Reading: 40 Hour Man by Stephen Beaupre and Steve Lafler
Music: Bluehighways
TV/Movie: Star Trek
Link o' the Day: StarTrek.com



Quick entry today as it's Monday and there's a lot on my To Do list today...

We visited Margaret's mother over the weekend, and along the way found ourselves at the cinema for the new Star Trek movie. I've been a fan since I was a kid. I'm an Original Series kind of dude, with DS-9 making a close second. As a ST:TOS fan, I admit I was a bit worried about the remake.

My mistake. Not a remake. A re-boot. And a very well done reboot at that. JJ Abrams managed to pull it off without negating or contradicting a single thing from the original series. I won't say how. You either already know, or will find out when you see the movie yourself. But you fence-sitters who are afraid that the new Star Trek movie is going to piss all over your memories...trust me...it won't.

My only two criticisms? A lot of fast, shaky camera movements which got a bit distracting...and annoying when you wanted to watch the action but didn't have time to focus on exactly what was happening. And B.) no Klingons. I don't count that as a spoiler. Just a warning. If you show up in your Klingon gear and start reciting the Klingon original play, Hamlet, you'll be a little out of place.

But there is a lot of setup for future works. More movies? Maybe a shift to television? I'm sure there will be Klingons aplenty in due time.

Go see the movie. You won't be disappointed.

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Lots of work. Little jobs where I'm tying up loose ends and getting projects ready to go off to the printer. Big jobs where I'm doing a bunch of photo layouts. Phone calls. Letters. Lots of stuff. A couple of writing projects due, too So I'm not hanging around here.

Time to crack the self-employment whip.

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Hell...while I'm gushing about the new Star Trek movie, have a link to StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website.

So much Star Trek stuff here, you'll plotz.

That's Klingon meaning "to smile quietly to oneself."

Cheers!