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beamjockey

Schedule: Higgins at Duckon 19

Jun 15, 2010 18:06

I'm planning to attend Duckon in Naperville, Illinois. Here's my schedule for next weekend, as seen on the Duckon 19 programming page.

Saturday 19 June
1 PM
Conference F
Geeks and Nerds
Bill Higgins

Are you offended by the way Geeks and Nerds are depicted on Big Bang? Or do you see yourself as a “Penny”?

As an avid viewer of the sitcom The ( Read more... )

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Comments 13

rmeidaking June 16 2010, 02:13:03 UTC

I could help out on the "Big Bang" panel. I'm definitely in the "identifies with Penny" category. My roommates weren't Indian or Jewish, but other than that.... OMG.

beamjockey June 16 2010, 02:20:32 UTC

Wow. Yeah, I remember that apartment. Definitely The Big Bang Theory, Seventies edition.

Okay, one Leonard, one Penny. Let's hold that panel!

daisy_knotwise June 16 2010, 03:26:59 UTC

I would be happy to help you out with the Big Bang panel as well. I also have lived with a variety of nerds and geeks and am the mother of preschoolers. Watching the girls has given me a lot of insight into the men in my life (past and present.)

GHR

acmespaceship June 16 2010, 14:39:24 UTC

Oh my goodness, you're right. It's all coming back to me. Cross That Seventies Show and The Big Bang Theory. Maybe add Glee for the heck of it. High school. College. Rogers Park. Here we all go again. The room is spinning... going dark...

beamjockey June 16 2010, 18:07:46 UTC

You're on.

(The power to add people to the panel is not formally vested in me, but if I get a say, adding an expert of your caliber to the panel will obviously improve it.)

We can compare this show to the Eighties sitcom Gretchen and the Lost Boys.

marsgov June 16 2010, 04:33:02 UTC

Ok, and if you're desperate, there's always me.

beamjockey June 16 2010, 18:09:34 UTC

Okay with me-- subject to approval by the concom.

forestweather June 16 2010, 12:20:16 UTC

Wish I could be there for the 2010 talk! Have fun.

isherempress June 16 2010, 13:16:08 UTC

Honey, any hour you fill on a panel is bound to be interesting, because you are a FASCINATING person. And tons of fun. And knowledgeable about so many things. And generous.

Besides, you will have at least 800 friends at this con, most of whom will be more than happy to sit on stage with you and yack about anything.

Hope it's a blast, and that we can come next year.