I have always wondered what a serious wrangler of metaphor, like, say, Raymond Chandler, would have said about “Darmok.” I still can’t believe TNG’s producers let the writers get away with communication as the A plot, but every ST:TNG fan is and will be forever grateful they did. And just for fun, CaptRobau subtitled the…
Sneaky but effective. Thanks, Science! (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “Beginning in January 2026, YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, with hundreds of full episodes coming to the platform.” That’s worth my entire YouTube Premium subscription right there. (h/t Kottke) Quote: “[A]ccording to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global agricultural…
The blast cut off her words; the Stone trembled and threw herself outward bound, toward Saturn. In her train followed hundreds and thousands and hundreds of thousands of thousands of restless rolling Stones...to Saturn...to Uranus, to Pluto...rolling on out to the stars...outward bound to the ends of the Universe.
# Permanent link to Which Came First — Flatcats? or Tribbles?
From Atlas Obscura.
I just finished a rewatch of most of Deep Space 9. I have to admit, I’ve got a little thing for Vic Fontaine. But my favorite recurring guest character is Garek, the Cardassian tailor slash spy, and by far and away my favorite episode in all seven years is “In the Pale Moonlight.” You get…
SPOILER ALERT. Do not read this if you haven’t seen Star Trek. I have seen it SPOILER and I’m going to SPOILER talk about what I saw SPOILER. So if you haven’t seen it yet and you don’t want to be SPOILED go away and come back when you have. And feel free to leave…
