Thanks to Tish L through Life's Lessons for this one!

43. You refer to your Visa Gold Card as Gold-Pressed Latinum.

42. You join the Navy just so you can serve on a ship named "Enterprise."

41. When trying to use an ATM, you hold up the line waiting for the computer voice to say "Working."

40. When a bartender asks you what you're drinking tonight, you say:

• Romulan Ale
• Synthehol
• Raktajino
• Saurian Brandy

39. When you get stopped for a traffic violation, you flip open your cell phone and say "Now would be a good time, Scotty! One to beam up!"

38. When somebody asks if you know if you're going to heaven, you say, "No, I'm going to [Stovokor, Sha-Ka-Ree, the Devine Treasury, the Celestial Temple...]"

37. When you send somebody several messages that they don't answer, you think "Why aren't they answering my hails?"

36. Bombed out of your mind at the office Christmas party, you attempt the "Vulcan nerve pinch" on your boss.

35. You accidentally reveal that you own one -- just one -- of those soundtrack CDs for a specific Star Trek episode.

34. The voices from the Fire Caves just won't leave you alone, damnit.

33. "Fully functional" has a very special meaning for you.

32. You start foaming at the mouth anytime you hear someone say, "Star Trek? Isn't that the movie with Darth Vader?"

31. You never really finished college, yet you have a "Federation Academy of Technology" or "Vulcan Academy of Science" sticker, proudly posted on the rear window of your Chevet.

30. When you end your emails and letters with your ST nickname.

29. Whenever you leave a party you don't say goodbye, you make the Vulcan V-sign and tell everyone to live long and prosper.

28. During an argument, you call your significant other "ugly bag of mostly water."

27. When you insist on calling mealworms "gagh."

26. When your computer says "Engage" and "Transfer of data is complete" in Patrick Stewart and Majel Barrett's voices, respectively.

25. You once seriously hurt your sibling trying to figure out how to do that Vulcan neck-pinch thing.

24. You just don't seem to realize that the Seven-skinsuit isn't for everyone.

23. That pointy-eared guy tattooed on your butt.

22. You get so confused when people don't understand why it goes against the Prime Directive to help little old ladies across the street.

21. The coolest thing you've ever noticed? Metermaid ticket pads look kinda like sleek tricorders.

20. When people around you begin to argue, you start singing that "da-da-da-da-DAH-DAH-DAH" Vulcan fight music.

19. When speaking about nuclear disarmament, you snear at the idea that the Romulans can be trusted not to exploit any sign of weakness.

18. Every room in your house reflects something Trek: potty, catbox, and hallway included.

17. Friends know never to disturb you between 9-10 PM on Wednesdays.

16. You work words like "warp", "blue alert", "imzadi," and "p'toQ" into daily conversations.

15. Your bulletin board at work looks like an ad for Paramount.

14. You wear your communicator pin to (insert just about anywhere here).

13. You're performing a lab experiment, and you start singing "You tiny little life-forms..."

12. You misread the question as "2nominal" company, and the word association makes you think of poor Spock, who's damn well in the radiated
bit of engineering, damnit...So you rush down to the cellar...

11. You're sixteen and think your bald, gruff, sixty-year-old boyfriend is really hot.

10. You're 16, and shave your head to look "really hot."

9. You snicker whenever you hear the word "prosper."

7. You quit your job at McDonald's rather than remove your clunky earring.

6. The "warp factor" modifications you've made to your car's speedometer.

5. When people really irritate you, you whip out your dustbuster, point it at them, and make a buzzing noise.

4. Despite your protestations, no one believes that the $45,000 you spent last year on action figures and trading cards actually went to your drug supplier.

3. You get a cat just so you can name it "Spot."

2. Friends still show the videotape of you at parties camped out overnight in front of the theatre for Star Trek V premiere.

1. Shatner's restraining order.

So What do you think?
Taken from Yahoo News:

Aliens will be talking to us within the next 20 years, according to space boffins. Dr Seth Shostak of the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence group said they may have even already landed. "We'll know we are not alone between the years 2020 and 2025," he told The Sun.
"This will be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, story of all time."
His group, which is linked to the University of California, is building 350 telescopes to listen for aliens.
Dr Shostak believes ETs could already be listening to Earth.
And he thinks alien life may have landed in clumps of bacteria cells.

