I’m a Saint Louis Cardinals fan. Cubs fans receive nothing but mockery from me, Royals fans, even more. Some might wonder why I’m such an ass to people that are fans of different baseball franchises. Why should I care? They don’t know me, the players would leave in a heartbeat for more money if it […]
As a fan of the Star Trek franchise – and in keeping with Star Trek Week here at IoM – I thought it might be prudent to do a few entries on Star Trek. Since I am just as much a whore as any other geek, I’ll use this opportunity to talk about some of […]
If you’ve ever wanted to see a bunch of geeks in one place, check your local listings for conventions. Gaming, anime, science fiction or just a mixture of all kinds of geek related culture. Depending on the size and the theme of the convention, you can see quite a few different aspects of the geek […]
I may get a few phone calls for this one… Proper geeks will know all the big names in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Tolkien, Roddenberry, Heinlein and dozens of other writers, producers and directors who feed the geek DVD and book shelf. In our modern day, we have a man by the name of Joss […]
There is a phenomenon that I’ve noticed in the geek culture. I’ve watched the first Season of Heroes and part of the second. It started to slow down and I felt my time could be better spent drinking cheap booze and watching infomercials. Now, however, I hear about Season 3 of Heroes on a regular […]
I have a dark secret. I’m not a real geek. I’ve tried to be, I really have. I played D&D, watched a lot of Star Trek, gotten into arguments about Return of the Jedi being the best Star Wars movie. I’ve been to conventions, ran games, expressed outrage at the canceling of Firefly, all kinds […]