It has been a long time since Thunder Con 2017, and even longer since my last post. Such is life 🙁 The principle draw for the event was Robert Picardo, of Wonder Years / Star Trek Voyager / Stargate fame. I would be lying if I said I was a…
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A “Trekkie” is a generally derogatory term for a Star Trek fan, thrown at them as an insult. Self stylised fans refer to themselves as “Trekkers”, being more serious about their fandom. According to the gospel of Wikipedia “…the term Trekkie or Trekker. Some say that Trekkie is “frequently depreciative”,…
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Geek Force Agent’s Log, stardate 69899.5 I transported to Ottawa, dutifully wearing my red shirt, to undergo Starfleet recruit training. The fact this log is being prepared, demonstrates not all red shirts die on the away mission. Scotty never did! The Canada Aviation and Space Museum had The Starfleet Academy…
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Those of us who grew up with the Star Trek “Original Series”, knew that Scotty could work wonders in main engineering, despite the fact that he “Dinna rewrite the laws of physics, Captain!” For us hardcore Canadian fans, we knew what Captain James Tiberius Kirk was really Canadian actor William…
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While doing some genealogy through the winter of 2016, I found some names in the archives that would be 3rd cousins to me, Gary & Craig Barwell. By good fortune, they too, have Abthorpe blood flowing through their veins 🙂 Their names would hit my Facebook feed over the years,…