Brief updates

  • 10:14 Ok, fandom: if you say, “Oh, I want to be *just like* Rorschach”, or indeed any Watchmen char, I suspect you’ve utterly missed the point. #
  • 10:33 Huh. The WoW Armory seems to be busted, I can’t look anyone up. #
  • 11:08 @UrsulaV Fools on the Internet are like the legendary Hydra – cut one down, and two more spring forth to replace it. #
  • 13:21 Meiran’s going to want to see this: tinyurl.com/aum42e 1978 “Lost Ark” story conference, Lucas and Spielberg (125pg. PDF) #

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Full power to the deflectors

Yes, of course I want a full-size replica of a Constitution-class captain’s chair. It’s silly, and gaudy, and it would make an awesome reading chair for my office. (Only because it wouldn’t fit in front of my computer desk.)

But, uh, $2700? Now, come on. I seriously doubt it cost Matt Jeffries that much to make the first one, even in 2009 dollars. Yes, corporate greed has once again saved me from making a ridiculous decision. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go get some measurements out of my old Star Fleet Technical Manual…