{"id":59,"date":"2008-05-13T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2008\/05\/13\/ron-jons-a-geek-connection\/"},"modified":"2010-03-07T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-07T22:13:27","slug":"ron-jons-a-geek-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/13\/ron-jons-a-geek-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Jon&#8217;s &#8211; a geek connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re anything like me, you&#8217;ve made the drive to Orlando numerous times.\u00a0 And if you&#8217;ve ever taken I-75 south from Lake City and then gotten on the Turnpike to Orlando, you know there is really only one\u00a0thing that makes the drive bearable.\u00a0 The\u00a0Ron Jon Surf Shop\u00a0billboards.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you may remember this specific billboard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Ron Jon Surf Shop Billboard\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ronjon1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ron Jon Surf Shop Billboard\" width=\"429\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered a geek connection with this particular billboard.\u00a0 The model of this billboard also has done some modeling for <a title=\"A Comic Shop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/acomicshop  \">A COMIC SHOP<\/a> in Orlando.\u00a0 She did a series of Supergirl and Batgirl photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Ron Jon's Model Supergirl\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ronjon_supergirl.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ron Jon's Model Supergirl\" width=\"339\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Ron Jon's Model Batgirl\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/ronjon_batgirl.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ron Jon's Model Batgirl\" width=\"339\" height=\"510\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily newsworthy, but I thought it was interesting.\u00a0 And nice to look at.\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-59\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/13\/ron-jons-a-geek-connection\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-59\" class=\"share-facebook 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That's sort of odd.\u00a0 The previous Batgirl and Wonder Girl were both raven-haired, while the Batgirl before that was a redhead.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Supergirl by Michael Turner","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/supergirl.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":192,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/11\/06\/list-week-top-50-wtf-moments-in-comics\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":1},"title":"List Week: Top 50 WTF Moments in Comics","date":"November 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"LIST WEEK continues here at ONCE UPON A GEEK!\u00a0 Today\u2019s list comes from the UGO.com and is the 'Top 50 WTF Moments in Comics'.\u00a0 My thanks once again to my buddy \u2018lessthan12parsecs' for posting this list to THE UNIQUE GEEK (given how many funny links he posts, I really can't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1288,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/03\/the-great-geek-roadtrip-detours-to-metropolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":2},"title":"The Great Geek Roadtrip Detours to Metropolis","date":"July 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"While cruising through Illinois on our 1,400 mile roadtrip, Serv and I spotted signs for the city of Metropolis.\u00a0 I'd certainly heard of this mythical city, but never expected to have the opportunity to actually visit it.\u00a0 We couldn't resist the chance and made our detour.\u00a0 I was surprised how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/metropolis_2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1410,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/23\/podcasts-world-war-z-flash-rebirth\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":3},"title":"Podcasts: World War Z, Flash: Rebirth","date":"July 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a heads-up, I appeared on a recent podcast of THE UNIQUE GEEK.\u00a0 This time out the crew was reviewing the zombie book World War Z by Max Brooks.\u00a0 On the podcast was Jon (The Unique Geek), Cary, Widge (NeedCoffee.com), Ron, and myself.\u00a0 I'm not normally a fan of zombie\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":393,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/04\/geek-podcast-recommendations\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":4},"title":"Geek Podcast Recommendations","date":"February 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are a few podcast recommendations for geeks everywhere... 2-in-1 SHOWCASE 2-in-1 Showcase episode #103 features Blake and Chase chatting about the king of the seven seas, DC's Aquaman! 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