Have you ever been to a Nerd Party?
Think Halloween costume party, but with a nerdy twist.
I am rewriting a post that I wrote back in 2013 with some additional thoughts.
Years ago I was invited to a Nerd Party in Missouri. I think enough time has passed to share a few pictures from it. The participants will remain anonymous, unless someone comments 😉
This was long before The Big Bang Theory. I am sure that if a Nerd Party was held today that someone would come dressed as Sheldon and Amy. I went to a Costume Party once where there was a couple dressed as Sheldon and Amy. I remember going to the same party as Martin Luther as the Mad Monk and nobody got the reference. Happy Reformation Day! See: Reformation Day Posts
Here is what got my mind wandering toward the Nerd Party when I first wrote this post. While working on my post The Case of the Missing Book, I ran across this pocket protector that I wore as part of my costume for the Nerd Party.
I should have taken a picture instead of just putting it on the glass of the scanner.
I also found some old pictures from the party. The quality of the pictures are not the best, but they were taken long ago and in a dimly lit gymnasium.
We had a bunch of kids at the party and they had some really cool costumes. What a bunch of nerds.
I decided to extract out the four brothers who were wearing Star Trek costumes. I have already sent the picture to the oldest 🙂 I still keep in contact with him and enjoy seeing pictures of his family.
Here we have a picture of a nerd instructing his son on how to be a better nerd. It is also a good segue to the next picture.
Here we have a picture with most of the men who were at the party. I look really short in this picture, and I am only a little more than an inch shy of six feet tall. I just had a lot of tall friends.
To the right of me in the picture (my left) is the father of the four brothers who were wearing Star Trek uniforms. They had a family theme going.
I also have a picture of the women in their costumes, but know better than to post it. I might get hunted down. Perhaps it has been enough time now and I should share it.
I still hear from or hear about some of the people who were at the party long ago, even though we live far away from each other.
Steven
The first image is of a sloth at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska.
Next is one of the last pictures that I took of Old Blue before my old care was donated. It had been driven for a lot of miles.
Here is a slice of a double yolk mooncake made with lotus paste.
Here are some leaves in a parking lot. It is that time of year again for falling leaves.
Finally we have my favorite image from this search. Here is my Great Grandmother Lottie.
Braman's Wanderings 