Comments | jerith: ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE

jerith

ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE

Jun 07, 2007 15:13

I recently rediscovered the ORDER OF THE SCIENCE SCOUTS OF EXEMPLARY REPUTE AND ABOVE AVERAGE PHYSIQUE and decided to post the set of badges I qualify for.

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geekery, science

Comments 4

rimspace June 7 2007, 13:50:35 UTC

Alas, I do not even qualify for membership, due to the world domination rule...

jerith June 7 2007, 13:54:15 UTC

Ruling the world is too much like hard work. I do, however, have plots afoot to acquire a certain amount of indirect influence. Sufficient to achieve my goals, but nothing that requires expenditure of effort. :-)

harper_knight June 7 2007, 21:05:46 UTC

Yeah, I'm afraid that world domination rule counts me out too. 's nice badges tho

darthparadox June 7 2007, 23:39:06 UTC

Let's see, the ones I qualify for (sans pictures):

"talking science" - I do most of this in person.
"MacGyver" - I can do an awful lot with just my standard 12-gauge wire and leatherman; I've constructed a wirelessly-controlled stage light by duct-taping electrical contacts to an RC car.
"arts and crafts" - I've constructed jewelry and art out of old computer pieces for a while. in high school I wore a 286 processor as a pendant, and I recently made my girlfriend some earrings out of d8s and d10s.
“I’m pretty confident around an open flame” - High school chem lab, mainly.
“destroyer of quackery” - I challenge proponents of "ID" (and particularly advocates of teaching it in school) whenever I can.
“I may look like a scientist but I’m actually also a ninja” - I've had a decent amount of martial training and know my way around a sword pretty well.
“my degree inadvertantly makes me competent in fixing household appliances” - Mostly where "appliance" == "computer", but my engineering background is generally useful.
“I will crush you with ( ... )