Ye Canna Change the Laws of Physics!: A Chocolaty Kitchen Adventure
So I tried to make an ice-cream soda today. I made… something!First attempt: Maybe two scoops of Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Therapy ice cream (I KNOW, you don’t have to say anything) went into a big...
View ArticleThe Retro-Future Is Ours, Captain!: I Rewatch “Star Trek: The Original Series”
We got a VCR fairly early, and my sister taped all the reruns of the original and at that time only Star Trek, until we had a whole cabinet full of Kirk. I rewatched these tapes constantly. Kirk and...
View ArticleDevils in the Dark: My “Star Trek: TOS” Rewatch Continues
(part one)I’m into season two now. Some things I’m noticing:* The writers are very consistent with the message that peacemaking is unnatural to human beings. We’re the savage species, the killers who...
View ArticleContrarian to the Stars: I Defend the “Star Trek” Episodes You Hate
I have finally finished my epic rewatch of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” (Previous posts here, here.) The final stretch was defined by my discovery that lots of supposedly terrible episodes are...
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