[Pippin]

AH!

A fellow Marylander!

Hiya, Hon! :o)

[RebelBanker]

Mrs. Reb and I work at two Star Trek conventions a year at the Hunt Valley Inn. We have met some interesting people over the years, but the cons tend to attract a lot of weirdos, liberals and homosexuals. IMHO, people who prefer to live in a fantasy world - be it Harry Potter, Star Trek or whatever - are the ones who have severe problems in the real world.

However, a lot of well-adjusted folks enjoy the escapism inherent in science fiction or fantasy without getting lost in it. The vast majority of the employees at the Goddard Space Center call themselves hard-core Star Trek fans and they live very normal productive lives.