My friend George and I got to talking about who was the most popular actress among that portion of the population that prefer to live at addresses that are prime numbers, and name their cats after computer programs. Yes, I’m talking about geeks.
So far, the contenders are:
Jessica Alba (Dark Angel, Sin City)
Jeanette Lee (Pool player)* Not an actress
Kitty Pryde (Not real)
Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Kate Beckinsale (Underworld)
Jolene Blaylock (Vulcan on Enterprise)
What’sername… the Borg chick… Jeri Ryan
Lucy Lawless
I pointed out that Kitty Pryde wasn’t real, but George pointed out that this really wasn’t a factor for geeks, because, let’s face it, are geeks more likely to get to third base with Kate Beckinsale than with an imaginary person? Not really.
My pick was Jessica Alba, until I understood that imaginary people count. Then I switched to Rogue from the X-Men. But her power it to basically suck the energy out of people and kill them if she can touch your skin. So that makes her a bad choice, much worse than even an ex-girlfriend.
Of course, the original sci-fi babe, Uhura, played by Nichelle Nichols, is still a good choice.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
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