Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and who played Number One, Christine Chapel, Lwaxanna Troi and the voice of every Federation computer for nearly forty years, passed away yesterday from leukaemia. She was, more than anyone else, part of Star Trek. She was involved before nearly anyone else - the first makeup ( Read more... )

A car.

You can see it, for the moment, here.

I've got a strange pain in my lower back, at my kidney. I feel best at the moment while lying down. Last time I had this kind of pain, it turned out to have probably been a kidney stone. Went to the docs, he couldn't tell me conclusively, prescribed some painkillers and rest, and gave me a note for work. So, little bit good, little bit bad. Meh ( Read more... )

Bollocks.

Still, 12 grade 2 faults, one of which was for damn hand signals which nobody ever uses or knows. Big step up from 3 grade 3s and about 20 2s. And I still have my license this time, so I can reapply right away.

Got my second driving test tomorrow morning. Here's hoping I do better than last time. I'm feeling a lot more confident; I'm a better driver, more experienced, and I know what to expect from the test. So, I'm hoping for a pass this time. Assuming I don't get the same tester again; reportedly, she's quite the bitch...

So, I'm home. Well, I was home about twelve hours ago, after a two hour delay in Orlando Airport... I was kinda tired for a while, but I'm feeling perky now. I hope I can sleep tonight ( Read more... )

Some little bits and pieces ( Read more... )

Damn you Whedon!

Seriously. Go away. It's rained most days we've been here, and we've had to abandon all of our theme park days because of it. Usually rain in Florida consists of bright day, sudden torrential rain for 20 minutes, then bright day again, with clouds appearing and disappearing through some kind of highly advanced science. At the moment, though, it's ( Read more... )

So, as stated, did a theme park day on Friday, and at about 5pm it started lashing. Real 'maybe we should start building one of these 'ark' things' kinda rain. So we had to leave the park and head back to the hotel. And on the path back to our room, I decide to jog to try to minimise my time in the rain. And, yes, I tripped and fell, scraping both ( Read more... )