{"id":623,"date":"2001-11-27T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-27T08:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/alpha_male\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T23:28:47","slug":"alpha_male","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/27\/alpha_male\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Male"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you know me, than you probably know that I\u2019m a big fan of science fiction. Why hide my spots, right? I make an effort, though, not to impose my enthusiasm on those who don’t share it. It just invites snickering and rolling of the eyes.<\/p>\n

Jonathan<\/a> knows what I mean. He knows to avoid the indifference of some friends, and share the enthusiasm for others.<\/p>\n

When we first met at this past Summer’s Blogmeet<\/a> it came up in conversation that I\u2019d been totally taken with my rediscovery of Space: 1999<\/a>,<\/i> a show whose charms he also understood. He told me about his best friend Kit, a sci-fi enthusiast who\u2019d built made replicas of the show\u2019s sets and costumes, which were \u2014 and you should see them<\/a> for yourself \u2014 outstanding, at least before the show\u2019s American backers called for some unfortunate budget cuts. Since I was clearly a fan and not just a curiosity-seeker, he promised me that I\u2019d get to see Kit’s handiwork if I ever came to London.<\/p>\n

Sunday, when I met Kit (who\u2019s just a sweet, handsome gem of a fellow), I was blown away. I was also encouraged to indulge my fandom. May I now present then, my adventures in the Alpha Room:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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If you know me, than you probably know that I\u2019m a big fan of science fiction. Why hide my spots, right? I make an effort, though, not to impose my enthusiasm on those who don’t share it. It just invites snickering and rolling of the eyes. Jonathan knows what I mean. He knows to avoid … Continue reading “Alpha Male”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultracultural","category-ultranerdy","category-ultrapersonal","category-ultraphotographic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71873,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623\/revisions\/71873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}