Club High Castle

It’s time for another Seriously Geeky Sunday brought to you by the creative Heather at geeking-by.net! Today’s prompt was so much fun to dig into because Retro Futurism is one of my all time favorite aesthetics. Kid me’s vision of 2020 would have looked like a mixture of this with flying cars: June 28th – Technology June 23rd is Alan Turing’s birthday, and Turing was a British computer scientist who developed the Enigma machine during World War II. His work in computer science was groundbreaking and he theorised about artificial intelligence. Today we’re thinking about technology in fictional worlds: What is the weirdest fictional technology item you’ve seen? The stove pipe reporter’s hat from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley What is the most disastrous technological innovation? Single use plastics like packaging, beer pong cups, and shampoo containers. I feel like they’ve made us lazy, and when we’re done with them, we just throw them away without a second thought. They’re piling u

I’d like to thank Heather of Just Geeking By and The Bizzaro Mage of Winst0lf Portal for tagging me in this challenge! I am forever stuck in the 90s. I listen to the NuMetal of the late 90s and early 2000s like it was yesterday. I still have a few things I wore in high school. I was fully into the grunge, camouflage, and pseudo 60s fashion of that era. Come to think of it, I know I have my peace sign necklace and earrings somewhere. Let’s get to it!  Favourite TV Show There were so many shows I loved back then, but I have to go with Sabrina the Teenage Witch. TGIF was something I looked forward to every week because it meant Sabrina was on. What is there not to love about a teenage girl with powers and a talking black cat? Favourite ’90s Song This is another tough one, and I get the feeling that this is going to be a theme for me because 90s = awesome. I’ll have to single out a song based on one that I was obsessed with and listened to all the time–more so than any other song. *Pu

Today is Father’s Day in the US. This is your reminder to call your dads 😉 June 21st – Father Figures As it’s Father’s Day today, we’re celebrating the father figures in our fandoms. The good, the bad and the downright bonkers ones. Who is your favourite fictional dad? This should come as no surprise to anyone. Can I get a drum roll, please? John Smith from The Man in the High Castle . He loved his children and was willing to do anything to protect them. He was active in their lives, and can I just mention a certain scene in Season 4 where I always burst out laughing? Jennifer has a male friend over and puts on an “illegal” record. Loud music permeates through the apartment as the two start dancing. Her sister Amy runs out of her room, and the two girls start screaming at each other. The friend follows them into the hallway, and the front door opens to reveal Smith walking into the apartment in the midst of the chaos.  Who is your favourite evil dad? John Smith. Yes, he is evil .  Who

Be Kind & Code There’s still a few days left to get your awesome t-shirt! It’s for a great cause! Tweet It’s time for another Seriously Geeky Sunday brought to you by the creative Heather at geeking-by.net June  14th – Captain, My Captain It’s Captain Picard’s birthday in two days and so today is dedicated to all the iconic captains in your life. Who was the captain of your childhood? I am an 80s child, so it goes without saying that it was Captain Planet! Captain Planet was serious business in the neighborhood for us kids. We’d pick a power, make tokens out of grass, leaves, and twigs, and fight evil! I think I always picked wind or water, but my memory fails me–however, I still remember the song! Captain Planet, he’s a hero! Gonna take pollution down to zero! When you think about captains who is the first one to come to mind?  Picard, thanks to a certain friend of mine 😉  Who is your favourite fictional captain?  Does Bester count? I mean he is the commander of the Black Omega

Before I dive into today’s Seriously Geeky Sunday prompt, I want to share a good cause! Be Kind & Code Let’s help empower African-American girls to become tomorrow’s programmers! If you can’t participate, that’s okay! You can help out by sharing this fundraiser on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Tweet Share June 7th – Warriors On June 6th 1944 the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy the start of a pivotal attack that was pivotal in ending World War II. Every story has monumental battles and warriors who fight for what they believe in and that’s what this week is all about. What is the most pivotal fictional battle you can think of? The Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the Battle of the Morannon from the Lord of the Rings Trilogy . These are pivotal battles not because of their splendor on screen or in the books, but because of all the little things at play which turn the tide, most notably Frodo making it to Mount Doom where the ring is destroyed and Éowyn disguisi