Not a big Star Trek fan. I’m not a big fan of the show’s philosophy. I also prefer my sci-fi with a little more grit. However, I do enjoy watching an episode of TNG every once in a while. Guess who my favorite character is? Geordi La Forge. Big surprise, h’uh?
Watched one of the better episodes while eating dinner. The episode was titled Galaxy’s Child and it really focuses on La Forge. As a sysadmin I see lots of my career in the career of Chief Engineering Officer. I also see a lot my personality in the La Forge character.
Evidence 1: La Forge makes modifications to the Enterprise’s engines. In fact, well fact for a sci-fi TV series, he has made modifications that have brought the attentions of the engines designers.
Evidence 2: La Forge hates writing documents. La Forge has made a certain modification that is ahead of its time. The engines designer tells him he should write a paper. His response is that writing is not one of his strong parts.
Evidence 3: An extension of evidence 2, he cares more of results than he does credit.
Evidence 4: While he hates writing documents, we will write change control documents. A baby alien thinks the Enterprise is its mother and is drawing enormous power. La Forge enlists the help of a the engines designer. She doesn’t know all the modifcations La Forge has made. He points her to the log file he as written with all his changes.
Evidence 5: La Forge loves his job.
I bet I am not the only sysadmin who can relate the La Forge.
Said this at work and am on the hook for it. Here is my early prediction:
Al Gore wins the Presidential Election in ‘08
There. I said it. The endorsement of Obama will not matter.
As of this moment, I have zero idea who I will cast my ballot for.
In what appears to be another light week for me in comics, we have:
NEWUNIVERSAL SHOCKFRONT #2 (OF 6) $2.99
LOCKE & KEY #5 $3.99
I’m so happy that I don’t get all wrapped up in comic book events.
Today, WotC released the 4th Edition of the 800lb gorilla of role-playing games, Dungeons and Dragons. I have to wait a little while for my books. I pre-ordered them from Amazon because it was the cheapest. Then, to save even more, I opted for free shipping. Free shipping means equates to sticking the product in a box, sticking it on a boat, then sending the boat to my house via China. It will be worth the wait. Maybe I will support my friendly, local, gaming, store and purchase an extra Player’s Handbook.
My weekend is full of gaming goodness. Saturday is Worldwide Game Day. WotC has a small adventure that is mailed out to gaming stores so everyone can have a test game. While I would prefer being the DM, I will be a player on Saturday. That game will be at The Gaming Pit in Duluth.
Sunday is another story. The Atlanta D&D Meetup is having its meeting. The new organizer, Michael, wants people to play games at this meetup. Based on the number of RSVPs, it would appear that everyone would agree. I will be running the Keep in the Shadowfell module. I’ve been reading the module and it is actually a pretty decent module. It should be a lot of fun.
I know role-playing games, Dungeons and Dragons particularly, has a certain social stereotype associated with it. Screw that! It is far too fun to worry about that.