend. I had William Schallert and Antoinette Bower on Friday night, and on Saturday I interpreted for Amanda Tapping, Carmen Argenziano, Corin Nemec, and Connor Trinneer. Today I had all of them [...]
Last Full Measure
I’m in a Star Trek novel called Last Full Measure! How did it happen? Read on!
Just a Geek, Autographed
I have to admit it. I love Wil Wheaton. I had no idea the geeky teenager on TNG was a geek in real life, and I admire him. I have read his blog off and on, and I see all the comments, so I know a lot of other people feel the same way I [...]
NonFicWriMo #17: Sci-Fi Convention Interpreting
In a bit of a departure from my encyclopedia-style non-fiction writing, today I’m going to describe my typical experience as an interpreter at a science fiction convention. This weekend will be my sixth trip to the Hunt Valley Inn north of Baltimore for the purposes of interpreting; I attended the same convention once or twice [...]
NonFicWriMo #11: Gene Roddenberry
Known to millions of Star Trek fans around the world as the “Great Bird of the Galaxy,” Gene Roddenberry was the creator of one of the most successful franchises ever created. (“Great Bird” was a nickname stemming from a mythological creature from an episode of the original Star Trek.)
