Category: Geek

I’m a geek. I can’t help it. Here’s my geeky musings and ramblings.

Geek, Movies

Happy 30th anniversary Ghostbusters!

Hard to believe, but 30 years ago this weekend Ghostbusters was released, a movie that many expected to bomb. Well, it didn’t, and the monster hit became a permanent part of our pop culture (and one of my favorite films). To celebrate, here’s Ray Parker Jr. ripping off Huey Lewis…

Geek, Trek

Announcing UnKhan 2014!

I’ll be attending the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this summer, and while I am there me and my peeps will be doing an “UnKhan”! What’s an UnKhan? It’s an in-person and online unconvention that broadens the conversation and the…

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Link

Everyone is doing the whole AMA (Ask Me Anything) thing, so I thought I’d join in. I’m now on Ask.fm, and you can “AMA” here: http://ask.fm/JosephcDickerson

Some of my answers so far:

How often do you listen to the radio? What is your favorite radio station? The voices in my head usually drown out the signal. I thought the tinfoil would help, but, alas…

Shall we look for love, wait for love or forget totally about it? You should look for love in all the wrong places, get addicted to it, have the look of love, and then ask our friends, “what about love?”

What magazines do you read? Wired, Popular Mechanics, Consumer Reports, Women’s Day.

Do you prefer to be alone or around people? I like to be around people who are alone.

What makes a person “good”? The amount of seasoning applied and being cooked at the proper temperature… Oh, wait, I think you were asking about something else.

Geek

What story are you telling?

I had a great conversation with my new friend Yoshi last week about journalism… specifically, music journalism. He asked me my opinion of this piece that claims that modern music journalism isn’t about the music anymore… it’s lifestyle journalism, covering the artist…

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