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blue_gold

Geekery: The Beginning

Jan 26, 2012 17:00

I was looking over the 31 Posts list again and noticed I had been neglecting the geekery category. With five days left of this whirlygig of fun I thought I should talk about that some. So I am combining two topics, How did it start? Why are you a geek?

Photos from the most recent DragonCon, random acts of geek, and Halloweens Past.

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costumes, writing

Comments 4

roxymissrose January 26 2012, 23:17:09 UTC

Go tell your dad how completely awesome he is! Even old folks like me and my beloved know geeks rule--that's how I met Mr R, we bounded over science fiction and fantasy, swore we'd always say sf and never sci-fi, and spent waaaaay too much of our meager paychecks on books and comics.

getting annoyed because they kept moving me up in the colors before I had read ALL the books and wouldn’t let me go back.

LOL! RIGHT????

blue_gold January 27 2012, 18:58:35 UTC

Alas there was driving so more I'm driving, talk later bye. Will try again tonight. He will likely be amused.

I mean who does that? No kid you can't read those books anymore. It's no wonder i didn't try to tone down my learning til I was done. Or I did and my teachers could outwit a six year old.

half_elf_lost January 27 2012, 02:43:50 UTC

What a fantastic post.

Did the color coded learning to read system come on cards in a big box? I remember a set like that in early elementary school and think it was a Scholastic program. Orange cards were the highest level.

My grandfather was like your dad with books. I'd take the train into Grand Central a few times a year and he'd take me clothes shopping, lunch, then we'd go to the huge Barnes & Noble on Madison Ave (?) where I'd wallow through the HUGE remainders bins (books were $0.25) and go home with bags so full I could barely carry them. He never said no. TONS of SF and fantasy.

blue_gold January 27 2012, 19:05:58 UTC

Thanks.

I do remember colors like the rainbow, and orange and red being coveted, and they were in boxes clearly indicated so I couldn't sneak off with a color below my level to finish out the set. I think the cards had comprehension questions? And the books were in magazine holder type boxes so you could see the spines? But could also be completely shut. Vague memories are vague.