A goodly time ago, in a galaxy a fair distance hence...

[word_geek]

I don't know if this will appeal to anybody at all, but I found it amusing. In the wake of the Steampunk Star Wars fad that broke almost a year ago, all sorts of Victorian-inspired lightsabers and X-wings have cropped up on the Internet. We also know that the Lego company does Star Wars quite well...much to the detriment of my wallet. So:

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[captain_squid]

Hee! I was just telling Lemur about this last night.

The Century of the Geek is going to be amazing.

[hells_satans]

This is like when I talk about Convertible subordinated Euro-debentures isn't it? I have no idea what's going on.

[word_geek]

Dude, I admit that Lego Steampunk Star Wars is pretty far out there on the fringes of geekery, but you'll lose your geek card if you don't at least know what steampunk is. I mean, it's right there on Wikipedia, which is more than I can say for Comfortable Sublimated Euro-dentures, or whatever it was you said.

If you don't know from steampunk, you're missing out on Girl Genius, among other things.

[hells_satans]

Okay, I may have to officially hand in my geek card. The only thing I had heard of on that entry was Tim Powers, and Wetware - one of the cyberpunk classics.

Not on wiki?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debenture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convertible_bond

[captain_squid]

Brass Goggles, dude. Brass Goggles.

[captain_squid]

I paged through the construction log of the guy's "Falcon of the Millennium." That thing is bloody amazing...