through the Tartis, I tripped and fell. Hurt my knee pretty badly and had to sit and re- cover for a bit. The next photo op made
Sci-fi author Timothy Zahn finds himself surrounded by Vader and his Stormtroopers. (Michael B. Smith Photo)
watched. He portrayed a funny character. Of course, the reason I was there was not the soap opera. John would later play the all- powerful alien Q in the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, returning several times to the role, as well as playing Q on other Star Trek series.We were hustled into the photo room, spoke to John and he sort of “placed us” himself, together, with him in the back. Now, I have never had any of the stars act strange about being touched, other that Little Nell from Rocky Horror two years ago. So, I put my arm around John’s waist, and you would have thought I’d grabbed his ass. “No” he exclaimed. “No touching!” Man, I was so embarrassed. Now the bad part is, every time I look at the photo, I remember that, and it kind of makes me feel a bit less warm and fuzzy about John. I hate that. We revisited the area where all of the
Star Wars scenes are recreated. It’s pretty cool that you can pose sitting at the bar table with Greedo, or with Boba Fett in front of a frozen Han Solo, or with Stormtroopers. There was also a recreation of the cantina bar. Just around the corner was the phone booth, that is, the Tartis from Dr. Who. Stepping
up for the feelings I couldn’t shake from the first one. It was the aforementioned Ryan Hurst. Eric gave him a Chief coin and he seemed to really dig it. Ryan was extremely friendly and we got our photo. (Only $75 folks! Step right up!) I feel so old as I recall the Star Trek Con of 1977. You could get photos with the stars, autographs, talk to them- never a charge. Ah, the
good old days. And just like that, day two
of the convention was in the history books. But we weren’t done yet. Once again, Eric has set me up as “special guest” at the monthly “Medium Night” at the Astrology Store in Glendale. I had really enjoyed it two years ago, but Eric pulled out all the stops this time. Acting as host, he took control of the room which appeared to be a sold-out event. He proceeded to build me up as some sort of rock star. It was fun. I mean, I write about South- ern Rock and play guitar, but he made it sound like Stephen King or Jimmy Page was in the house. Thanks Eric. It was a nice ego boost.
There were over 30 people there,
mostly women, who gather monthly for “Group Medium Night, “with Dave Campbell. Dave gets into “the zone,” and opens up to the spirit world, allowing loved ones who have crossed over to speak with friends and family in the audience. The first half of the program is Dave freestyling and after a break, they all come back for a Q&A. Dave explained that the messages coming through may be literal, or they may be symbolic. Each recipient has to decide for themselves. No matter how you
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