St. Patrick’s Day is near, when the world unites in all things Irish. Sure, the story of St. Patrick is littered with miraculous imagery to possibly cover over a gruesome part of old Ireland’s earthen history. BUT, the way people today share, cook, and toast to one another’s health, wealth, and happiness has added a new spirit to the day.
Here are some Geeky Irish Blessings created for you. Enjoy! Hopefully, there will be time to come up with some more.
It’s that fabulous time of the year again!
Whether you slingshot around the sun, jump in your personal TARDIS, or procure the binary code for time travel, have fun!
Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day
December 8 at 12:00:00am until December 8 at 11:59:59pm
Everywhere
Description
Spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything’s game.
There are three possible options:
1) Utopian/cliché Future – “If the Future did a documentary of the last fifty years, this is how badly the reenactors would dress.” Think Star Trek: TNG or the Time Travelers from Hob. Ever see how the society in Futurama sees the 20th century? Run with it. Your job is to dress with moderately anachronistic clothing and speak in slang from varying decades.
Here are some good starters:
- Greet people by referring to things that don’t yet exist or haven’t existed for a long time. Example: “Have you penetrated the atmosphere lately?” “What spectrum will today’s broadcast be in?” and “Your king must be a kindly soul!”
- Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places). Chuckle knowingly at cell phones.
2) Dystopian Future – This one offers a little more flexibility. It can be any kind of future from Terminator to Freejack. The important thing to remember is dress like a crazy person with armor. Black spray painted football pads, high tech visors, torn up trenchcoats and maybe even some dirt here or there. Remember, dystopian future travelers are very startled that they’ve gone back in time.
Some starters:
- If you go the “prisoner who’s escaped the future” try shaving your head and putting a barcode on the back of your neck. Then stagger around and stare at the sky, as if you’ve never seen it before.
- Walk up to random people and say “WHAT YEAR IS THIS?” and when they tell you, get quiet and then say “Then there’s still time!” and run off.
- Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell “NOOOOOOOOO”
- Stare at newspaper headlines and look astonished.
- Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say “In thirty years dial this number. You’ll know what to do after that.” Then slip away.
3) The Past – This one is more for beginners. Basically dress in period clothing (preferably Victorian era) and stagger around amazed at everything. Since the culture’s set in place already, you have more of a template to work off of.
Some starters:
- Airplanes are terrifying. Also, carry on conversations with televisions for a while.
- Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it.
- Be generally terrified of people who are dressed immodestly compared to your era. Tattoos and shorts on women are especially scary.
Remember, try to fit in. Never directly admit you’re a time traveler, and make really, really bad attempts at keeping a low profile.
It’s hypnotic. 50 minutes of 56 episodes of Star Trek TOS played at the same time, tiled next to each other. If you get through the whole thing, it will make the 49:15 mark, and following, that much more enjoyable.
Good luck.
56 Episodes of Star Trek At The Same Time
Happy Birthday, Mr. Nimoy! Wishing you the best and brightest year to come for you yet!
Nimoy has established himself as a legacy within so many genres and franchises; from the voice in the game “Civilization” to other voice-over acting, from his directing gigs to his photography passions.
What would Kirk have been without the green-blooded Spock? Ah, to be there that fateful day when Nimoy and Shatner first worked together in 1964 on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
Here’s some fun quotes and ideas to toss around today:
International Talk Like William Shatner Day
(AKA Talk. Like. William. Shatner. Day.)
This year, ITLWS Day falls on Thursday, March 22. Thanks to Maurice LaMarche, voice actor extraordinaire, it’s official. Check out Maurice’s video below for a crash course in talking like Shat. There is a rule to this day, however. 
If March 22 falls on a weekend day, the holiday is automatically bumped to the following Monday for more social interaction.
Aside from that, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mr. Shatner. The world-wide-interweb is alight with glowing reviews for your recent endeavor, “Shatner’s World”, and you are, very apparently, alive and kicking.
Here are some fun Shatner quotes and lines for you to spend the day practicing on friends, family, and strangers alike.
Welcome to this week’s NOMonster’s treat!
What doesn’t scream “Green” with the upcoming Irish day like Gorn Cupcakes! Pwn the Gorn, like St. Patrick pwned those snakes!
These are super easy and fun to make. Granted, only while Twinkies are still in existence.
The batch pictured in this post was made by a good friend, Marina Molnar, for an IFT (International Federation of Trekkers) Post-Vegas Convention Party.
Ingredients:
1 box of standard vanilla cake mix (and required ingredients for it)
Twinkies
Green icing (if none available, use Vanilla with Wilton’s Green tinting dye)
Black Icing (in the tube w/ small tip)
Yellow Icing (in the tube w/ small tip)
Candy “pearl” beads
Sour Apple Candy Ribbons
Procedure:
Bake the cupcake mix normally according to the directions on the box. If you want to add a unique twist, add in a bit of the Wilton’s Green tinting dye into the batter. Pour mix into the cupcake tray, bake, remove, and cool.
For the Green icing, place in a microwave safe bowl, and microblast for 20 seconds. Stir thoroughly until smooth and slightly glossy. This gives an even coat over the entire cupcake surface.
Unwrap the Twinkies. Cut in half.
Take a few Sour Apple Candy Ribbons, and cut a zig-zag design all the way down (sharp, small kitchen scissors might work best for this). Cut into pieces that are slightly shorter than the length of the halved Twinkie (maybe around 1 ½”).
Assembly:
Make sure that the cupcakes have completely cooled.
Place a small dollop of icing in the center of the top of the cupcake to hold the Twinkie in place.
Place one half-Twinkie on top of the dollop in the center.
