Hamilton's Nerd Strip

[pyat]

We got a new stove today. velvetpage made upsidedown pineapple cake, and it was verrrrrry yummy.

Stopped by Bayshore Hobbies this afternoon, and ran into doc_mystery, who pointed me to the new branch of Conspiracy Comics that's opened just a block away. With Bayshore, 1-Up Games, the novelty candy place, Westdale Bookworm, and Conspiracy all in the same single block stretch, Hamilton seems to be developing a sort "nerd hole" or "geek ghetto." I, for one, am thrilled. I picked up Changing Breeds for World of Darkness, as prep for an upcoming game.

shadow_maze, mrs_dm, doc_mystery and their kids later came over for Chinese food and a round of Axis and Allies, the first time I've played that board game since about 1998. Indeed, it had a flyer for the 1998 Bayshore Hobbies game sale inside the box, along with pages of handwritten story notes from iamradar! I was the Allies, and by the end of Turn 2, I pretty much had the Axis powers (as played by doc_mystery and shadow_maze) on the ropes.

Bed now, but first! a quiz!

Your result for Your Role in Future World...

Oswald Cabal

10% Heroism, 10% Leadership, 10% Wits and 10% Static!

You are like Oswald Cabal! Whether bringing forcible peace to the barbarian nations of the Earth or shooting people to the Moon with SCIENCE(!), you know that the choice is Nothingness... or All. “Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?”

Take Your Role in Future World at HelloQuizzy

Comments

[bandersnitch.livejournal.com]

I like "Geek Ghetto"

I will have to take an afternoon stroll to frequent these places at least once.

...a week.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that's a big helmet.

New Stove!

[ankhorite.livejournal.com]

Congrats! My poor dear savant_da_rat suffered through most of 2008 without an oven, all my fault, mea culpa, mea culpa, and I'm glad he's forgiven me as evidenced by a frenzy of cookie- and brownie- baking. Gas, or electric, for you? And if the latter, what kind of top?

We have a gaming shop with many tables right next to a Chinese buffet... but no comic book shops in sight. :(

I got "Johnny Rico" (http://www.helloquizzy.com/results/your-role-in-future-world/?fromCGI=1&var_Heroism=15&var_Leadership=0&var_Wits=0&var_Static=10) which I'll post over at my own LJ in the morning. Space grunt, big gun. Nice graphics in the test!

Geek ghetto?

[pxtl.livejournal.com]

It's Westdale. More like Geek Soho. But either way, Big B didn't last very long, and I'm perpetually shocked that 1up is still in business since I never see anyone in there.

I'm pessimistic that our little strip of geek boutiques will stand the test of time.

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Somehow that flier made it into the plastic tub I was carrying games, camera, my book, etc.

I'll bring it back next time.

::B::