This year’s birthday was a bit different, and not in a bad way. Usually I’m working somewhere on the road, but this year, thanks to COVID-19, I was able to be with some family and take a short, quarantined trip out of town. The day began with my middle granddaughter, Abby, making me a breakfast […]
It’s been three years since I shared my Father’s Day cards, gifts, and calls here, so I thought Father’s Day 2018 was perhaps time again. First up is this awesome cap from my youngest grandchildren, Jade and Maxwell. Cindy is going to be bringing it to me in a couple of weeks when she comes […]
It’s day one of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we fly to Seattle, Washington and visit the Museum of Pop Culture Star Trek exhibit before driving to Redmond, Washington to visit our children and two youngest grandchildren. Amber and Abby dropped Cindy and I off at the Orlando International Airport at 5:30 am for […]
Last night I finished rewatching all 29 episodes of Star Trek – The Original Series Season One. Earlier this year a good friend of mine told me about a set of books, “These Are The Voyages – TOS”, covering the three seasons that comprised Star Trek – The Original Series. I was, to say the […]
I’ve really come to love Tumblr because I keep finding more and more of the people I’m interested in over there. Writing, Comic Books, Science Fiction, Photography, and other interests of mine are well represented on Tumblr. My own Tumblr page consists of this blog (auto-post is great!), but it also contains things I find […]
In addition to my love of almost all things Science Fiction, Star Trek has played a huge factor in my life since its debut 50 years ago and while the reasons are myriad (hope for mankind, the prominence of science, elimination of racism and bigotry, etc.) it all boils down to the promotion of Humanism. […]
Back on September 8, 1966 the Original Star Trek TV series premiered in the 8:30 to 9:30pm time slot. I was 11 years old and if I’m remembering correctly I convinced my mom to let me stay up and watch it, even though it was a school night (remember, no VHS tape recorders or DVR’s […]
Over the years since the original Star Trek series aired on TV and was adapted to the big screen in several movies, fans have paid homage to the Enterprise characters with stories and fan-made videos, something that has especially exploded in the past decade with the advent of the Internet to spread those efforts. I’ve […]
Are you a Star Trek fan? If so, read on. If not, this post won’t interest you at all and you won’t hurt my feelings if you click on past to the next stop on your Internet journey. When the original Star Trek TV series premiered in 1966, my 11-year old self was an instant […]
I’m told that this is a crowd funded Star Trek pilot that’s going to be shown to CBS next year. I see some familiar faces here…