Chuck (and anyone else who's into sci fi and horror fandom), what are you doing over memorial day? Come to Wonderfest with me. One of the best of the behind the scenes cons I've ever been to...been going for about 8 years now... WWW.wonderfest.com I've met and shared drinks with Andrew Probert, John Eaves, Douglas Trumbull, Scott Carpenter, Greg Nicotero, Pat McClung, Bob Burns, and many other wonderful people at this con... I've taken several silver medals for my modeling here, although my daughter has had more honorable mentions than me... Dan -- Sent from my phone, please excuse any mispelings or errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 5:51 pm Subject: [Utah-astronomy] OT: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:

Fewer times than I've seen The Exorcist, more times than I've seen Forbidden Planet.

I saw the Exorcist once. I've seen Forbidden Planet about 5-6 times (I own a DVD) and done a few sketches and drawings from the movie, for an amateur press fanzine. (the '70's rock! you had to be there, lol). I am a "first generation" Trekkie. Watched the original series in Prime Time, all 3 seasons. In-between Gemini and Apollo TV coverage (I miss Walter Cronkite!). I've gone to countless Trek conventions. Met most of the origianal cast, shared cocktails with several (Grace Lee Whitney is still a babe, IMO...Equicon '73, Filmcon 7). Sat next to George Takei during a screening of a Leonard Nimoy "Indie" and found George to be a wonderful man. A real gentelman, he gave me much insight on his fellow ST alumni. I would like to speak with him again before I depart this world. But I have only seen each ST movie once, in a theatre, on the big screen. Why? I have no idea. Honestly. Bill Shatner was a personal friend of neighbors of mine (my parents neighbor, actualy), in the mid-seventies. I've met him. I almost lost my mud at the time, lol. He often skied in Utah, and always stopped by our neighbors house when in town (the owners of Theater 138). I have fond memories of "fandom" in the '70's. I was very fortunate to "be connected" at the time. I still wonder that such Hollywood movers and shakers would even take the time to talk to a punk kid fan, back in those days. Keep the faith, Dan! Brent, THANK YOU for your contribution to fandom! _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".