Monday, November 28, 2016

A half-dozen random thoughts for 28 Nov 2016

I haven't done one of these in a while so, here it goes...

1.) I wish there was a way to change the graphic that comes up on the Kill screen whenever something goes wrong with a few tabs in Chrome. As often as I see that kill screen, I'd love for it to actually make me laugh by replacing the standard pic with something like Michael Myers chasing a babysitter... Or Jason Voorhees killing a camp counselor... Or a Xenomorph killing a Human with it's tail/inner mandibles/whatever... Or maybe all of those and more, randomly popping up each time. That would be awesome.

Make it happen, Google!

2.) I was listening to an old episode of the Mission Log Podcast, which discusses every episode and film of Star Trek in broadcast order. The episode in question was for one of my favorites from TNG's first season, 11001001.

This episode is not only an old favorite of mine from the 1st season of TNG, it also has a small, VERY important detail that I sincerely doubt that anyone else noticed.

Toward the beginning, there's a scene between Commander Riker and Dr. Crusher about her meeting with a Dr. Epstein in this episode. She mentions that she came up with a 'radical' approach for regenerating tissue using cybernetics that she wanted to discuss with them. Think about that for a moment. Does that 'regenerating tissue using cybernetics' bit sound familiar? It should since that's something we see out of the Borg! :O

I'm sure most would think that was a pretty crazy co-incidence. I'm not so sure. By this time, the producers were already making plans for The Borg. Maybe this was a bit of foreshadowing like in the later 1st season episodes 'Conspiracy' and 'The Neutral Zone'? It's too bad that the original idea for them to be an insectoid race was too expensive for TV at the time. Good thing the Zombies we did get are still quite terrifying on a very primal level...

Also, about Starbase 74 just being a reuse of the Spacedock from Star Trek III... Well, did anyone just think that Starfleet started making the doors larger over time? That seems like a pretty practical and obvious solution to me.

3.) There sure has been a LOT of Butt-hurt from Radical Leftists since Trump won the election. And I am getting awfully sick of this tribalist, divisive non-sense poisoning the Republic from within. In fact, I made an almost 36 minute-long video about it and uploaded it to YouTube. You can view it here...





4.) Those INS claims from Hurricane Matthew in Florida are drying up and I will soon be looking for that next job. How depressing... Maybe I can get some seasonal work out of some store since we are about a month away from Christmas?

5.) The search for a permanent career also continues since it seems all too obvious that INS will NOT be providing a very steady revenue stream. It's also not really enjoyable.

6.) I started up with writing that sci-fi novel of mine again. The outline is done, as are the first 4 chapters. Chapter 5 is in progress right now and will be worked on some more tonight. There isn't much else to do on a Monday night, anyway...

- Lord Publius

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