Thursday


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Dec 16

Testing 1-2-3, testing, testing

We are very fortunate that we have such a diligent watch-cat. This is her bird window of late.

We put a few kitty condos on top of one another so she can sit at window height and stare into this bush and watch all of the little thrushes and things that are still hanging around. There’s a cardinal in there that is taunting her. About 15 yards away are the bird feeders and I guess this is a good place for the birds to hide until it is there turn. But Allie, she’s a smart one, and she has got these birds figured out.

Never mind that there are other windows with a direct view of the bird feeder where the birds are moving around and she can’t be bothered to stare at them from that window. There are just somethings I don’t need to understand, I guess.

Poinsettias on campus:

And I’m in the studio doing microphone checks. We’re doing a training session.

I’ve demonstrated, once again, my literacy by reading words from a scrolling prompter. It’s a skill I have, one of few. But it is one we teach. One day I’m going to tell them that I learned to read from a prompter by running the scroll myself. No one will be impressed, because this setup here is comparatively incredible and they might never have to try it.


24
Nov 16

Tis the season for another thing to hide under

"Thanksgiving is over, time for Christmas tuna, hooman." #TheBlackCat

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17
Nov 16

From this morning’s run

People are saying that autumn came too late and hasn’t lasted long enough. I couldn’t say, but it certainly has its colorful moments:


13
Oct 16

Thursday status:

Just another beautiful day on campus:

Took that picture from The Yankee’s office on the fourth floor. For a moment, I was as tall as a tree. Also, I was in my wife’s office, which is just a few feet from mine, and that’s nice.


5
Oct 16

Beam this up

There has been a Star Trek exhibit at one of the campus museums. As far as I can tell there might be 16 museums and galleries on this one campus. This was at Lilly, the acclaimed rare book library. The experts there house more than 400,000 books, more than seven million manuscripts, 100,000 pieces of sheet music and, right now, a small Star Trek exhibit.

Being the last few days, these were on display, I had to stop by.

Please note the date. This is a 1964 treatment of the original Trek, with Gene Rodenberry’s name across the top:

This means that staple has been in place for more than 52 years. Incredible.

Also, look at the example episode descriptions. Some seem familiar. Some read like obvious early drafts of old favorites. And one just might have been altogether forgotten, fortunately.

One of the classics, the Trouble With Tribbles, which was written by David Gerrold:

Side note, the tribble episode might be one of the last of the original series I ever managed to catch. Famous as it was, I never saw it on television.

This is from another classic episode, Amok Time, written by the great Theodore Sturgeon:

And, oh look, something like tri-ox is actually a medical reality now.

And just over from the the script for the famous third act sick bay scene was this handsome cover:

It was a small exhibit, and mostly script-based items of the above sort. But it was worth walking a few blocks on a warm autumn day to see. And, by the door, someone had filled a display case with action figures:

I’m pretty sure that they just wanted to show off their Gorn.