• Films - Geek Force - Television

    Boldly go with Picardo

    It has been a long time since Thunder Con 2017, and even longer since my last post. Such is life 🙁 The principle draw for the event was Robert Picardo, of Wonder Years / Star Trek Voyager / Stargate fame. I would be lying if I said I was a…

  • Films - Geek Force - Television

    Trekkie or Trekker?

    A “Trekkie” is a generally derogatory term for a Star Trek fan, thrown at them as an insult. Self stylised fans refer to themselves as “Trekkers”, being more serious about their fandom. According to the gospel of Wikipedia “…the term Trekkie or Trekker. Some say that Trekkie is “frequently depreciative”,…

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    Canadian Geek Force Agent Introduction

    While doing some genealogy through the winter of 2016, I found some names in the archives that would be 3rd cousins to me, Gary & Craig Barwell.  By good fortune, they too, have Abthorpe blood flowing through their veins 🙂 Their names would hit my Facebook feed over the years,…