TWTW: At Seventeen

This week’s been quite a busy one, but at least I’m showing a little love for the blog this weekend. Maybe not as much love as there was for The Royal Wedding, but that’s fine by me. I really don’t get all the hoopla surrounding the royal couple, but then I never bought into any [...] Continue Reading»

The Week That Was: Third Time’s The Charm

Welcome to week number three of TWTW. I’ve finally started catching up on my reading and film viewing, but I’m still limping along on my backup computers. But it shouldn’t be too long before the FedEx man starts leaving packages at my door… So Long And Thanks For All The Laundry… My son has been [...] Continue Reading»

The Week That Was: Week The First

The first week of 2011 has ended and it’s been a doozy behind the scenes here at FDC. A couple of rather annoying incidents threatened to put a damper on the new year, but I’ve been doing my best to keep a positive outlook so early in the year. Onward and upward! Crash! The PC [...] Continue Reading»

Christmas Loot

We don’t really exchange extravagant gifts around these parts (no cars with ribbons in the driveway, for example), but I did want to share two gifts I received this year that I was really excited about. It should come as no surprise that they were both books. The first is Star Trek: The Original Series [...] Continue Reading»

It Seemed The Logical Thing To Do

With apologies to Ambassador Sarek, it did seem logical to begin with a few Star Trek related items I came across recently. I’ve been a Trekkie/Trekker going on two and a half decades now, and while it isn’t the only science fiction universe I enjoy, it does occupy a special place in my geek brain. [...] Continue Reading»