Driving home from school the other day, stuck in traffic downtown, I noticed the car in front of me, some sort of black SUV Acura, had one of those frames around it’s license plate that read, “Starfleet Reality.” I thought to myself, “That can’t be a Star Trek reference… or can it?”
It was.
When I got home, I looked up StarfleetReality.com. At first glance, the website looked pretty normal and trekless. And then I read the about page.
“At Starfleet Realty, our prime directive is to provide state-of-the-art customer service. We believe in the beauty of the human spirit and we are firmly committed to treating everyone with respect and dignity… Although it is a big planet, we will help you find your place in it.”
A few days later, I was at school again and parked outside the art buildings guess what car I saw! The same black Acura with the Starfleet Realty frame around its license plate! ZOMG! Shit, why didn’t I take a picture of it!?!! I’m thinking I should probably leave a note on the car if I ever see it again. I’d love to talk to them, or whoever they know from the company. I do kind of wish they just would have gone all out with their trekdom, instead of hiding bit and pieces of it on their about page. You know, like those Star Trek dentists in Trekkies. That would be awesome!
“Wondering just how bad the current financial situation is? Apparently so bad that it’ll take superhuman resources to fix it. And, more worryingly, the people who’re saying that are the self-styled financial experts. Translation: We’re all screwed.
Admittedly, that’s probably not the reaction that LendingTree, the online lending company, hoped that their new advertising campaign would provoke, but what else do you expect when your ads feature former Batman Adam West telling us that “a wave of financial tomfoolery has been unleashed upon us,” before calling those responsible “corporate mischief-makers”?
The new campaign – with tagline “You to the rescue” – hopes to tap into disquiet with financial experts by promoting the idea that LendingTree allows you to stay in charge of your money, but we’re not sure that telling us to dress up as superheroes is really the way to go about it.”
So I guess I am a sucker for anime plushies…yesterday I bought a somewhat rare character plush of Maromi from Paranoia Agent. It’s a cute little pink dog-creature that ends up being rather evil. Without giving away the plot of the series, it’s creepy. And now it just stares at me. I’m not sure how to feel about Maromi, but I better stay on his good side.
I’ve put my poor old grandmother to work on my TOS Star Fleet uniform that I plan on wearing at the Star Trek convention at the Las Vegas Hilton, August 6th-9th. The blue fabric was a BITCH to find and it’s still not the exact color from the show. After hours and hours of searching through the Los Angeles Garment District for the right shade of blue, my grandmother finally exploded telling me, “Just be red! It’s going to be much easier to find red fabric than that blue!” So I exploded back with, “I have to be blue! You’ve seen the show! THE RED PEOPLE ALWAYS DIE!”
So as you can see, the dress doesn’t have any hems or the collar yet. And it’s a little long. From what my grandmother tells me, the dress pictured was actually just a practice run for her and she’s going to make me a whole new one but I’m going to try to convince her to finish this one and sell it! Anyone out there interested??
On July 8th, Syfy’s newest show, Warhouse 13, was showing off this amazing Steampunk keyboard and wacom tablet. I think the one thing we’re all wondering is, how much and where can I buy this???
You can check out the full story at Notcot.com and also check out Wired.com for other Steampunk gadgets and gizmos.
It’s official, World of Warcraft is taking over the world. While watching television today, I witnessed this commercial. I wouldn’t have believed it had I not seen it with my own eyes.
Wow…just….wow….
Also, why does that girl turn into a male orc? Does that make sense to anyone else?
Strangely though, I’m now compelled to go out and buy some Mountain Dew…
Some of you may be familiar with the game Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, but for those of you who aren’t, I’ll explain it with this video from the inventors.
Here to give a demonstration is Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory:
I think we should all start utilizing this instead of the classic Rock, Paper, Scissors, although I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be as effective since we all know that everyone would always throw ‘Spock’…Sydney.
WIRED is having a special promotion right now. Buy a one-year subscription to Wired Magazine for $10 plus receive a free copy of its new HOW TO GUIDE. I did it and got mine in the mail the other day and it’s pretty awesome. My favorite section? How To Be a Geek. Their suggestions?
Watch TV (Star Trek, X-Files…)
Play some games (Risk, Simcity…)
Read books (LOTR, Neuromancer…)
And some comics (Watchmen, Love & Rockets…)
Learn some science!!
After this initial period of research, you’re ready to take the next step toward gaining your “geek cred,” which most likely involves building something like a website or a robot… or something.
And as you can see by that snippet of How to be Understood at ComicCon above, the rest of the guide is full of other helpful How To’s, including How to be a Game God, How to Reset a Dislocate Shoulder and How to Feign Sincerity, along with some helpful tips for us bloggers like How to Increase Your Pageviews and How to Build an Army of Followers.
Over at GEEK DAD, Curtis Silver recently posted a list of tips on how to raise kids to be trekkies. My personal favorite? Tip #2: After dinner every night have a family discussion concerning the positives and negatives of the Prime Directive. God, I wish my parents raised me this way! Read the full article here.
(Photo from Star Trek: The Original Seires, Season 3, Episode 4, “And the Children Will Lead.” Watch it here.)
Driving home from school the other day, stuck in traffic downtown, I noticed the car in front of me, some sort of black SUV Acura, had one of those frames around it’s license plate that read, “Starfleet Reality.” I thought to myself, “That can’t be a Star Trek reference… or can it?”
On July 8th, Syfy’s newest show, Warhouse 13, was showing off this amazing Steampunk keyboard and wacom tablet. I think the one thing we’re all wondering is, how much and where can I buy this???
