Month: October 2009

Lots of nuggets from this sci-fi discussion here’s another: Roddenberry admits that a number of the technical aspects of the show were invented as plot devices, to save production costs, or to sell merchandising tie-ins* (Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barrett, started Lincoln Enterprises while the original series was still in production). The transporter was […]

From the same discussion: I think the primary question that Star Trek sought to answer was “What if liberals ran the navy?” via Reverse the Polarity | MetaFilter.

From a discussion about Star Trek tech: I also assume, by the way, that this is how the first 5 seasons of The X Files was written. Mulder: Scully, hasn’t it occurred to you that these killings resemble [myth]? Scully: Mulder, you can’t just take any [myth] and apply it to [myth]. Mulder: Well how […]

Zachary’s offense? Taking a camping utensil that can serve as a knife, fork and spoon to school. He was so excited about recently joining the Cub Scouts that he wanted to use it at lunch. School officials concluded that he had violated their zero-tolerance policy on weapons, and Zachary was suspended and now faces 45 […]

Their son told them last weekend he had decided to no longer stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school because he didn’t believe there is liberty and justice for all, especially when it comes to gay rights.”To say them words and not mean them would be a lie,” Jay said. via Student Refuses […]

In the latest sign of weakness in Louisville-area employment, about 10,000 people applied over three days for 90 jobs building washing machines at General Electric for about $27,000 per year and hefty benefits. “There are no jobs out there paying these kinds of wages that also offer these kind of benefits,” said Jerry Carney, president […]

Also from the Newsweek interview: Sendak: We are squeamish. We are Disneyfied. We don’t want children to suffer. But what do we do about the fact that they do? The trick is to turn that into art. Not scare children, that’s never our intention. Newsweek: Do you think Disney is bad for children? Sendak: I […]

Newsweek: What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary? Sendak: I would tell them to go to hell. That’s a question I will not tolerate. If [kids] can’t handle it, go home. Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. But it’s not a question that can […]

Commenter on Gawker on Obama’s address to a fundraising dinner for GLBT rights: Nothing new here. It’s time for Obama to start working on “Don’t Talk, Just Do” and that goes for a lot more than “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” via Gawker