Star Trek: It's a silly place.

Star Trek to "Tick Tock".

One forgets what serious partiers the crew of the old Enterprise were. And oh yeah, there's the space hippies. Not to mention the space Indians. And don't forget the space belly dancers. *groan*

And yes, it deeply disturbs me that I recognize every episode they yanked the scenes from.

Happy Birthday !

To therobbergirl , I wish you happiness and joy...and a wonderful vacation, because of all my friends, you and palecur  deserve one the most!

Fantasy M.A.D.

So it occurred to me the other day that it's been over 20 years since the Cold War ended. An entire generation has grown up not understanding the resonance of the terms we used for what we thought would be impending mutual Armageddon. And so it occurred to me that perhaps fantasy metaphor might help explain things to younger fantasy buffs in shorthand.

For instance, this picture  by Chris Curran could explain to gamers at least, the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction:




Yeah. I think this one has M.A.D. down.