Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Trekkin' It Old School

YOU GUYS. If you're not following Leonard Nimoy on Twitter, you're missing out on goodies like this:

Hm? That noise just now? Oh, that was just me, collapsing in a fit of nerd glee.

There's also an adorable pic of Nimoy's son visiting him on set wearing Vulcan ears. Smiling Spock = happy Jen.

And while we're at it, there's a great article about one of my favorite OS Trek books, The Entropy Effect, over on io9. You should read it. (The book, I mean. You can also read the article, if you like.)

22 comments:

  1. I love how he ends every tweet with LLAP- Live Long And Prosper! He is awesome. :)

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  2. I would love to know what they were laughing about.

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  3. Are they grilling on set?

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  4. I absolutely loved The Entropy Effect. Thanks for the twitter link too.

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  5. Done and done. Thank you so much for letting the nerds of the world know what they may or may not be missing out on.

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  6. The book is also available on audible narrated by Nemoy and Takei! I haven't listened to it yet but it was soooo cheap and and and the narrators!!

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  7. I don't twitter at all. Don't even have a compatible device. But that picture??? Ooooohhh Awesomeness.

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  8. He has an Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop/SecretSelves?show_panel=true

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  9. Love both your blogs! I probably have the best Treky story. I am named after an episode in season 2 - Return To Tomorrow -
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Tomorrow

    My parents loved the name Thalassa, but they thought it was Elaissa (pronounced: A-lay-ssa)!

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  10. He is too funny, and this picture made my day. I bet there is a great story to go along with it.

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  11. Jen...thanks for the morning geek... AND Trek-geek at that!
    I must worship you now...^_^

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  12. The Entropy Effect was one of my all time favorite books. My ex-boyfriend still has it. *weeps*

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  13. I love that book! I discovered it quite by chance. I was staying with a friend years ago, and she had it. She didn't recommend it to me or anything, I just picked it up one day and read it, and couldn't put it down.

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  14. Woot!
    House full of Trek geeks here, love the picture :)

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  15. More Trek for you - here's guy who build ST consoles in his house:

    http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=142375&catid=337

    And you MUST see the pictures:

    http://www.gazette.com/sections/article/gallery/?pic=1&id=100656

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  16. Wow my husband will love seeing this :)

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  17. my brain can not form words...and i think i just sqee'd in my pants!

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  18. I have to admit, I love all things Trek. Well, except DS9, it was never my fave. Kirk & Spock ROCK! :)

    On a total side note (tangent) I thought you should see these steampunk goodies on Etsy:
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/50627563/steampunk-suncatcher-all-that-glitters
    and
    http://www.etsy.com/listing/48166402/steampunk-red-journal-with-handmade
    They're delish! :)

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  19. Vonda McIntyre is my favorite Trek novelist. Her adaptation of Star Trek III is so good, it's better than the film; it really fleshes out the aftermath of Wrath of Khan.

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  20. I remember seeing the ears-on-the-son video in an outtake reel back in the 80's... found a poor copy online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAt7KLVdDdY (this clip is at about 1:05). They put ears on Nimoy's son and sent him out while Nimoy thought they were filming a scene for the show.

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  21. Aughhhhhhhh! I didn't know Nemoy had a Twitter!!!! <3
    Definitely one of the highlights of Dragon*Con last year.

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  22. What are they so happy about? I don't know, but De looks like he's ready to fall down from laughing so hard. Bill and Leonard look pretty happy too.

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