Month: September 2004

I’ve got all this stuff I want to write up, but I’ve just gotten supremely busy, and I probably won’t have a chance until next week to do it.
Until then, I strongly encourage WWdN readers who have had it with pop-ups and spyware to take a look at the latest release of Firefox. I started using it a few days ago, and I like it (and its totally bitchin extensions — especially bugmenot) so much, I’m considering switching from Konqueror, and making Firefox my primary browser. That probably doesn’t mean very much to anyone, unless you know how much I like Konqueror, which is a lot.
Okay, I have to go do real work now, so have a great weekend, everybody.

I’ve never been the captain of anything in my life, so this is pretty cool:

The Memory Walk, 2004 Team, “Stars Trekking For Jimmy Doohan,” was inspired by the heart-felt and powerful messages made by Star Trek actors during the Farewell Dinner and celebration for James “Scotty” Doohan, on August 28th of this year.
To show our support for our beloved Jimmy Doohan a small group of fans teamed-up with the Alzheimer’s Association of Southern California to participate in the Walk on October 2nd and raise money to fight this debilitating disease.
Naturally, we simply had to recruit one of the more impressive speakers from the Tribute Dinner to be our Honorary Captain – Wil Wheaton.
(Is nobody going to say it? — ‘Captain Wesley Crusher, reporting for
duty!’)

I am going to be a Gnomedex on the 2nd, so I can’t actually head down there and do my best R. Lee Ermey impression, but I’m honored just the same. Will any SoCal area WWdN readers step up, and represent? It would be SO COOL if we could get a posse out there to support this team. You can find out more about the team at our official homepage: Stars Trekking for Jimmy Doohan.

Anne walked into my office, and proudly pointed to the T-shirt she was wearing. It said “I [heart] my geek.”
“Is that true?” I said, “Do you really love your geek?”
“I do when he gets off the computer so we can go take care of our errands.” She said.
I stood up, and kissed her nose. “Okay,” I said, “I just have to change my shirt and we can go.”

“What’s wrong with the shirt you have on right now?” She said.
“Look at it,” I said.
“There are only ten types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.”
“Right.” I said, “I need to change this.”
“Why?” She said.
“Because it’s like you’re wearing a shirt that says ‘I’m with stupid,’ and if I wear this shirt . . .”
“Oh. You’re him.” she said.
I laughed, and walked into our bedroom. I returned wearing my Vandals T-shirt.
“Now everyone will wonder who your geek is!” I said.
She looked at me for a moment and replied, “Uhm. Probably not. But I still love you.”
I held her hand the entire time we were out.
After we got home, I went for a run through my neighborhood. The sun was beginning to set, and a light breeze shook a few leaves from the trees over my head.
“Mother Nature thinks it’s October,” I thought, “I like that.”
I reached the corner, and turned down a new street. A car pulled up next to me and honked.
“Well, hello there, Mister Wheaton,” said the driver, one of my very friendly neighbors, “How are you?”
“I’m well,” I said.
“And how is your beautiful wife?”
I smiled and said, “She’s beautiful!”
Because she is.
When I got home, I walked into the dining room. Anne sat at the table, and giggled as she read The Onion.
“Do you know how much I love you?” I said.
She looked up at me, smiled, and held up two fingers.
I shook my head.
She held up four fingers.
I shook my head.
She held up ten fingers.
I shook my head, and held my arms out at my sides, palms open. “This much,” I said.
“That’s an awful lot,” she said.
“Yeah, it sure is.”

If you’re going to be in a sub-culture, you absolutely must be able to laugh at yourself. It starts out in school, as a defense mechanism against The Cool Kids. When we grow older, if we’re smart, it’s how we snort laugh right back at people who just don’t get it . . . you know, the mundies. (Who used to be The Cool Kids, before we realized that it is we who are truly The Cool Kids.)
In this endeavor, John Kovalic is our leader. Case in point: “The force can have a strong influence on the geek-minded.”

What do you get when Mediasharx asks me ten questions, and I answer them?
Why, you get Taking The Bat: Ten Questions With Wil Wheaton, of course.
Dive into the deepest recesses my my mind, and swim around Too Much Information like:

5. If you could have a love child with anyone besides Anne, who would that be and why?
Jenna Jameson. However, I’m not as much interested in the having the child part, as I am in the making the child part.

When you’re done, be sure to read Taking The Bait With Dr. Quinn of SEALAB 2021. I am a huge fan of [adult swim] on Cartoon Network, and I think that SEALAB 2021 is the crown jewel of their original programming. Check out Dr. Quinn’s interview, and you just might agree.