Life on other planets?
Have we been visited already?
Was Roswell a cover up?
And should the hospitals be stocking up on vaccines for the new versions of Space Flu?

OK, so we've done Babes and Hunks, now it's time for our more metallic buddies!

Who was your favourite robot in sci-fi? All those metal boned buddies with transistors in their heads

Votes?

Louisa-Outram (It is her post after all!) - Data

Kung Fu Sheep - Hector

Classic Rock Chick - I love this pic "the victorian dalek".

Jon-the-man - Bender

Sub - Smash Robots

Sminchin - Kryten

CJ - Sonny

Me - K9

Fatal - Kitt

Ros - Holly

Huge thanks to Lifes_lessons for passing me this great parody of the I Am Canadian beer ads.

He performed this at a Just For Laughs gathering in Montreal:

"I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-170...[some audience members say 'one'], or own a phaser.

And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. And no, I've
never had green alien sex, though I'm sure it would be quite an evening.

[Pomp and Circumstance begins playing] I speak English and French, not Klingon! I drink Labatt's, not Romulan ale! And when someone says to me 'Live long and prosper', I seriously mean it when I say, 'Get a life'.

My doctor's name is not McCoy, it's Ginsberg. And tribbles were puppets, not real animals. PUPPETS!

And when I speak, I never, ever talk like every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence.

I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. And yes, I've gone where no man has gone before, but I was in Mexico and her father gave me permission!

My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!"

...May I present Wierd Al Yankovic...

A couple of tunes for Star Wars fans...

Livin' La Vida Yoda

At the Star Wars, Star Wars Cantina...

PLUS, now thanks to Brad!

The Saga Begins

The hits just keep on coming!

Y.O.D.A. Yoda

Pretty Fly For A Jedi

And an anthem for us geeks!

It's All About The Pentiums.

Sorry I've had to compress the bitrate down a bit to make them small to load

Seeing as we are among friends.

"My Name is CJ and I am a geek!"

And here is some info that I pulled up about Geekhood. Embrace your geekdom.

“Whereas once geeks were seen as solitary, embarrassing and uncool, the statistics show that New Geek is chic, popular and hugely influential”, it says here.

New Geeks are much more fun than the rest of us. New Geeks are typically young (by the channel’s generous definition - 83% are under 44), wealthy (21% have family income of more than £50,000) and are party people (they’re 125% more likely to visit pubs, clubs and bars than the average person). A third of the 835,000 female gamer geeks in the UK spend more than £50 on games each month.

So are you a geek

Check yourself on the Geek Checklist

So, you’re a geek if…
• You have a passion you pursue
• You spend lots of time, money and energy on your passion
• You are someone your friends ask for advice on what to buy or do, or where to go
• You are a “media sophisticate” (well, clearly, you already are if you’re reading Newsblog. Ahem)
• You – I’m going to have to quote this bit – “customise your t’s and wear underground labels”
• You’re forward thinking, so think “London going for the Olympics is good use of taxpayers’ money"
• You’re a fastidious researcher – especially using Google
• You’ve endless knowledge that you’re willing to share on your specialist subject.

So, are you?

OK, I will hold my hands up and admit it...

"My name is AJ and I'm a Geek."

But sometimes people go a little too geeky even for me (Trekkers are a prime example...)

Now, this guy may win a prize... Distraught at the new 45 minute format of Dr Who, rather than the 20/25 minute episodes of the past he has an answer for us all!

He lists each new episode and tells all of us "interested" parties where you can cut it to make it a short episode!

I can hear you going "eh?!" from here. Do you record it then wait before the second bit? Do you watch it all but get a cup of tea in the middle so you can feel like you've watched 2 episodes?

Do you TIVO/Sky+ it and pause half way through for a few days?

I'm lost but incase you feel frustrated sitting through those 'long' Dr Who shows, well, LOOK HERE.

OK, now lets hope this works...

Taking advantage of Blogs new media uploads here are 20 pieces of music from sci fi TV shows and Movies.

Let's see how many you know, there's a couple I think are tricky and not all are themes, a couple are pieces of music from mid-show but none are trick questions, there isn't any that were played in the background for 10 seconds while dialogue was on.

We've had some answers but to make it the most fun I've not put them up so you can guess them then pop into the comments and see if you're right...

The ones that are ???'ed are still to be correctly guessed!

EDIT: All right first guesses now get points on The Inquizitor blog, run by CJ!

