I Swear The SECOND Half Of This Post Is Not Geeky In Any Way

Great American Backyard Campout
Let It Go Day
Midsummer Day/Eve Celebrations
UN Public service Day
Victory Day (Estonia)
 

I think the Daleks’ native language* is tonal. Think about it.  Not only do they soar up and down the scale like Cheb Mami having a seizure, but whenever they say “Dalek” they do the first syllable with a long vowel and a rising-falling (I think) tone: daAAa-lek.” As different accents show up in TARDIS Fish Telepathic Yes-We-Admit-We’re-Cheating Copout,** I can only assume that their accents have to do with a certain tonal variation.

 

Yes, not even this show is safe. Be afraid.

 
The Not-Geeky Part

And now that I have your attention, you geeks, I’d like to add that I’m going to Moab for a week, to do three things:

1. Hang with the family,
2. Meet The Dude’s girlfriend, who’s going to drop by from New Mexico or somewhere, and
3. Read.

I used to do bike rides with my family, but I am tired, it is June and therefore hot, and I have six thousand books I want to read.  I may wander a bit in the desert, but mostly I’m just gonna sit and enjoy baking in the heat. The condo we’ll be in might have wireless, but if not you can all picture me just lying there enjoying myself and know why I’m not updating.

 

 

*Probably in this case just Dalek. Usually I rail against the “All Romulans speak Romulan, all Klingons speak Klingon, and all Humans speak Human” fallacy, but for a species that’s all about the homogeneity, I’m pretty sure they’d stick with one.

 

**Which makes me SO HAPPY.  I love the many faces of British accents in this show.