It’s finally officially Christmas in the household. After a number of delays and assorted other grumbles, we got a tree (a real one this year, thanks to Dr. Doo-Be-Do, who even put it on his Christmas list), got it up and last night decorated it. Our tradition, which I’ve stuck to through the years, is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Star Trek’
1 Dec
Confessions of a nerd
Let me be up front about this: I’m more likely a Trekker than a Warsie. That being said, we experienced a little bit of heaven this week as we first got to bring home the latest incarnation of Star Trek, a movie that goes back, long ago, to a galaxy…no wait. It’s still our galaxy. [...]
1 Sep
Writers aren’t old dogs
Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning. –Gary Ryan Blair ( Mind Munchies: A Delicious Assortment of Brain Snacks!) I spent the weekend at Context 22, a science [...]
31 Mar
Paying the piper
“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.“ Star Trek’s Spock Humans want things. We want to travel and have new experiences. We want to be loved. We want to be successful and have good self-esteem. [...]
7 Jan
A strange, but appropriate, hero
The Captain has become quite enamored of Forrest Gump. He read the book, then watched the movie, and even had his hair cut the same way as Forrest this weekend. (Just what I would have picked for a seventh-grader. Just.) Of course, as always, he’s dropping bits of the script: “Stupid is as stupid does, [...]
1 Jun
Three More Hours a Day? Maybe? Please?
I’ve been a fan of science fiction as far back as I can remember. My favorite tv show as a child was Lost in Space. (Now I just gave away my age…) Then the Trek franchise began. I read Heinlein and Norton, Tolkien and Herbert, L’Engle and Spider Robinson and dozens of others I don’t [...]
25 Apr
Reading the whole book
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine It’s finally spring. I know this because we have tonight celebrated our annual spring ritual: setting the Christmas tree ablaze. For years now, we have stashed the Christmas tree to dry out through the winter, and then set [...]
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