Porchlight SF
Lea-Anne and I went to Porchlight SF last night. This month’s topic was obsession. All the storytellers were great, but two really stood out for me:
Kevin Thompson told a story about a big, barrel chested, “punker than you’ll ever fucking be or try to be” guy, who was obsessed with restoring his ‘64 Dodge Dart to full “vomiting blood” status. His impression of the guy was absolutely hilarious.
The other was Adam Savage (yes, the Mythbusters guy). Adam told a story (at break-neck speed I might add) about his obsession with rare things that were rare for a very specific reason. He described a folder on his computer (“that should be called fucking obsessions”) that contained 40+ gigs of pictures of things he found fascinating. The Dodo bird was one, specifically an exact scale replica of its skeleton. The Maltese Falcon was another. Stories of life-size digital prints, his (apparently false) self-imposed stigma that he wasn’t able to model organic objects, 3D laser scanners and friends with foundries ensued, and were simply fantastic.
Check out Porchlight SF, or don’t, it’s already crowded enough.
