Leonard Nimoy, actor who played Mr Spock on Star Trek, dies aged 83.

“Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most… human.”

You might be gone, but your influence on so many, especially in science and space exploration, will live long and prosper.

I'm really broken up about this.

Today Jeff and I did some things that were way past due in order to get with the season. Firewood is brought up to the house, the snowblower is ready, vehicles are good to go, freezer and fridge fulla goodies, generators ready if needed. The weather radio sent up a couple of SAME alerts for impending winter weather doom. Other than the unfortunate ( Read more... )

Here's something to brighten up your Friday.

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No earth shattering happy episodes today, just some minor successes at work, a dinner of soup and sandwiches tonight and an unintentional nap. But it's happiness in it's own form ( Read more... )

During the shakedown cruise/maiden voyage of the trailer a couple weekends ago, one of the things we did to pass the time while it rained was watch movies. A friend of mine loaned me RV, starring Robin Williams. While obviously not Oscar material, it was topically entertaining. One thing about the movie that really had me laughing though, was the ( Read more... )

Well, it's already been posted all over Livejournal that James Doohan, aka Engineer Scott of Star Trek fame died today. It's no secret that Star Trek has touched the lives of so many, especially quite a few on my friend's list. Star Trek was always a big influence on my life in many ways. Of all the characters, I always identified with Scotty. I ( Read more... )