Friday folderol

It feels good to have made it to Friday. Ahhhh...

( Car stuff )

( Work stuff )

( Imperial amusements: Merch, Legos, and Thundercats HO! )

If I accomplish half the things that sound promising this weekend, I'll be doing great. Meijer is hosting a Toy Story party, Borders has a couple of excellent coupons for kids' toys and games and general merchandise, and Bath and Body Works has a couple of tempting offers as well. There's a local Brews, Blues, and BBQ going on with kid options, and I'd love for us to see "Toy Story 3" while it's in the theaters. Plus more gardening if the weather isn't gross, and the ongoing cleanup efforts in the house, and... Send in the clones, already!

Star Trek Things of Interest

Man, it's only been a few days, and I don't even remember who linked this: Reunion of the Rikers, where Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes sit around and have the most wonderfully breezy chat about a sitcom starring Riker and Troi and what they'd be like at home, and their romantic journey through the series and movies. It had me giggling almost the whole time.

On the other end of the spectrum...Just today, several people posted about Joe Flanigan's piece on Martin Firrell's site. But what I found most fascinating there was Kate Mulgrew's contributions. This ballsy lady went in and told TPTB that she thought it would undermine Janeway's position to be having sex, that she believed Janeway went through more than the previous captains by having her life stripped away, so she instead concentrated on guiding her crew. Most of all, when she mentioned she was 39 when she started, it blew me away - that's only a couple of years older than I am now, and I can't imagine having attained by then such gravitas, such dignified calm as she displayed. If I ever were to meet her, I would love to shake her hand.