Right, now CJ, my answers are...

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3

Track 4

Track 5

Track 6

Track 7

Track 8

Track 9

Track 10

Track 11

Track 12

Track 13

Track 14

Track 15

NEW!
Track 16

Track 17

Track 18

Track 19

Track 20

PS, CJ, I hope you don't mind me nicking the mantle of The Inquizitor for one post!

From the Beeb site:

The TV series spin-off of the Star Wars film franchise will run to at least 100 episodes, according to producer Rick McCallum.

He told BBC Radio 1 the writing team would soon be meeting to start on the project, which would begin filming in 2008 and be ready the same year.

"Hopefully if we can make it work and everybody's excited and watches it we will keep on going," said McCallum.

The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga.

It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers.

McCallum said there would be "a whole bunch of new characters" and the series would be "much more dramatic and darker".

Right, the biggest debate ever to rage... Your favorite sci-fi babe or hunk!

I will open the batting (and start looking for photos) with an admission of liking for both the ladies that played Dax, Kochanski and Lexa Doig who played Andromeda!

So c'mon people, fess up! Now over 200 comments and counting! Sex really does sell...

Just for CJ: Seven of Nine and Dax together. (Wow, how many Trekkies have had THAT thought...)

Favourite ones, the definative list!

AJ: Lexa Doig - Andromeda

Rock Chick: William Shatner - James T Kirk

Steve: Jeri Ryan - Seven Of Nine (see above!)
DJB: Ron Perlman - Hellboy

Life's Lessons: Jolene Blalock - T'Pol

Louisa: Michael Shanks - Daniel Jackson

CJ: Claudia Christiansen - Commander Ivanova

IanRespond: Kristin Lehman - Molly

Jon The Man: Gina Torres - Zoe

Spiral: Kevin Sorbo - Dylan Hunt

Neil2006: Gillian Anderson - Dana Scully

Bloglikesit: Ben Browder - Cameron Mitchell/John Crichton

Jammiebird: Patrick Stewart - Jean Luc-Picard/Dr Xavier

Squeaky: Harrison Ford in Blade Runner

Harold who has never been here before ever: Joe Flanigan - John Shepperd

graemephillipsuk: Claudia Black - Aeryn Sun and Gil Gerard - Buck Rogers... Hey, I'm not judging... Or was it the robot you wanted, G...?


Jake Taylor: Xenia Seeberg - Xev Bellringer

Prydwen: Sally Knyvette - Jenna Stannis

Paddy: Claudia Black - Vala Mal Doran (I know she's already up but DESERVES two photos!)

Sminchin: Scott Bakula - Samuel Beckett/Jonathan Archer

Kungfu Sheep: Sigourney Weaver - Ellen Ripley/Michael Beihn - Kyle Reese (we'll say that one is for the missus, yes? )


Sub: Cillian Murphy - Jim

Hobbit: Adam Baldwin - Jayne Cobb

Helly100: Jake Gyllenhall - Donnie Darko

KT123: James Marsters - Spike

Hmm, following on from previous bits about trekkers and uniforms in public I remembered THIS STORY.

A juror who decided to wear her Starfleet uniform, complete with badge, tricorder and phaser, into court every day.

The court only got rid of her after her flamboyancy attracted media and she did a tv interview, a definate nono.

BUT... my question is; how do you view these people? If you saw someone walking down the street in full Star Trek regalia would you think it was fun... or cross the street?!

I have to admit I'd find it weird if, like her, that was ALL they wore, but to me wearing a Starfleet top is nothing different from me when I go out in one of my sports shirts, although admittedly I wouldnt wear the ENTIRE kit...

So, anyone else's thoughts? Or admissions of ownership

I think I may have seen everything now...

Trekpassions, the Sci-Fi Dating Site... Now, strangely I cant link to it from here as Blog seems to think its a bad url... http://www.trekpassions.com/

I'll have a Dax please...

PS, the script is almost finished for the Wonder Woman movie. Whaddya reckon, great follow up or awful remake? The movie's creator is Joss Whedon of Buffy fame so it has a chance to be good.

Thanks aj for making me a co-author of your fab new blog

What is the difference between the Trekkie and the Trekker?

I could really do with knowing the answer to this, because I'd hate to step on anyone's plastic alien-toes. And I know that Trekkies or Trekkers are very snobby precious enamoured with their particular sub-set.

