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Well, it’s been awhile, but we’re back in full swing. Not that the hundreds of thousands of people not reading this blog care. But eventually someone might stumble across the gap in our posting, and I felt that maybe I should explain myself.

I was fracking busy.

There you go, explanation given. Now, onto more important things.

I just returned a few days ago from my very first Sci-fi convention. It was called Starfest, in Denver CO, and is (according to the people I went with) one of the few fan run conventions still going.

It was small, but since it was my first I didn’t mind that, and the people I went with made it a blast. But there are certain things I’ve discovered about fans, and fandom, from my little trip.

• We have an awesome sense of humor. We’re just plain funny, at least to each other. And as long as we amuse ourselves, who cares.
• There’s something very surreal about discussing politics with a man dressed as a Klingon. At least it was to me. Mostly because we weren’t discussing politics with a Bat’leth, and no one walked away bloody. Needless to say; I was a bit disappointed.
• Lenord Nimoy can still pack a room.
• The Klingon Juice they were handing out at the hotel bar was in fact a Long Island Ice Tea with some blue crap thrown in there. The Long Island Ice Tea may not sound as manly, but it still packs a whollop no matter what you call it.
• There is nothing more enlightening then taking a smoke break (outside of course cause the entire city of Denver sees smokers as a short step above heroin addicts) at three in the morning, during a convention. The freaks truly do come out at night. And it’s nice that you always know where to find them when you’re in the mood for some.
• When trapped with people inside an elevator at one of these things you never have to worry about those awkward moments. We all know we have something in common, we share a common language. Chances are if I bring up Trek, George Lucas, Firefly, or BSG someone in the elevator is going to be able to carry on at least an hour long conversation with me. This totally negates the need for small talk, thank God. I despise small talk and am completely incapable of it. This alone is reason enough to go to a convention.
• Geeks trying to score with the opposite sex is not only amusing, it’s kind of endearing in that really cheesy way.
• And finally, I realized not only can I not dance, even the Time Warp is completely beyond my abilities because I apparently can not tell my left from my right when forced to do so to music.

How many blogs can a blogger blog if a blogger could blog… ummm… wood?

Sorry, that kinda died out on me there, I couldn’t come up with a good ending. I had fog, dog, and bog, the easy ones, but I never take the easy ones. Plus, it wouldn’t have made sense anyway.

Oh sure, I could have just not written that at all since it didn’t work, but that’s not how I swing baby. Once i start something, I commit. I stay with it and beat it until it’s unrecognizable. Like right now, you are SO wishing I would move on…

Okay, okay.

The thing is, I am writing a lot these days. This is my second blog and I also write for a website. So , what the frak am I doing here? FIrst of all, I wanted a place where I could write the word frak all the time and have it make sense to people.

Frak, frak, frak.

Hmmmm. That’s not as appealing as I thought it would be. Sounds like a duck.

Still, I’m looking forward to using it in almost every post I write.

I’m also here because I love scifi and fantasy. I also really wanted a chance to work with Shannon, an outstanding writer and all around great person (just don’t tell her I said that). Alas, she also has some rather misguided opinions, so I need to be here to make sure there’s a balanced, critically acclaimed and outstandingly clever voice to counteract them.

I know she’s gotten a head start on me, like over 10 posts so far, but that’s only because she didn’t have to set up the site, configure the server, find a decent WordPress template that didn’t make me throw up, and make sure our posts got stored and backed up properly. Not to worry though. I’m a posting machine, I’ll catch up.

One thing you won’t see from me however, are post times before noon. Shannon gets up at some ungodly hour, like 5am to make her posts. Jeebus. The only time I ever see that time of day is if I’ve been up all night.

Another reason I want to write for this blog is that I have many, many, many opinions. Unlike Shannon’s opinions however, mine are correct. And you need to hear them. They matter and they will enrich your life. I say that because that’s what all bloggers think: we are the center of the universe and we know more than you do. Even if we don’t, it completely irrelevant. That’s the mindset that drives us.

Alrightly then. Let’s get this thing started.

Make it so. (God it’s so great to be a geek).