Television on the Edge of Forever
I completely missed the 45th anniversary of the premier of original Trek last week. For others who care, this is a great little article:
I completely missed the 45th anniversary of the premier of original Trek last week. For others who care, this is a great little article:
Well, it was too late for this year’s festivities, but maybe they’ll repeat next year. Seattle beverage company introduces Thanksgiving in a bottle – by Joshua Lipsky on 11/28/03 for Meatingplace.com Seattle-based Jones Soda Co. introduced a limited supply — about 6,000 bottles — of its Turkey & Gravy Soda for Thanksgiving this year. The…
Thursday I discovered a BIG mistake at The Pharmacy while doing an audit of the scripts waiting to be picked up. It is a mistake I made once in the first few weeks of my employement, and one that I thought I’d been taking particular care in avoiding making again. Of course, finding the error…
Last night was a flurry of activty. Feed the cats, clean and refresh the water bowls, clean the litter boxes, grab dinner, pack for New Year’s Eve, all while trying to claim some quality net time. Something had to give, and I didn’t get to check up on as many diaries nor leave as many…
The honest truth? I don’t know. I have no clue how or when they got there.
Can’t shake this bronchitis. I spent most of the weekend gasping for breath. Walking up the two flights of stairs to my apartment winds me to the point where I have to sit down and rest for fifteen minutes after undertaking the effort. I’ve had to do the stairs quite a few times this weekend…
I couldn’t take it any more. Mr. White Deaf Cat, my foster for the past couple of weeks, is easily the most curious, agile, destructive force I’ve ever encountered with four legs and a purr. After about a week in the foster room he discovered how to open the lower doors on the corner cabinet…
I hadn’t thought about the editing/pacing aspect of it before, but the author’s absolutely right.
A great list. I’m passing it on to BassPlayer.
this is the show that turned me onto sci-fi fantasy. i think i’m the only one in my family to have watched it. i used to make my sister laugh when i’d "sing" the closing theme. great article…have to watch "a taste of armageddon" now…
What a lovely walk down memory lane! Thank you! I was lucky, my Mom loved TOS, so I got to watch them all as a kid. One of my boyfriend "tests" has always been whether or not they enjoyed TOS. If they hadn’t ever watched, I’d turn it on and watch him watching the show. A bad reaction to the show, Shatner bad acting criticisms aside, meant that relationship was a no-go.