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Still Trekkin’, still talkin’

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This past weekend was the third annual (annual!) TrekTalks telethon, benefitting the Hollywood Food Coalition, and once again I was pushing the buttons that made the whole thing happen. And man, did a whole thing happen – just look at the numbers (as of a couple of days later when I’m writing this):

TrekTalks total

I could be mistaken, but I think that’s the best total yet for any of these events. That’s a lot of meals. That’s a good reason to sweat the details and add another day of live TV to the CV. … Read more

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So, about the move…

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And sadly, this is not about the late ’60s British psychedelic rock group whose entire existence is often boiled down to a trivia question about the band that molted, shed its skin, and turned into ELO. I’ve been asked a lot lately about what the situation is with my seemingly permanently-imminent move. I thought I’d better try to explain it as concisely as possible and just have one place to point people to for an explanation. … Read more

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Trekkin’ and Talkin’ Times Two

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I’m still reeling a bit a day later, but this time yesterday as I write this, we were a little over halfway through the second annual TREKTalks event benefitting the Hollywood Food Coalition. HoFoCo is lucky to count among its membership John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox of Enterprise fame) and David Livingston (who has more Star Trek directorial credits than anyone else who’s directed Star Trek, and was also a producer on everything from The Next Generation forward). Add to the mix Bill Smith and Dan Davidson of the Trek Geeks Podcast, John Champion at Roddenberry Podcasts, and between all of these people you have this vast collective Rolodex of Star Trek actors and creatives, past and present. For year two, we added Yvette Blackmon of the Syfy Sistas both behind the scenes and as a panelist, and Bonnie Gordon (the voice of Star Trek: Prodigy’s ship’s computer) as co-host, and took what we learned from year one, and raised over $106,000 for a good cause.

I’m a really tiny part of this because, you know, if all these other folks don’t have the contacts and make the content that they do, I don’t have anyone to put on the screen for eight hours. My job is to make sure I don’t screw up any of their hard work, and to try to make it look like something. … Read more

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Due Diligence, 21st Century Edition

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I was laid off from my graphic design/website maintenance day job in mid-December. I still have podcast editing going on that’s keeping a roof over my head, and fortunately, this happened just a month before I serve as technical director for two livestream events, for which I also get paid. There’s no good time to lose a job, but as timing goes, this happened at a time when other things could keep me afloat. Obviously, I’ve already started looking for something to replace that job and that lost income, because the livestream events in January are a fortunately-timed outlier, not the norm. Since I have no working vehicle, and the nearest access point to public transportation is miles away, I’m also locked into looking for remote work.

This is where things get tricky. There are so many grifters out there running “work from home” scams that it’s unbelievable. Let’s meet one of them right now. … Read more

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I just really like planets, okay? That’s the reason.

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Even the one that’s in Artemis 1’s rear view mirror up there, as much of a mess as it is – I even like that one. All my favorite people live there. And all my favorite cats. I’m particularly fond of the dogs, horses, and hippos there as well.

Speaking of either horses or water horses, I’m putting the cart before them and getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning. … Read more

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But please hold on the corned beef sandwich, thanks

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“You know it’s funny, I was thinking about what you said, ‘the preeminent truth of our age is you cannot fight the system’. But if, as you say, the truth is fluid, the truth is subjective, then maybe you can fight the system, as long as just one person refuses to be broken, refuses to bow down.”

“But can you win?”

“Every time I say ‘no’.”

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Arkansas and Texas are adjacent, therefore all points in Arkansas and Texas are equidistant

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Monday so far.

Robert Half: Hey, are you interested in a mostly-remote graphic designer position that pays $22/hour?

Me: Sure!

Robert Half: Great, it starts Monday morning with an on-site orientation visit.

Me: Where?

Robert Half: Houston

Me: Where…do you think I am…relative to Houston?

Robert Half: I don’t know, I’m the recruiter in Salt Lake City.

Me: You didn’t get my notification in 2020 that I moved out of Utah?

Robert Half: …… Read more

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Earl’s fruit salad recipe: addendum/improvement

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I have an addendum to the stupidly simple fruit salad recipe that has stood me in good stead for many years. This variant version of the recipe is… even tastier, but it depends on one thing being available that seems to be seasonal.

Prepare your taste buds and follow me. … Read more