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For those who thought the article below on Disneyland Fanatics was condescending, check out this National Post article on the Hugo Awards<\/a>. All the writer didn’t joke about was folks running around with Spock ears.<\/p>\n

I think I’ve seen one Star Wars movie. I did go to see The Lord of the Rings, but I fell asleep five minutes into the film and didn’t wake up until the credits were rolling. Was that wrong of me?<\/p>\n

No, just a sign that you’re a bad reporter with a stupid editor. Ah, well.<\/p>\n

(via Peter David<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those who thought the article below on Disneyland Fanatics was condescending, check out this National Post article on the Hugo Awards. 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