So, there I was, writing a Doctor Who product description for the next catalog, and I typed “Moxx of Bollhoon.”
And I knew, as soon as I typed it, that it was wrong. Oh, “Moxx” was right, but I knew I’d mangled “Bollhoon.” I’d mangled an alien name. I was in the right ballpark, I still had to look it up, and I was off by two letters. “Balhoon,” not “Bollhoon.”
If that’s not nerd-dom — knowing that I’d gotten a one-shot alien’s name wrong — I don’t know what is.
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A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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He may have been a one-shot alien, but his “Bad Wolf scenario” line meant that the Interwebz were talking about him for weeks afterwards. 🙂
yay nerd-dom! i’ve stopped fighting my nerdiness and have gone so far as to order my very own Bad Wolf t-shirt.
Heh. I’ve designed an “Angels Have The Phone Box” t-shirt for a Cafepress store. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be like Larry and have one? 😆