Monday, March 5th, 2007
MarsCon was well attended, despite the winter storms that hit the region on Thursday and Friday, with 675 people in attendance. Although down a bit from last year due to snows and bad driving conditions, the con was an overwhelming success.
The Rakehell was very well represented, with most of ...
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
MarsCon 2007 is off to a good start with lots of good panels guests and parties! After missing the first panels on Friday and Opening Ceremonies due to a luggage mishap, it was full party mode on the first evening of the con.
The IKV Rakehell has put on a ...
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
It was just a couple of weeks ago that I posted a piece on the passing of my friend Sally. Since that time I have dug up a few photos of her in her Klingon getup, from when I still lived in California.
Sally Field was known as qraS amongst ...
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
My wife told me the news when I got home tonight that an old friend in California, known to many in Bay Area Fandom as Auntie Sally, or in her Klingon persona, qraS, passed away last night. She died of cancer, which she had been battling for nearly the ...
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek. It was on September 8th, 1966, that Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise hit the air waves.
For 40 years, Star Trek has not only entertained us, but also inspired us, seeking careers in sciences as well ...
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Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Convergence 2006 kicked off with a blast and never slowed down. There were five ships from the Cold Death Quadrant, and Klingons came from points further to see Robert O'Reilly (Gowron) and J.G. Hertzler (Martok), this year's Guests of Honor. And they were well worth the effort to ...
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Now that I've spent a good chunk of the last couple of days playing with windows Movie Maker and have figured out how to include it on my website, I thought I should share the fruits of my labor.
During the run of BayCon, I indoctrinated one of the Klingons, Pete, ...
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Sunday, June 25th, 2006
Okay, I don't normally write about Rakehell meetings, but this time I will. You see, after we were finished with discussing plans for the upcoming meeting, Patrick pulled out a couple of old video productions of the Rakehell. specifically, Battleship Vengeance.
As it turns out, in the third production, ...
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Sunday, April 16th, 2006
Well, I did it...started a new "just for fun" project. It's a hoax Worldcon bid for 2008.
Take a look...it's all for fun.
RepubliCon 2008
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Sunday, November 27th, 2005
Some how, I missed this in the blogosphere, but picked up on it in the Clan MacDude list server.
The Half-Price Books in Dallas , Texas, has acquired and will be selling the personal library of L. Sprague de Camp, one of the icons of the Science Fiction and Fantasy community.
From ...
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
I just received the following via the Clan MacDude mailing list:
Kelly Turner, November 6, 1961-September 18, 2005
Kelly Turner passed away today after a brief and completely unexpected illness. He was rushed to Irvine Medical Center on September 5th with an extremely high temperature, extremely low blood pressure, and possible ...
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Monday, August 15th, 2005
My friend Bill was in an auto-accident on Sunday. Although his vehicle was totaled, Bill has assured everyone that he is okay. At least, physically.
Bill reports on his blog that during the confusion at the accident scene and the towing, much of his Klingon gear was stolen, as ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
StarTrek.com has the obituary on the passing of James Doohan:
James Doohan, the beloved actor who portrayed engineer "Montgomery Scott" in the original Star Trek and six movies, passed away at his home in Redmond, Washington this morning. He was 85. Doohan died in his sleep at 5:30 a.m. local ...
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Monday, May 16th, 2005
Orson Scott Card, in his piece, Strange New World: No 'Star Trek' asks many questions, and provides a disturbing view of Trek Fandom (and Fandom in general). The piece starts off with:
So they've gone and killed "Star Trek." And it's about time.
Well, if he is talking about ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
Hugh Hewitt's latest book, Blog has seized the top position on the New Praxis Times Best Seller List. Klingons everywhere have taken to reading it ever since it was revealed that the Klingon Bible Translation Project was referenced in this book on blogosphere battle tactics.
Gallant Klingon warriors, including the ...
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Saturday, January 15th, 2005
I received word today of plans for a Memorial Show for Richard Biggs. Expected guests includes most of the cast from Babylon 5, and will have two events, a breakfast with the guests (limited attendance) and an afternoon autograph session, with question/answer sessions with the guests. This is not only ...
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2005
I received word via email this morning that Frank Kelly Freas passed away. He was 82.
Freas is well known in Fandom, one of the all time great SF artists, illustrating many books and magazine covers, winner of numerous awards, including 11 Hugo's.
I've had the pleasue of meeting Kelly a ...
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Okay, I admit it, it has been a while since I have posted anything worthy of the Klingon community. Time for a change of pace.
Since I am blogging more regularly, I thought I would do a google search and see what other Klingon oriented blogs are out there.
Here's a ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2004
Well, it's out, William Shatner's new album, "Has Been" as hit the stores. Yes, I plan to get a copy of it. Unfortunately, it looks like it is lacking the rap piece he did for the movie "Free Enterprise."
Fox News has the following to say:
NEW YORK — ...
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Sunday, August 15th, 2004
The Yugo Awards for 2004 were announced yesterday at Diversicon 12 in Bloomington Minnesota. The Yugo awards are given to the best books that SHOULD have been written. This years winners are:
For Non-Fiction: "The Starship Troopers Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and Robert A. Heinlein.
This is the book ...
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