Joshua Gannon-Salomon's Page

First off, to any UMass Nerdfighters out there, a big thank you from the bottom of both my hearts for your excellent welcome and your kind feedback. Thanks are specifically due to my lover, Missy, who steadfastly hung in there for me and videoed my performance, and the Game Hobbyists' League, who put it on- quite specifically, the members on duty on the last day of the con, who let me do my thing while herding gamers around. Not an easy task.

It went fairly well, though I…

  When I went to ConBust this year, I had something of a silly idea. I decided I would put a homemade TARDIS decal on my blue guitar, accessorize with a bow tie, and cosplay as Dr. Josh and the GuiTARDIS. I expected the pun to cause some head-slaps, maybe some groans and possibly a squee here and there, but I did not expect anything anywhere near the response I got.

  People seemed to enjoy the concept. I saw some major…

  Last night, I had a vision. It was inscribed in perfect CopperPlate font onto my frontal lobe across two bus rides and three hours. MY vision was simply this - an illustrated storybook explaining either geek culture generally or at the very least the nerdfighter ethos to the young 'uns. I originally concieved this as a present for young Henry Green, but then I thought there must be quite a few teeny-tiny nerdfighters-in-training out there who could also enjoy such a book.…