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I was about 40 miles west of Minneapolis, and drove home from school because I forgot my Spanish II textbook for first period. I heard Tom Barnard from the KQRS morning show that a WTC tower was on fire due to a plane collision. WHen I got to school, I told my class about it, and then we heard the announcement over the intercom to stop everything and watch the news. We witnessed the carnage, and I hated the idea that I was here, unable to do anything for those poor people. At that moment, I decided that I wanted to be an infantry Marine. Here I am now, seven years later and an honorable discharge wiser.

My last geek/fanboy moment was dressing as Frank Castle a.k.a. the Punisher this Halloween. I even had a double-barreled cap shotgun to go with it (purchased from the kid's section of Cabela's!). I scared a liquor store clerk who apparently forgot that it was October 31st. I did get a lot of looks. It's probable that the movies and comics of the character's namesake aren't very mainstream or popular. Oh, whatever. Also, that joke with the sulfiric acid is pretty witty. Props on the submitter.

For my biggest geek moment, it was Halloween 2006 in Honolulu, and I was costumed as Ash Williams from Evil Dead. I had everything down to the smallest detail, with the hair dyed black, Karo syrup "blood", and ripped matching outfit. I carried a square-bladed spade, and had an S-Mart tag, complete with name, store jingle, graphic, and department on it. People stared at me like they'd never seen a guy covered head-to-toe on fake blood. I shouted Ash's various catch-phrases at the top of my lungs, shemped with my friend Jorge (who was dressed as the Misfit's Crimson Ghost), and got some "sugar" (surprisingly) from two lovely babes on the street, one dressed as a ballerina, the other a female traffic cop (an authentic cop, who was on duty at the time!). I would clear a path in the crowd by striking the concrete and asphalt with my shovel, causing sparks to shoot from the ground, and dragging it, to derive the worst, grating noise that I'd heard in a long time. There were actually guys that knew who I was imitating, and a chick asked me where my boomstick was. Just the way that statement was phrased made me laugh, and I pointed beneath my belt. She got a laugh, too. When I got back to my barracks after we were done, I realized that thet was the biggest, but coolest geek moment I've ever experienced.

I'd like to say that one man from every age could clash with Conan in honorable combat and defeat him using their era's abilities, but few could slay him. Kull of Atlantis, of which the Cimmerians are descended, could probably defeat, but not slay, Conan in an axe/sword duel. In that same aspect, from either medieval or modern times, if Ash Williams dropped from the sky, he could probably best, but not kill, Conan with his amazing improvisational wits, technological background, and a chainsaw-boomstick combo. Conan is the one of the (if not the) luckiest literary characters of all time. How many time has he locked eyes with Death's grim spectre and lived another day? Crom cares little for his people, but he gives them all the opportunity and the potential to be mighty. Conan took full advantage of it. I think that this series of posts is silly, for we are dueling the greatest literary barbarian, soldier, thief, pirate, bandit, general, and king against illogical "foes". Why wouldn't they all want to get together at a tavern and just drink each other under the table, and have a good time? Wench a bit? Exchange tales of high adventure? Or find a way to defeat a common foe while they're at it? That would make for a good comic.