Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 64

Geek Syndicate GEEK CRIBBS ... WedgeDoc ... WedgeDoc Welcome to Geek Syndicate’s Geek Cribbs – where we take readers on a whistle stop tour of our geek hideaways, whether this be a shelf, display stand, room or house. In this instalment, Geek Syndicate Magazine editor, Antony McGarry-Thickitt (aka WedgeDoc), shares the ins and outs of his Nottinghamshire home… In many ways, I’m a very lucky bloke. You see, I’m a geek of the hoarding variety. In my shed, there are several boxes of Doctor Who action figures in their packaging that attest to this. That’s not the worst though. I’m a hoarder who likes to have his stuff visible. Who doesn’t spend money on cigarettes or alcohol or cinema or any such “disposable” activity very often. I buy things. Books, DVDs, action figures … My lovely wife is also a geek (lucky me). Not only that, but she is extremely accepting of my hoarder-displayer personality. In this instalment of Geek Cribbs, I’ll be taking you on a journey through our home and talking about the why’s and wherefore’s of various collections that I (we) have on display. Welcome to our Humble Abode … The first item people see when entering our lair is this framed carbon cut out bat logo. This is a custom item (as far as I know the only one of its kind) that we were given as a wedding present by my wife’s uncle. Oddly, a door-to-door charity worker refused to believe that I was married simply because that picture was hung so prominently. Apparently only men can be Bat-fans… 64