G3: GiR, Gridskipper, Geekdads

ByWil

I’m having a lot of fun processing book orders. The floor of my living room is a carefully-designed collection of alphabetized order and shipping labels, numbered boxes of books, and the all-important List of 300. I should get through the first half today, and the remaining half should go out on Friday or Saturday. This probably means that all domestic orders should arrive before the end of next week. International orders seem to be taking about 2 weeks, depending on where they’re going.

Since I’m too busy to come up with anything worth reading on my blog, I thought I’d direct you to some offsite stuff I’ve done this week, starting with this week’s Geek in Review: Turkey Stuffing.

My new book was reviewed on Slashdot yesterday, and while I was writing
and reading comments, I noticed that the current Slashdot poll question
is, simply put, “Best Star Trek?”

I was actually surprised that in all the years Slashdot has been
bringing us news for nerds this is the first time this question has
been asked, and when I went to vote for TNG, I remembered a story I
liked to tell at conventions, back in the day.

In my first book, Dancing Barefoot, I wrote a story called
The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants (which, if nothing else, is a lesson
to all you aspiring writers out there, and a reminder to the rest of
us: put some fucking thought into your titles, guys, because if you
don’t, you’ll be talking about The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants for the
rest of your life.) The story is about my experiences at a convention
celebrating the 35th anniversary of the original Star Trek series. I’ve
excerpted it for the GiR before, but I’ve never shared the particular story that the Slashdot poll brought to mind until today.

My fellow blogging.la contributor and former SG News editor Helen Jupiter interviewed me for Gridskipper. The result is Wil Wheaton’s Geek Guide to Los Angeles.

I asked Wil, a fellow blogging.la
contributor of mine, to put together his own personal guide to LA. In
addition to listing popular destinations like Amoeba Records, LACMA,
and Dodger Stadium, and lamenting the loss of spots like the Pak Mann
Arcade, Wil let us in on some of his more original and admittedly geeky
favorites.

Finally, I joined some of the Geek Dads last night for this week’s Geekdad Podcast: Activate the Nostalgia Center – Zombies are the New Pirates.

Our special guest this week is writer/actor Wil Wheaton.  Wil joins us
to talk about his new book, the demise of the classic videogame arcade,
and why Tremors may be the Best. Film. Ever!  Enjoy!

And why does this post’s title stop at 3? Because if it went to 4, it would, by definition, suck. Ba-dum.

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21 Comments

  1. Eeeeeeeeeee! I’m in the first half! I’m so excited!
    Ok, back to playing Rock Band! Me, not you, keep processing books, you! Rock out later tonight! ^_^

  2. Ha! That leads me to a question: Why aren’t you part of TWiT, like the rest of the old TechTV crew? I’m sure Leo’d be glad to have you offer the gamer’s perspective. Enjoy your holiday, sir, and congrats!

  3. I’m pretty sure I’m in the second half….
    Hey, Wil, is this Friday night your Numb3rs episode? the blurb sure sounds like it!!! Can’t wait to see the WWDN ratings surge over at CBS! lol

  4. I’m sure the second 150 books are shipped, RockBand will be up and running 😉
    I highly suggest buying real drumsticks rather than using the pair they give you.

  6. My niece, Lawyer Mama, clued me in to your blog. I’m enjoying it immensely and have been a fan for years! I’m looking forward to reading your blog from now on.
    Just a plug for my niece, Lawyer Mama. She is one of your biggest fans as well as a lifelong geek, so please check out her blog and post a comment. It’ll definitely make her day!

  7. The fact that you’re packing books to be shipped from your living room floor makes the book even more awesome. I can’t wait to get mine!
    If I had to whittle my book collection down to only three authors, I’d choose to keep Judy Blume (I heart nostalgia), David Sedaris, and Wil Wheaton.
    Congratulations on another literary accomplishment. Here’s to many more!

  8. I normally love the SpongeBob VegasPants story. But today it made me sad that I haven’t been to a convention in 6 years. Someday I hope to see you at a convention. For now though, I’ll just have to reminisce about having my picture taken with George Takei – so far my favorite convention memory. What a wonderful human being he is, but I’m sure you know.
    Some day I also hope to visit LA. The UCLA Film & TV archive has been at the top of my list of places to go (if possible) and some other typical tourist stuff. But now I’m going to have to amend my list based on your Geek Guide to LA.

  9. I am glad I ordered the paperback; I knew I would miss out on the hard cover.
    Happy Turkey Day; oh, I’m sorry; Happy Veggie Day.
    Freeman

  13. How did I know that ACME Comedy Theatre would be #1?! 🙂 But I’m shocked, SHOCKED! I tell you that you didn’t mention The Original Tommy’s (watch for the correct spelling and, as they say, “If you don’t see the shack, take it back!”); I have fond memories of the original location in LA on Beverly Blvd. (aaahhh, chocolate milk in a glass bottle) However, since your list was only 17 items long (I’m dying to try Zankou Chicken whenever I can get back down there…), I can’t really complain, since I’ve not even tried to make a list.
    And I’m thrilled to be one of the 300 and, yes, I waited for the hardcover, though as an ExGeek, I’m embarrassed to admit that I wasn’t F5ing or CTRL-Ring 🙁 – g^2

  15. Loved the Geekdads podcast. My heart grew three sizes when I heard you prove your geekdad cred. Even though my mates and I don’t have any kids ourselves we’ve had the same argument over a couple of pints in the pub about future offspring. (I’m in complete argeement with you on that one).

  16. What an ass you played! When you came walking in I thought, “Great…Am I gonna hate him in this one?”
    Not a chance! You looked great,and played the prick quite nicely.I just wish you had more scenes.
    So, good job,can’t wait to see you again …I was wondering, is there a prize for being the 98th comment? 😉

  18. That was amazing, im totally adding geekdads to my (sizable) list of Podcasts and Radio shows I cant miss. Thanks 😛

  19. I just read the book review; it was pretty good. I also read some user posts under the review, including one of your comments, and I wanted to tell how quotable the following statement of yours is: “The real trick is not being afraid to suck, because it’s easier to fix something that sucks than it is to fill a blank page.” It’s a great quote. Plus, it’s nice to see a memorable quote with the word “suck” in it; that’s pretty rare.

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