There’s important stuff that I should be writing about tonight, stuff that I know would earn a lot of “likes” on social media and give rise to some good, meaningful conversation, but, since re-watching the first few episodes of Start Trek the other night with the kids, I’ve gone down a bit of a rabbit […]
Tag Archives: Gene Roddenberry
Leaving the command of the USS Enterprise and promptly dying: The Jeffrey Hunter story
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged acting, alcoholism, another famous person has died, b-movies, Christopher Pike, crazy people, creative negotiations, curses, Grace Lee Whitney, James T. Kirk, Jeffrey Hunter, Jesus, Joan 'Dusty' Bartlett, King of Kings, Laurel Goodwin, models, OCD, Spain, Start Trek, television, The Cage, The Longest Day, what if, Yeoman Janice Rand | 15 Comments
Is Star Trek good for girls?
At some point, about a year ago, Clementine and I got out of the habit of reading together every night. It might have had something to do with the fact that Arlo had come along, and was demanding more of my time, but I suspect she’d also gotten to an age where our interests were […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1966, Captain Kirk, Clementine, it's complicated, Majel Barrett, Martin Luther King, MLK, Nichelle Nichols, sexism, Star Trek, teachable moments, Uhura, women's rights | 10 Comments