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Musings

  • There seems to be a mathematically describable relationship between the force I use to type in commands on a keyboard and the rapidity with which I wish the computer to do as I command.
  • Two indulgences of my inner nerd:
    • In Star Trek: The Next Generation, I think that it would have been much more interesting for the series if, instead of killing off Tasha Yar in the first season, the show’s writers had instead killed off Will Ryker.  We would have been spared the soap opera between him and Counselor Troi, and we would have had years of a blonde badass.
    • Speaking of Star Trek, I would have enjoyed watching a spinoff of Enterprise that was set in the “In A Mirror Darkly” universe.
    • If no-one in Hollywood has the brains to make a good movie out of David Drake’s “Ranks of Bronze” sometime in my lifespan, then the medium of film is truly dead.
  • Take 8 kindergarteners and their parents, add one two-year-old and his parents, put them all in the party room of a Lego store, season with pizza and cupcakes, and finish off with an hour of free play with Lego’s, and you have what I consider a successful birthday party.
    • Best toys so far?  First place goes to the foam airplane with the three foot wingspan that Freiheit and his family gave  Boo.   In a close second goes the air-powered rocket, which I have dubbed the “My First Jihad Children’s RPG”.
    • The people who run the Lego store might as well have gotten a license to print money.
by daddybear71 on May 19, 2014  •  Permalink
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Posted by daddybear71 on May 19, 2014

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  1. Old NFO's avatar

    Old NFO

     /  May 19, 2014

    Glad the party went well! 🙂

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  2. Erin Palette's avatar

    Erin Palette

     /  May 19, 2014

    You are aware that there were plans to have Will Riker be promoted to Captain. get his own command, and leave the show, yes? This would have resulted in Data being promoted to First Officer, and his Ops position going to…

    … wait for it….

    THOMAS Riker, his transporter double. 🙂

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