A chronicle of all things Geek.
April 4, 2026 Leave a comment
I had the idea of a drink to serve at scifi convention room parties. It is called a Martian Mule. Take a copper cup and fill it with 1 1/2 fluid ounces of Vodka, ice cubes, 1/2 cup of raspberry lemonade, and one wedge of a blood orange.
March 20, 2026
This is a crazy idea I got from watching Chad the Bird on YouTube. He said something how humans should stay on the ground where the weed and pizza is, and I though weed in pizza. I know it is crazy and how would you do that. Then I thought could you put the weed in the pizza dough and make that the pot edible part? Or would it be better as a pizza topping? What other toppings would be good? I don’t do drugs so I don’t know how it would work. It is a crazy idea that most likely to go no where.
March 17, 2026
I have been working a SciFi RPG setting for Savage Worlds. One of the problems I have is with the warp drive. The SciFi Companion has it as same system, same galaxy, and different galaxy. My scope is much smaller using just a section of the milky way galaxy. Also there are 3 different warp drives calls warp-1, warp-2, and warp-3. The number is a warp factor with how many light years you can get travel in a week. Well I am going to work on it and have something that will work for my setting.
February 27, 2026
Run, Just Run!
Don’t Stop, Don’t Look Back!
Your heart is beating fast, adrenaline is surging.
Just Run! You know it is behind you.
You can’t see it, but you know it is there.
Run, Don’t Stop!
You don’t want it to get you.
You can’t let it take you.
In the day, in the night, it is there.
Run, and maybe you will find safety?
February 26, 2026
Two men share a dream.
To escape the air stream.
Together they start to build.
Gathering parts to be milled.
With a screwdriver, hammer, and wrench.
Building each part on the bench.
On to the carts to be wheeled.
Strung along the field.
Looking over their notes.
They assemble it with screws and bolts.
Connecting it all to the hull.
With each problem rolling around in their skulls.
Fusion reactor and Ion engines are in.
Then they attach the fins.
Wiring the controls in the cockpit.
They make everything fit.
Once a pile of junk.
Now something to get them out of their funk.
Seeing before their eyes.
The craft that will reach beyond the skies.
Strapped in their seats.
A new adventure they will meet.
When they started people would scoff.
But now it’s the countdown to blastoff.
Higher and higher they go.
Leaving behind them their woes.
Everything feels right.
Forward into the eternal night.
February 24, 2026
I do a lot sci-fi world building and have a few sports created for it. The first game was called Floatball. It is a game played in zero-gee. It has rules are a combination of water polo and team handball. It takes place in a large room that is totally enclosed. Beginning of each period and after each goal is a face-off/jump ball where one player is on the ceiling and the other on the floor. The ball is between them and would push off and try to tip the ball to one of your teammates. There is also bars players can grab to stop or change directions.
The other other sport I have is called Scapela and is played by one of my alien races called the Elvari. There is a scoop similar to Jai Alia strapped to one hand. The ball is hard like a lacrosse ball. Played on a hard court with a goal that is on a pole that can be scored at in 360 degree. There are also rebound broads in key spots on the side lines.
The last game is called Hover Hockey. Instead of ice it is replaced with cris crossing mag rails. Players have special shoes that let them “skate”. The puck also hovers as well. Not sure if I am going to have goalies or not.
February 23, 2026
By Bill Horst-Kotter
Grab my stick and hit the ice.
My skates are sharp and it feels nice.
Passed the blue line and grabbed the puck.
Toward the goal with some luck.
Deke the goalie because he’s a rookie.
And flick the puck where mama hides the cookies.
For the kids on the streets to the stars on the ice.
Hockey is the game that I like.
Howe, Orr, and Gretsky make the game great.
It all started when I saw my first game when I was eight.
To all the hot shots that rush the net.
Today is the day your match has been met.
I love it when you scorers try to get close.
Because I am the guy that makes your shots a joke.
I will use my body to be a wall
So the goal light won’t answer your call.
I make opposing teams’ stars look like guacamole.
Because I am the guy they call the goalie.
For the kids in the streets to the stars on the ice.
Hockey is the game that I like.
Hasek, Roy, and Plante made the game great.
Me loving this game was a matter of fate.
I am the guy that makes the stars shine.
Because I protect him when it’s game time.
Check him into the boards hard.
And I am the one that will make you see stars.
Drop the gloves and fist fly like lightning.
Then the linesmen gave me five minutes for fighting.
In the box, hanging my head in shame.
But I’m the goon so I get all the blame.
For the kids on the streets to the stars on the ice.
Hockey is the game that I like.
Probert, Ray, and McSorley made the game great.
So head to your local arena before it’s too late.
This was my attempt to make a rap song about ice hockey.
December 29, 2017
One of my interests is heraldry and vexillology (the study of flags). Also as a sci-fi and RPG fan, I thought I show you a few flags that I made for a setting I am working on.
First is the Terran Confederation.
This represents the main human empire in the galaxy with its capital world of Earth. The midnight blue background is to represent outer space with the yellow sun to be the Sun and the blue circle cross is an astrological system of Earth the home of the human race. I have thought about olive branches in yellow around it or other objects. Or just to change it have 4 pointed stars around it to represent the planets in the confederation.
Second is the Compact of New Zion.
This is a splinter group of humanity started by ultra-conservative Christians. The background is black to represent space with a white and yellow cross over it. The white is the purity of their faith and the yellow is the light of God over the darkness. I was also thinking of adding some other Christian imagery, but it would make it too complicated.
The third is the Republic of New Texas.
This one was just a fun what if people from Texas set up an independent Texas on another planet. So I took the Flag of Texas and change it to have 3 stripes(red, white, red) instead of 2(white, red).
I plan on having more like an Islamic splinter, some political factions, and alien flags.
December 24, 2017
I am working on an owncloud cloud server on a Raspberry Pi. It has been frustrating. That’s where I came up with the hashtag #nerdworldproblems, because it is.
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