Lee Whiteside

Waiting for someone in Arizona to bring you out for a convention. Tucson Comic Con, Phoenix Fan Fusion, or the Arizona Comic Arts Festival..

Trump's Friday morning so far:

-- extremely disappointing 4th quarter GDP number
-- inflation report hotter than expected
-- Supreme Court strikes down tariffs

A pictures of an Atari 130XE computer displaying the opening of Zork I on a Commodore 1702 monitor. A floppy disk with Zork II on the label is on the computer and game cartridges are also visible.

I still have a couple of functional ones, although donated a lot of stuff recently to the National Videogame Museum in Texas.

I guess my main focus in the mid-80s was Atari Computers, so I still have nostalgia for that and running the Magrathea BBS which is what got me in touch with con-going fans.

I was already in my 20s then, so it was mainly MTV that I fixated on from that decade, growing out of my love for music from my teens. I didn't really go all in with SF/F fandom until later in the 80s when I discovered conventions. So 80s teen films is not really a nostalgic thing for me.

U2 - Days Of Ash EP - YouTube

U2 - Days of Ash EP. All the lyric videos. Very much worth watching and listening.

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We still have a Department of Education?

Just finished watching Marvel's Wonder Man. Acting is superb and the story rocks. Definitely would like to see more of it.

I remember visiting my Aunt & Uncle in Pasadena in the late 60s and having difficulty breathing. The air was definitely not like that in Kansas.

It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…

This week, I'm going to get way out of my comfort zone and promote the hell out of my podcast. I'm so proud of the work we are doing, and I want as many people as possible to know it exists.

So I'll begin here:

wilwheaton.net/podcast/

using "one honest review at a time" as his tagline as well....

YouTube video by chris javaruski U2 "With Or Without You" 4k Multicam - Live From The Sphere - HQ Audio

Nice reimagining of the song. U2's performance of it at The Sphere was one of the visual hilights of the whole show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXL2...

Looks like they are still going. Just one article about him this year, but the older ones are still online. www.thesmokinggun.com/tags/jeffrey...

I resemble that, unfortunately.

10 Thoughts On “AI,” February 2026 Edition Because it feels like a good time to do it, some current thoughts on “AI” and where it, we and I are about the thing, midway through February 2026. These are thoughts in no particular o…

This Valentine's Day, why not snuggle up with a loved one and read my long damn post about "AI" and some of my current thoughts about where it's at, where it's going, and how much anyone should engage with it? Best Valentine's Day ever!

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Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

Instagram post by "Weird Al" Yankovic celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. On the left is a picture of Al and Suzanne from 2001 with Al's post and some comments on the right.

Pictures from an early digital camera of "Weird Al" Yankovic and his wife Suzanne at San Diego Comic Con in 2001. Picture on the left is Al talking to a fan with Suzanne looking on. Picture on the right is Al and Suzanne walking with them holding hands. Picture taken by me from a fan table I manned that year.

Weird Al Posted in Instagram a couple of days ago on his 25th Wedding anniversary with his wife Suzanne. Later that year, I saw them wandering the aisles at San Diego Comicon on their way to Artists Alley where they visited Frank Kelly Freas. Happy Anniversay Al and Suzanne!

something we've been working on for a few days! link to the full letter: tinyurl.com/bookconautho...

Probably not where I saw it, a small town in Kansas. We got new movies about six months later back then. It was definitely the double feature release in 1971 for those two movies.

For me, it was
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Earth Girls are Easy (on a very small screen, but still in a theater)
Casino Royale (the Peter Sellers one)
U.H.F.
MST3k: The Movie (special preview screening with Dr. Forrester)
House of Dark Shadows/Night of Dark Shadows double feature.
Rocky Horror.

The book club scam has taken an exciting new leap forward. I got one today from a "curated literary platform and newsletter" that, unusually, offered a link to its website. I'm in edits, so obviously I took the opportunity to procrastinate. /1

Plus, he still hates the new kickoff rule...

From this thread, Bad Bunny is pro-independence for Puerto Rico, they do not want to be the 51st state.

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Detailed commentary on Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance.

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I'm getting out of the hospital today and I could use some help, if you're able. Even taking the time to check it out or share means more than I can say.

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And they joked about it. There are letters in the Chicon III files where the chair and Asimov jokingly discuss doing a panel about pinching posteriors. Also, a letter where Heinlein says he will come, but only if he knows he is getting the Hugo.

I don't have a video to share, but Tribble Toys when at a convention will have a cage of dozens of activated Tribbles and Clapping near them will activate all of them.

Also, @mostlybree.kitrocha.com is part of the whistle brigade making and shipping thousands of whistles to Minnesota and other locations that need them.

Nice. I hope they have all the covers in the Kickstarter collected edition I'll be getting.