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You know, I always used to identify with Nurse Chapel; I was that way with most of the males I liked. Spock was probably the first celebrity crush I had as a teen (when all my friends were probably buying Tiger Beat ). I was constantly being attracted to guys, often friends, who weren't interested, at least in that way, although I always tried to tell myself I'd rather have them as friend than not at all. Damn you Spock, for setting me up to fall for a string of emotionally unavailable guys...(Love this Bic Runga song, though)

I'm glad Majel got to play a stronger character in the next series; Lwaxana Troi was a crack-up...of course it always helps when you're married to the show's creator.

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My friend Mike wrote me the following, although he said it was partially inspired by his father passing away several weeks ago, so this hitting him harder than he expected - "I'm really feeling the 'parade's gone by' feeling right now." he told me. *Hugs* Mike...

There are several people listed here who I hadn't realized were gone...

The Away Team of Eternal Red Shirtitude Thus Far:

Gene Roddenberry
James Doohan
Gene L. Coon
Samuel Peeples
DeForest Kelley
Ted Cassidy
Ted Sturgeon
Merritt Butrick
Mark Lenard
Walker Edmiston
Jeffrey Hunter
Alexander Courage
Susan Oliver

George Takei's Closet
Robert H. Justman 
Edward K. Milkis
Clegg Hoyt
Fred Freiberger

Davis Roberts

Marc Daniels
Abraham Sofaer
Michael Zaslow
Joseph Pevney
Anthony Jochim
George Sawaya 
John Hoyt
Byron Morrow
Richard Compton
Herschel Daugherty 
Joseph Mell
Bibi Besch
Morgan Farley
Jud Taylor
Jerry Sohl
John Harmon
Richard Derr 
Persis Khambatta
Ian Wolfe
Roger C. Carmel
David P. Harmon
Bob Johnson
Jerome Bixby
Pete Kellett
Dick Dial
The Hair Atop William Shatner's Head
Shimon Wincelberg
Hal Baylor
Booker Bradshaw
Robert Bloch
Jud Taylor
Charles Macaulay
Jon Lormer
Meg Wyllie
Adam Roarke
Grant Woods
My Fondness for the Franchise
Jerry Goldsmith
Bobby Bass
Herb Wallerstein
Margaret Armen
Dick Geary
Vic Perrin
James Goldstone
Elizabeth Rogers
Oliver Crawford
Ed McCready
David Alexander
Janos Prohaska
You, If You Don't Appreciate The Effort and Time I Wasted Compiling This List
Bart La Rue
Leonard Mudie
Paul Winfield
Byron Haskin
Brock Peters
Georgia Schmidt
John Meredyth Lucas

Most of that is from the first series.  I haven't listed all the countless behind the scenes folk, craftspeople, writers, actors and others who worked on either the movies or spin-off series who have joined The Great Bird of Galaxy in the great beyond. And I'm sure that a lot of people who have worked on Star Trek books, toys and other licensed merchandise have also kicked the bucket.

Every year, millions of dollars go to cancer or aids research, yet not a dollar is spent eradicating the deadly killer known as Star Trek.  When will people wake up? When?!