Social cues were lacking

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Teri Garr, Los Angeles (1965) photo by Dennis Hopper

Soldier from the Army Ranger Battalion, Norrland Dragoon Regiment (K4), Swedish Army [1080×1350]

Molly Gordon

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Monica Barbaro

Michelle Trachtenberg

Missak Donanian, a fighter from the Christian militia Lebanese Forces, armed with an RPG-7 surrounded by Rambo posters. 1980s. [720×960]

Emily Ratajkowski

Courteney Cox

Glacial melt water making its way to the ocean on the south of Iceland. [5456x 3635][OC]

Harris and Michelle Obama at Kalamazoo, Michigan

Karen upset because a tornado delayed her food

The Atta-boy Recliner

Sydney sweeney

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Stacey Future

Gemma Arterton

I’m so old that I put two spaces after a period.

just a short putter…

American troops on an Indian ASLV during Yudh Abhyas ( War Training ) 2024 [1170×1230]

My Baylan Skoll costume

Do you bleed? (1121×2844)

Cycling Alaska to Argentina: Rare Frailejones Forest Atop Colombian Páramo, +13,500ft [OC] [3024×4032]

Tactical

Haley King

Drew Barrymore 1992

Cyclist

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Behind the scenes with Doc & Einstein on Back to the Future Part II, 1989

Una McCormack Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

I start off my conversation with Una McCormack with a mutual admiration for time shenanigans, then we move on to talk about the audio adaptation of her upcoming book “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum” and features “Una by Una”, which is a clever way of saying that this is the first time that Una McCormack has written a story specifically for Una Chin-Riley, the first officer of the Enterprise under Captain Pike.  The story features multiple types of sentient alien cats, linguistic shenanigans, and a student production of The Mikado!

We have a great conversation about the origins of the story and how it changed from the initial concept to what we’re about to read and how the various strikes effected the final outcome, then briefly talk about how fun it is to be writing a character that’s been named after you.  Una says Una (the character) is  an onion with a solid but complicated relationship with Pike and they rely on each other in a wonderful way.

We then talk about her work in the Doctor Who franchise and the fantastic audio series that has hundreds upon hundreds of entries from “Big Finish”, something that we both feel Trek could learn and benefit from.

I ask her about the Weird Universe book series, it was started by Eric Brown and she’s written two of the four books in the series.  It has a cool concept that I think I’d like to eventually check out.

Una McCormack can be found at her website, Mastodon, and Twitter

Kamala Harris depicted chained up behind golf cart during Pennsylvania Halloween parade

Some participants in a Halloween parade in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, are coming under fire for their float depicting Kamala Harris.

Free that spider

Horrific close-up of the mandibles and antennae of a common carpenter ant.

Post Malone making a Make-a-Wish come true🫶

Penelope Cruz

New Star Trek Book: “It Rhymes With Takei”

It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!

Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei’s new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all—told in full for the first time anywhere!

George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing—one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei.

Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, now joined by the award-winning colorist José Villarrubia, for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the paralyzing fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes With Takei presents a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history.

Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes With Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly—and legally—before the whole world.

Looking back on his own astonishing life on both sides of the closet, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid witness to how far America has come… and how precious that progress is. — a 328-page, full-color, HARDCOVER graphic novel with 3? French flaps, 6.5? x 9?

The book is currently scheduled to be published on June 1, 2024

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Happy Birthday to Henry Winkler who turns 79 today!

What Could Go Wrong?

Happy Halloween :)

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, doing a promotional photo for Coors Light in 1986.

Veronica Lake, 1940s.

My “light-connie” take on the Sombra-class starship from SNW.

Jenna Coleman

Scarlett Johansson

be careful what you wish for

Happy Hallo Wen Eve

Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder, ca. 1986