Thank you.

Thanks for making me co-owner. I thought for my first post, I would do a rep-posting of something I put on my own blog. It is quite fitting for this one

How to Make a Successful Sci-Fi Crew

How weird! Yesterday I was watching some episodes of the sci-fi show andromeda and I noticed some similarities with the characters from firefly. Is it possible that I have stumbled on the secret recipe for creating a successful Sci-fi show?

Here are the character types:

Type 1: The Macho Captain.
Dylan hunt(Andromeda) = Malcolm Reynolds (Firefly)
Macho hero type leader. Very good with a weapon. Comes up with plans. Has strong sense of loyalty to his crew. Most liekly to have a military background and rank
Othr type 1's: Captain Kirk, Captain Jack O Neill

Type 2: The Strong Female second
Beka Valentine (A) = Zoe (F)
Also good with a weapon. Very loyal to macho hero type 1. Must look good in tight fitting costumes
Other Type 2's: Samantha Carter, Belanna

Type 3. the blonde boyish geek
Seamus Harper (A) = Wash (F)
As stated. Blonde, boyish looks, a bit cheeky. Comes up with most comedy lines. Has a natural gift in one area (probably flying or gadgets). MUST wear hawaiian shirt.
Other Type 3's: Tom Paris, Daniel Jackson,

Type 4: The Muscle
Tyr(A) = Jayne (F)
Gun toting, musclehead. Probably a bit dim. also most likely to try and sell out the crew for money. Has an amazing collection of weapons. Says very little
Other Type 4's: Teal'c, Worf

Type 5: The Cutesy girly, naive type.
Trance (A) = Kaylee(F)
Wonders around in a trnace most of the time. has a cute little smile but there is always a hidden something. Good at tinkering with things and will probably have a crush on another member of the crew.
Other Type 5's: Kes

Type 6: The misfit priest type
Rev Bem (A) = Shepherd Book (F)
A Definite relgious type. probably overcome hardship or tuned against his old ways to follow the faith. Provides direction in moral issues. One episode he must have a crisis of faith. Probably good at killing whne it is 'justified'. When another character has a crisis, he will appear from nowhere from behind to give his guidance
Other tpye 6's: Ambassador DeLenn

Well, as it's the blog title this seems as good a first post as any, a list of Space Corps Directives from Red Dwarf

It's minus the directive of the title, anyone know what that one was...?

• #003 - By joining Star Corps [sic] each individual tacitly consents to give up his inalienable rights to life, liberty and adequate toilet facilities.
• #147 - Crew members are expressly forbidden from leaving their vessel except on production of a permit. Permits can only be issued by the Chief Navigation Officer, who is expressly forbidden from issuing them except on production of a permit.
• #157 - One berth per registered crew member.
• #195 - In an emergency power situation, a hologrammatic crewmember must lay down his life in order that the living crewmembers might survive.
• #312 - According to this quarantined crew are provided "with minimum leisure facilities. Games, literature, hobby activities, motion pictures."
• #349 - Any officer found to have been slaughtered and replaced by a shape-changing chameleonic life form shall forfeit all pension rights.
• #592 - In an emergency situation involving two or more officers of equal rank, seniority will be granted to whichever officer can program a VCR.
• #997 - Work done by an officer's doppelganger in a parallel universe cannot be claimed as overtime.
• #1694 - During temporal disturbances, no questions shall be raised about any crew member whose timesheet shows him or her clocking off 187 years before he clocked on.
• #1742 - No member of the Corps should ever report for active duty in a ginger toupee.
• #1743 - No registered vessel should attempt to transverse an asteroid belt without deflectors.
• #5796 - No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.
• #7214 - To preserve morale during long-haul missions, all male officers above the rank First Technician must, during panto season, be ready to put on a dress and a pair of false breasts.
• #7713 - The log must be kept up to date at all times with current service records, complete mission data and a comprehensive and accurate list of all crew birthdays so that senior officers may avoid bitter and embarassing silences when meeting in the corridor with subordinates who have not recieved a card.
• #34124 - No officer with false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity.
• #43872 - Suntans will be worn during off-duty hours only.
• #68250 - All we ever know is that it's "impossible without at least one live chicken and a rabbi".
• #196156 - Any officer caught sniffing the saddle of the exercise bicycle in the women's gym will be discharged without trial.