Trump’s disgusting attack on Harris’s identity at the NABJ convention this week calls to mind one of the fundamental lessons of the original Star Trek series. Spock, half human and half vulcan, struggled for decades with his identity. Vulcan children, like Trump, cruelly tormented him for not being “fully vulcan”. He learned to embrace both sides of his heritage while allowing the vulcan side to remain dominant. We could do worse than to elect a president like Mr. Spock. 🖖🏽
Over the next few months, my wife and I are releasing music we’ve been recording over the last fifteen years. I write and play; she sings. It’s retro Pop that spans all kinds of genres. Our first EP is out now. I’d love it if you’d give it a spin. – Stage19Music.com 🎵
Song of the Day – You Have Been Loved by George Michael 🎵
Song of the Day – I Knew You Were Waiting (for me) (w/Aretha Franklin) by George Michael 🎵
This was my wife’s and my first dance at our wedding, seven ears ago today.
Song of the Day – Popcorn by cara quinn 🎵 A friend of mine recorded this cover of the classic song. 💜
Song of the Day – Home of the Brave (Immigrants and Pilgrims and Refugees) by Karen Drucker, JD Martin & David Roth 🎵
Finished reading: The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚
I love that this exists. – Proposal for Klingon Braille Code 🖖🏾
Finished reading: On Repentance and Repair by Danya Ruttenberg ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💜📚
🔖 This is amazing. – Check Out This Functional 3D Printed Macintosh - MacRumors
Song of the Day – Never Saw Blue Like That by Shawn Colvin 🎵💔
Finished reading: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Vonda N. McIntyre 📚🖖🏾
Not one of my favorite Trek films, but a good book and well-done novelization. I loved that it delved deeper into the aftermath of Spock/McCoy’s spiritual ordeal from the previous two films.
Song of the Day – Life Uncommon by Jewel 🎵
RIP Tom Smothers. Thanks for all the laughs. You will be missed. 💔
Song of the Day: You Have Been Loved – George Michael 🎵 Always…
Like the film upon which it’s based, the novelization of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is often under appreciated. It is, I think, the best adaptation from screenplay to novel I have ever read—and, given how many of those I’ve read, that’s saying something. 🖖🏽📚
A new and nerve-racking chapter in my writing journey has begun. 🍻📚
Song of the Day: the only truly acceptable version of this song. Last Christmas – Pudding Mix by WHAM! 🎵
Finished reading: The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚
40+ years later, and no film score gives me more joy than James Horner’s Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan. 🎵🎥
Masters of the Universe: Revolution teaser trailer ⚔️
Few things take me back to the Halloween’s of my childhood more viscerally than a piece of candy corn. 🎃
🔖 Teri Kanefield is a national treasure. – Can Democracy Work in America? Part I: “There are no Yankees here!” - Teri Kanefield
Finished reading: Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 📚