Geek Syndicate
Two days before my wife and I were married, her grandparents flew over from their home in
Bulgaria. Amy’s grandfather was going to be giving her away, offering a speech and frankly had
enough on as it was. The next day, they turned up at our house with that cardboard TARDIS. It’s
a card box that guests could use to deposit wedding cards. He’d made it that morning, having
spent some time researching TARDISes. A subject that meant nothing to him, but which obviously is important to me.
Although I knew Amy’s family had accepted me, this is what really drove it home. Having crossed
a continent, he took time to not only construct a card box in the shape of a Police Box – but he
took the time to Research TARDIS exteriors.
See? Lucky.
The Heart of the Matter …
Behind this door lies the main
event. The Geek Room. I have
tried getting it re-named “the
console room” for more of a
Doctor Who / gaming vibe to no
avail. This room is my man cave.
I spend most of my time here,
either watching shows on my
tablet PC, gaming on one of the
consoles or editing this venerable publication in my PC corner.
Of course, being one half of a
geek couple, I can’t claim sole
ownership of the Geek Room. Except I do. IT’S MINE!!!!!!!
It’s in here that I rotate what
items I have on display – either
in the main display stand or on
top of the book cases. Yes, most
of those are comic collections…
Usually, I have Doctor Who and
DC superheroes on display,
along with some of my LEGO
sets. Mostly, these are my adapted Star Wars LEGO sets (very few
of those ships are un-modified
from the sets they came in) but
also I have my Robin Hood LEGO
(thanks, Amy!) and my LEGO
Daleks on display.
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