Our pal Erica is a lifelong loser science fiction fan. One of her tattoos is the Rebel Alliance symbol, others include Trill spots (think ST: DS9) up the back of her neck and shoulders, and a white one on the webbing between her thumb and forefinger of some symbol from the Principia Discordia. She attends Dragoncon, types in dvorak, dresses proudly in costumes, reads voraciously, and watches far, far too much serial television programming.

She lives in my neighborhood and we often meet for breakfast to discuss the week in all things space opera and fantasy, because, y’know, I’m that kind of geek too, albeit to a lesser degree; unlike Erica, I haven’t begun a blog called, “Babyldork Galactinerd,” devoted to the shows, movies, and books of that ilk.

Her reviews are usually pretty compelling, frequently funny, and her character and plot insights (and spoilers) abound. She approaches her media from a quasi-academic perspective, often punctuated by a teenager’s adulation of whichever cute actor in a particular show she has a crush on. It’s fun reading if, like us, you’re a totally unapologetic nerd. I’m looking forward to her dissection of last night’s episode of Heroes.

Babyldork Galactinerd [blogspot.com]