Tag: Star Trek

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – No, Basile, Star Trek doesn’t support your cult

Some Catholics are touting how a recent Star Trek episode has that Captain Pike is a Catholic.  The character mentions he was an “altar boy” and has him starting the lord’s prayer in a scene.Now, anyone who has actually paid attention to Star Trek, knows that it has no problem with Christianity.   We have the … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – No, Basile, Star Trek doesn’t support your cult →

What the Boss Likes – grieve and heal and then move ahead

It’s no shame to want to run, to want to hide.  I do and it’s a fight inside myself to shut down and say screw the human race or to follow those I learned morality from, characters like Captain Kirk and Captain America, Captain Sheridan (lots of captains, eh?) and fight on.  But we can’t … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – grieve and heal and then move ahead →

What the Boss Likes – Spock, Star Trek and how I got to be me

With the death of Leonard Nimoy this week, I got to thinking just how much Star Trek and Mr. Spock influenced me and still do.  I got to see Mr. Nimoy speak and he seemed as kind and dignified as his most famous characterization. Spock was my first crush. I also wanted to *be* him … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Spock, Star Trek and how I got to be me →

What the Boss Likes – superheroes, sheep, a review of the new ST movie, and one spectacular failure

Wondermark's amusement at Batman's expense:  http://wondermark.com/939/   Not sure if I came up with this on my own but I came up with an explanation of Batman and his villains. Bruce is nuts and was funding them himself.  How else explain why the Joker always has plenty of money to build deathtraps? Art of Manliness has … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – superheroes, sheep, a review of the new ST movie, and one spectacular failure →