Spread the green icing all over the top of the cupcake, covering the Twinkie, with an even coating.
If the icing is still warm on the cupcake, allow to cool. A quick trip into the fridge might help.
Add in the candy “pearl” beads as eyes, one on each side of the head.
Get the black and yellow icing ready to go. If you warm the tube in your hands, it comes out a bit easier.
With the yellow icing, start with a small down and up motion close to the bottom of the Gorn head. Start close to where the back of the head would be, and go all the way around, leaving a bit of space in between each stroke to give the impression of menacing teeth.
Add on the Gorn eyebrows, nostrils, and mouth lining (see images for reference).
Take one of the cut Sour Apply Candy Ribbon pieces and place at the top center of the head for “spikes”.
Devour!
It’s that fabulous time of the year again!
Whether you slingshot around the sun, jump in your personal TARDIS, or procure the binary code for time travel, have fun!
Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day
December 8 at 12:00:00am until December 8 at 11:59:59pm
Everywhere
Description
Spend the entire day in costume and character. The only rule is that you cannot actually tell anyone that you are a time traveler. Other than that, anything’s game.
There are three possible options:
1) Utopian/cliché Future – “If the Future did a documentary of the last fifty years, this is how badly the reenactors would dress.” Think Star Trek: TNG or the Time Travelers from Hob. Ever see how the society in Futurama sees the 20th century? Run with it. Your job is to dress with moderately anachronistic clothing and speak in slang from varying decades.
Here are some good starters:
- Greet people by referring to things that don’t yet exist or haven’t existed for a long time. Example: “Have you penetrated the atmosphere lately?” “What spectrum will today’s broadcast be in?” and “Your king must be a kindly soul!”
- Show extreme ignorance in operating regular technology. Pay phones should be a complete mystery (try placing the receiver in odd places). Chuckle knowingly at cell phones.
2) Dystopian Future – This one offers a little more flexibility. It can be any kind of future from Terminator to Freejack. The important thing to remember is dress like a crazy person with armor. Black spray painted football pads, high tech visors, torn up trenchcoats and maybe even some dirt here or there. Remember, dystopian future travelers are very startled that they’ve gone back in time.
Some starters:
- If you go the “prisoner who’s escaped the future” try shaving your head and putting a barcode on the back of your neck. Then stagger around and stare at the sky, as if you’ve never seen it before.
- Walk up to random people and say “WHAT YEAR IS THIS?” and when they tell you, get quiet and then say “Then there’s still time!” and run off.
- Stand in front of a statue (any statue, really), fall to your knees, and yell “NOOOOOOOOO”
- Stare at newspaper headlines and look astonished.
- Take some trinket with you (it can be anything really), hand it to some stranger, along with a phone number and say “In thirty years dial this number. You’ll know what to do after that.” Then slip away.
3) The Past – This one is more for beginners. Basically dress in period clothing (preferably Victorian era) and stagger around amazed at everything. Since the culture’s set in place already, you have more of a template to work off of.
Some starters:
- Airplanes are terrifying. Also, carry on conversations with televisions for a while.
- Discover and become obsessed with one trivial aspect of technology, like automatic grocery doors. Stay there for hours playing with it.
- Be generally terrified of people who are dressed immodestly compared to your era. Tattoos and shorts on women are especially scary.
Remember, try to fit in. Never directly admit you’re a time traveler, and make really, really bad attempts at keeping a low profile.
Hello Sweeties!
AnywhereInTimeAndSpace.com will be venturing forth to tame the wilds of the country-side of Ireland at the end of next month. Okay, so maybe most of it is as tame as it gets, but hey, perhaps the fearless adventurers wouldn’t say ‘Nay’ to watching a round of Road Bowling, or chasing sheep, or running through ancient ruins pretending to be warriors. First area is going to be Dublin, then over to Galway, and then loop around more through Southern Ireland back to Dublin.
In the tradition of age old documentation, there’s going to be a montage assembled of awesome video and pictures. It would be fantabulous to hear suggestions you may have for theme songs to set the mood. Looking for absolutely any kind of music that is not sad, depressing, or unintelligible. Upbeat, whimsical, rock, etc, and should be roughly 4 minutes or longer.
Also! Do you know of any awesomely unique geeky or nerdy places to see in Ireland? Yes, the Cliffs of Moher is on the list (the same cliffs where Harry Potter & TDH was shot *green screen in Harry and Dumbledore*). And who wouldn’t miss the Book of Kells, which was the inspiration for the Cartoon-Network-esque animated movie “The Secret of Kells”? Yes, something of legend that could melt your face off… oh wait, that’s Indiana Jones… okay, so maybe just blind you a bit if you peeked at the glorious pages.
There are loads of other places, but your suggestions matter. Post the places and song suggestions in the comments section below! The person that suggests the chosen song will get something… Not sure what yet, but it will be something.
“…the primordial atom burst, sending out its radiation, setting everything in motion. One particle collides with another, gases expand, planets contract and before you know it we’ve got starships and holodecks and chicken soup. In fact, you can’t help but have starships, holodecks and chicken soup – because it was all determined 20 billion years ago!”
“The universe is big, its vast and complicated, and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. And that’s the theory.”
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
Two Doctors imparting bits of universal wisdom to the world: Robert Picardo as the EMH from Star Trek Voyager, and Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor Who. Then there’s the ever brilliant, Douglas Adams, making the world laugh with near-conceivable philosophical ideas.
Each person in the universe experiences it differently. Perception changes from one human to the next. The fact that we get anywhere in life is a testament to the ever evolving human spirit, a shared and continuing hope that there will be a future.
Don’t take a breath for granted. Share in laughter, love, and the simplicity of life.
