Friday, December 19, 2008

December Captain's Log

Captain's Log

Stardate: 62468.3

Once again, our last meeting only had 2 crew members in attendance. This meeting was even on Yahoo! chat, not IMVU. I really don't know what else to do. I have told everyone that we won't be meeting every week until after the first of the year. Maybe a break in meetings will help to get people to come back.

I hope every one will have a safe and happy holiday season.

Merry Christmas.



It was with a heavy heart I heard that Majel Barrett-Roddenberry had passed away. I never had the chance to meet her. I wish I had. We've never had any big conventions in my area. it will be bittersweet to hear her voice as the computer in the new movie next year. Another star has gone out in the Trek universe. May God bless and comfort the Roddenberry family.

The USS Vre'kasht had dimmed her running lights until further notice.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Visited Countries


visited 3 states (1.33%)
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In case you can't tell, I have been to Poland and Ukraine. Since I live in the USA it is marked too.

This is my visited states map:


visited 9 states (18%)
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

We've Commissioned!

This was posted to the Region Six Yahoo Group list on June 28. Admiral Urvand mentions there will be an official notice, that has not happened in the week since this was first posted. I doubt it will ever happen.

"- I'll have the official notice out in a day or so, but I had the pleasure of commissioning the USS Vre'kasht, NCC-33187 into service.Congratulations to her crew!

- With the commissioning of Vre'kasht, I am pleased to announce that T'Plon has been promoted to the rank of Captain and Siran has been promoted to the rank of Commander. Congratulations to you both!


Mike
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Admiral Michael Urvand
Chief of Operations, Starfleet
Flag Commander, USS Imperium NCC-2125"

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Mr. Spock: The 'Mystery of Masculinity' Embodied

I found this interesting story on the NPR Web site.

by Neda Ulaby
Weekend Edition Sunday, June 1, 2008 · When Gene Roddenberry created the TV series Star Trek, the suits at NBC had some advice: "Lose the Martian."

They were talking about Spock.

But Mr. Spock went on to become the most beloved half-alien in network history. In fact he went on to become, well, one of the most fascinating fictional characters on TV.

Fascinating — four syllables and one arched eyebrow — that's Spock, just as much as his pointy Vulcan ears.

The first time actor Leonard Nimoy said the word was in an episode where the crew of the USS Enterprise faced a strange, sinister entity. No matter where the ship turned, the object managed to be in their way. The bridge was on high alert — so Nimoy shouted out his next line with the same energy: "Fascinating!"

"The director, God bless him, said be different from everyone else," Nimoy remembers. So on the next take: "Fascinating," in that cool, collected way.


As you can tell from the title of this blog, I am Vulcan. And mention of Vulcan or Vulcans catches my attention. Spock was my favorite character on the original series.

"Fascinating" is a word I use for the unexpected. "Interesting" shall suffice here. - Spock

Monday, March 17, 2008

A cool site.

I found this cool site linked to from the Where's George? forum, my other hobby. It is called My Mini City. A person can create their own city or just visit any city every day and that will increase the population or which ever link is clicked. As the city grows the buildings increase on the page for the city. My city is called Vulkansu. As I write this the population is one. Help me out and grow my city! As the city grows the other links become available so that other city functions can grow too.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

CafePress Store

"Computer begin recording,

CO's log, stardate: 61627.5

After weeks of work and weeks of waiting the USS Vre'kasht now has a CafePress store on the Internet. It's a way to raise funds for ship improvements and such. The store can be found here. If you like what you see buy as much as you want. We'll make more.

Computer save recording and end."

Friday, January 11, 2008

No big bang: Asteroid will miss Mars

PASADENA, Calif. - The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.

Tracking measurements of asteroid 2007 WD5 taken from four observatories have greatly reduced uncertainties about its Jan. 30 close approach to Mars so that the odds of impact have dropped to 1 in 10,000, the Near-Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a posting on its Web site Thursday.

Scientists said the best estimate was for the asteroid to pass at a distance of more than 16,000 miles from the surface of Mars, or at worst, no closer than 2,480 miles.

The asteroid was discovered in November. Initial observations of its orbit raised the odds of an impact to as high as 1 in 25 before further refinements came in.

The asteroid is big enough to have blasted a half-mile-wide crater in the cold and dusty Martian surface, an event that astronomers would have liked to observe.

The NEO program normally looks for asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard to Earth.

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This is too bad, it would have been interesting to see a collision of that magnitude.

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