Meeting #1818 - Monday, 21 July, 2025
Trey Haddad, President
Ken Patterson, Vice President
Dave Gallaher, Treasurer
Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms
Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary
In-person at Parktown Pizza 3031 Meridian Ave, San Jose, CA 95124
And online via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83807383506?pwd=VnNNTXJ1YXlLS0RQVVB2VERXUTQ2dz09
Called to order at 20:00
Total of 12/1 in attendance
Secretary
The minutes of meeting 1817 were posted online, and were accepted as so last
week.
Treasurer
Regular: $15,805.32
Party: $230.58
Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: [email protected]
Though we did accrue $146.59 since the resumption of live meetings.
Vice President
Nothing fannish to report.
President
Not present.
Committees:
None
New Business:
None.
Announcements:
Lisa
MythLore hits 1m downloads. The scholarly journal of the Mythopedic society.
dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/ <http://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/>
Alex the Great, SF Rally Rabbit has passed away. alexthegreat100.com
<http://alexthegreat100.com/>
Two meteor showers on the night of July 29 (early July 30) Pray for good
weather.
Yochanan
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s free Shakespeare in the park, Two
Gentlemen of Verona, at Memorial Park, Cupertino until August 3 (Sat & Sun, 3
p.m.) Then redwood City, and San Francisco.
sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/
<http://sfshakes.org/performance/free-shakes/>
Santa Cruz Shakespeare is doing Midsummer’s Nights Dream, Pericles ,and Into
the Woods. santacruzshakespeare.org/ <http://santacruzshakespeare.org/>
GalaxyCon San Jose, August 15-17. Media Con.
galaxycon.com/pages/galaxycon-san-jose
<http://galaxycon.com/pages/galaxycon-san-jose>
Ken
This Friday is the fourth Friday and time, once again, for the monthly meeting
of the Legion of Rassilon. This month with be the two part finale of the latest
season: Wish World and The Reality War. Meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., at the
Denny’s in Milpitas on Abbott Avenue, off Calaveras Boulevard, near 880.
lor.club <http://lor.club/>
This Sunday, from Noon to 3 p.m. on KFJC (89.7 FM, kfjc.org <http://kfjc.org/>)
will be Sir Cumference Can’t Drive 55 – a birthday celebration, with 56 songs
all released on (or near) 27 July for each year.
The Hammer Theatre presents National Theatre Live (recordings of productions
from the UK National Theatre) hammertheatre.com/national-theatre-live/
<http://hammertheatre.com/national-theatre-live/>
Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge): Thursday, 24 July 7 p.m. & Saturday, 23 August
2 p.m.
Streetcar Named Desire (Gillian Anderson): Friday, 25 July 7 p.m., Sunday, 27
July 2 p.m., Saturday, 2 August 2 p.m, Thursday, 14 August 7 p.m.
The Importance of Being Earnest (Ncuti Gatwa): Sunday, 3 August 2 p.m.,
Thursday, 7 August 7 p.m., Friday 15 August, 7 p.m., Sunday, 17 August, 2 p.m.
Present Laughter (Andrew Scott): Thursday, 21 August 7 p.m., Friday, 12
September, 7 p.m.
Vanya (Andrew Scott): Friday, 22 August 7 p.m., Sunday, 24 August 2 p.m.,
Thursday, 11 September 7 p.m.
Reviews
Rick
Netflix, second season of The Sandman is in progress – first half has dropped.
Incredible casting. Extremely well directed. There will be no third season,
because of the source author. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman_(TV_series)
Season 3 of Foundation (TV) aka Asimov Mad-libs. Second episode is even better
than the first. Exceptionally well shot, excellent acting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(TV_series)
Nautilus (AMC) origin of Captain Nemo, produced by Disney (who didn’t want to
air it) Kookily Disney-esque. Intellectually unchallenging (Atlantis, modern
preserved Vikings, &c…) It has not been renewed. Enseble cast does a credible
job, with the material they’ve been given.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(TV_series)
Yochanan
Echo (D+/Marvel) Only five episodes. Native American lady who is deaf (played
by a deaf native American actress, with a limb difference). Beautiful signing
(ASL) setting was beautiful. Bowled him over. Includes Kingpin as a character.
Echo had appeared in Hawkeye. Must watch! Amazing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_(miniseries)
Reread The Foundation Trilogy (after watching the first two season). Loved it
all over again. More plot concept (thanks Robin) driven – as opposed to the
series being character driven. Wanted to start over once he finished. Great
series of novels (recognizes that the TV series is not the same). Doesn’t care
for the following four novels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_(novel_series)
Superman (theatres) absolutely loved it. Plot holes, crazy stuff with the
background. Great FX that dosen’t detract. Actor does an amazing job, Krypto is
important. There’s credit cookies. Re-watchable. Full price. Even his non-fan
sister liked it. Great guest stars, including Nathan Filliion (as a Green
Lantern) and other heroes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(2025_film)
Lisa
First two episodes of Strange New Worlds has dropped. Very interesting. The
second episode has an old antagonist preturning. First episodes deals well with
the previous cliff-hanger. Quite enjoyable.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Strange_New_Worlds>
Yochanan: Loved it. He doesn’t recommend watching the two back to back, as they
are very different thematically.
Rani: Watched both, and agree with everyone.
Ken
The Klingon Language Institute’s annual qep'a' wejmaH cha'DIch was fun to
watch, and occasionally participate (mostly the lunch and dinner excursions).
Jerry passed her level one exam (one of three of the ten who took it). There
was even a cabaret, where Jerry did a Klingon language version of the song High
Anxiety! The developer of the language, Dr. Marc Okrand, and the founder of the
KLI, Dr. Lawrence Schoen (who is also a Hugo and Nebula nominated author), were
very much present and approachable. kli.org <http://kli.org/>
San Diego terminal one not a great place to have a layover. Small, crowded, and
no sit-down restaurants. Though we hear that there’s is a new terminal one in
the works…
Rumor of the Week:
We’ll have to wait until next week to get the real Mule skinny.
Adjourned at: 20:59
There was an auction
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