JohnDF's Return to Work GAW

Whovian checking in! A. Wright Lambfoot and a Wostenholm I*XL pen knife to complete the British theme.

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Thank you so much for the opportunity, and good luck to all entrants!
 
afishhunter said:
'Red Dawn' I believe ...
From left:
Holly (she's in the monitor)
Don't know, he was not in the show when my TV died.
Cat
Hologram
The hero (I forget his name)
A British comedy. Guy on far right also hosted a robot wars show.

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Almost forgot. Not an Entry.
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Red Dwarf.

Lister is the pilot. Rimmer is the Hologram. The Cat is the Cat. Kryten is the android.

JohnDF said:
I thought it was Red Dwarf, but I could be wrong.
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You're right!

Norcaldude said:
Just curious, is this a public high school somewhere that you teach these two subjects?
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I teach at a Classical Christian School. We only have about 170 students, K-12.

1066vik said:
Cat!
(p.s. - I was not a fan of the later seasons)
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I only saw the early seasons when I was a kid. It wasn't my favorite Sci-Fi, but definitely one of the more obscure ones I watched.

I also liked the SyFy show FarScape.
 
I'd like to be considered.. And to that I say...

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I ran through all three pages to see if anyone said anything about it and to my surprise it was left out. If you haven't given that show a chance, I'm almost certain anyone who likes Science Fiction would absolutely love The Expanse. It took me by complete surprise, I'm currently trying to hunt down all of the books.

Thank you for the opportunity!
 
Shiny! I love the idea of this GAW as a sci-fi nerd, an educator, and as a knife knut. This GAW hits all the sweet spots :)

I was tempted to just go with something Firefly or Star Trek related, but that seemed insufficiently nerdy and obscure ;) I have been absolutely crazy for the Expeditionary Force series by Craig Alanson lately, and in particular the audiobooks. RC Bray narrates the series, and those books are the ones that convinced me I liked audiobooks. I like the series so much that I bought a shirt based on the series (as well as morale patches). It is the first time I have bought nerdy merch for a series that isn't a movie or TV series. The shirt is in the photo, along with my most nautical/piratical traditional, the whaler:
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I'm not really sure if I should even be sharing this with you "civilians". Years ago, I was entrusted with these blueprints by Starfleet Academy, so that, in the future, if one of their ships breaks down, I could fix it. That hasn't happened yet, but I am ever vigilant, in the event my services are needed. Remember, "service guarantees citizenship!" (Wait, wrong movie)


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So yes, I am a big sci-fi nerd.
I don't always enter giveaways, but I couldn't pass up the theme. Thanks for hosting it!!!
 
I'm so glad I did this. It's so much fun for me to see all the different Sci-Fi selections. Many have made me smile big and some have made me laugh. I wish I could quote every post and respond to each one. Some amazing entries so far, it's going to be a tough narrow it down. I decided to form a panel of expert judges (me and my two sons) and let each of us pick our own top ten. Then we will compare notes and pick the finalists from there. One son is a big Sci-Fi movie fan, the other is a big Sci-Fi book fan, while I lean more towards Sci-Fi TV shows. Still haven't seen my absolute favorite yet... so keep 'em coming.
 
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glennbad said:
I'm not really sure if I should even be sharing this with you "civilians". Years ago, I was entrusted with these blueprints by Starfleet Academy, so that, in the future, if one of their ships breaks down, I could fix it. That hasn't happened yet, but I am ever vigilant, in the event my services are needed. Remember, "service guarantees citizenship!" (Wait, wrong movie)


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So yes, I am a big sci-fi nerd.
I don't always enter giveaways, but I couldn't pass up the theme. Thanks for hosting it!!!
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VERY COOL! :thumbsup:
 
Our love of Sci-fi was something my dad and I always shared :) I've been reading this one on nightshift lately and thinking of him.

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Thanks for the chance at a beautiful knife as well :)

~Chip
 
Not an entry, but thanks for the cool and generous GAW, John! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

It's been great having you on The Porch this summer, and I hope you'll still have time to be a regular once school starts again. I'm also a math teacher, but I officially retire on August 31 and will be teaching only one class each semester in the coming school year (which doesn't start for me until the day after Labor Day).

I used to read and watch a lot more science fiction back in the 70s and 80s than I do now, and even though this isn't an entry, I thought I'd post a couple of pics of some of the stuff that used to float my star cruiser.

Here's a ball cap from the West Michigan Whitecaps minor league baseball team, along with a Rough Rider marlin spike and a Star Fleet communicator my daughter once gave me when she was a little girl. (I think she learned to swear from Star Trek: TNG, which we used to watch early on Sunday afternoons when she was quite young. I was shocked one morning during breakfast when, at 4 years old, she told me, "This is da#* good cereal, Dad!" :eek:)
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And here are some of the books I could easily locate. Much of my science fiction reading was done through the services of a used book shop where I could trade books I'd read for those I hadn't, so I don't own very many books of that genre. Asimov's foundation trilogy may have been the first SF I ever read, back in 1969 as a college freshman. Some middle school kids I taught highly recommended Ender's Game, and they were right to do so. Not sure King is actually SF, but a lot of his stuff "feels" that way to me. Vonnegut was also a pleasure in my SF journey while I was in grad school. (One of my softball team's biggest rivals was a team named Ice-Nine from Cat's Cradle".)
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Good luck to all the entrants! :D:D

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I officially retire on August 31 and will be teaching only one class each semester in the coming school year (which doesn't start for me until the day after Labor Day).
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That's great. I'm glad you'll keep your "Teaching Chops" by working part time. I hope to do the same when I retire in about 10 years (is it really that far off?).
 
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