Sci-Fi Marathon 30: One hour down, 30 hours to go
Woo-hoo! An hour into the first film, and (as usual) anyone playing the sci-fi drinking game would be in trouble already--The Day After Tomorrow is chock-full of Bad Science(tm)!
Life in the projection booth is looking pretty good; despite a shipping screw-up that left us without the parts needed to fix a busted rewind, we're up & running with all equipment. We scrounged an almost-the-right size part from an old hand-cranked rewind stashed under the booth, and with a trip to Charley's office (which is equiped with a drill press) to modify it, all was made well enough to get us through the weekend.
The crowd was amused by the pre-show fanfare; for the 30th year, all of the attendees who've been to 25 or more Marathons were presented with "Geekier Than Thou" medals, in a ceremony suspiciously like the ending of Star Wars Episode IV (including the proper bit of musical accompaniment from the movie).
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