OT: Demented Christmas Meme

On the twelfth day of Christmas, lazypadawan sent to me...

Twelve angryscientists drumming

Eleven star wars piping

Ten heroes a-leaping

Nine politics dancing

Eight comics a-milking

Seven ghosts a-swimming

Six movies a-laying

Five clo-o-o-one wars

Four urban legends

Three indiana jones

Two stevie nicks

...and an apple in an episode ii.

Get your own Twelve Days:

An apple in Episode II? That was a shurra fruit!

R.I.P. Forrest J. Ackerman

I read on a_blue_moon_cat's LJ that the professor emeritus of fandom, Forrest "Forry" J. Ackerman, has passed away at the age of 92.

Before Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Philip Wise, or any other super collector, Ackerman had amassed hundreds of thousands of sci-fi and horror memorabilia. He had them on display in his "Ackermansion" in L.A. for several years; interestingly enough Sansweet once lived literally uphill from Ackerman. Decades before the first Trek fan put on Spock ears, he was among the first to costume at a sf event.

Of course, that's not all he'd done. He was a science fiction writer, a literary agent, an editor, and a publisher. He published what is possibly the first sf fanzine, but his best-known publication is Famous Monsters of Filmland, sort of a precursor to mags like Starlog or Fangoria. It was one of the first magazines to cover a little space opera called Star Wars. He created the comic book character Vampirella.

Simply put, he was the world's first professional fan, a Renaissance man of geekdom. You may not have ever heard of him but none of us would have the lifestyles we live without him. You can read all about his very colorful life listed here:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Forrest+J.+Ackerman&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

This week's poll!

In last week's poll, the majority of you said that you use SW stuff in your Christmas/Hanukkah decorations.

This week, I'm doing something a little different. Most of us working stiffs have some kind of office holiday/Christmas party this time of year when there's lots of booze and lots of opportunity to make a fool out of oneself (see: Elaine's spastic dancing on "Seinfeld"). So which characters would be sloshed and embarrassing themselves the most at the annual Jedi Council party, the Rebel Alliance bash, the Imperial Officers' soiree, or Senators' ball?

[Poll #1311379]