This is too soon to write this. I should wait a few months, maybe a year, take time and coffee and dreams and let it finish whirling around my neural net. But Star Trek is all about the temporal anomalies so here I sit. One year and a couple months ago, on Star Date something-or-other, my …
Category Archives: Star Trek
Data’s Dog
Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s android science officer, shared his starship quarters with a sleek cat named Spot. Data wanted to be human, wanted to understand what makes some of us choose chocolate over vanilla, what makes us giggle when tickled, the strange and etheric connections that tie our species together. A cat’s fiercely …
I Come in Peace
A man called my cell phone. I didn’t catch the call, heard the ring as the shower pelted me with heat and hope. He left a short message, just a macho first name and telephone number. I stood in the bathroom, heat pouring from my hands, dialed his number. “Hi! Is this Rocco? This is …
The Day Scotty Saved the Future
James Doohan died yesterday. My two young boys would tell you he played “Scotty” on the Star Trek original series. They would tell you he ruled the Engineering department, carried more brains and guts than tools, and knew how to massage life into fading dilithium crystals. They would tell you how he saved the Enterprise …
Hey, Klingons Have Feelings, Too!
Note: Boy, this story feels like it happened just yesterday, though it has now been five years! This was one of my daily updates at my now defunct Avon Lady blog, Beauty Dish. —– I got a call from the elementary school administrative assistant this morning. “Mrs. Jaworski?” I could hear her tapping a pencil …