I have a few types of movies that I enjoy watching in the dad cave. Some appeal to my hankering for science fiction series or my deepest obsession with Star Trek. Some are classic guy movies that deal with some of my favorite things: war movies, action stars from the ...

Earlier this week my local radio started my morning with William Shatner singing “Bohemian Rhapsody.” I almost crashed the car. I love William Shatner, I think he’s wonderful, and even though the man cannot sing, I love his music. It’s William Shatner! Singing! It doesn’t get to me in the ...

Perry White has his “Great Caesar’s ghost!” Doc Brown has his “Great Scott!” Fallout Boy has “Jiminy jillikers!” And the characters in the Harry Potter stories are fond of “Merlin’s beard!” Yes, a good, solid swear phrase is always good to have ready for those times when you feel the ...

This past weekend I drove from Florida up to New York to pick up my two sons who had been spending a couple weeks with my husband’s parents on Long Island. Yes, it’s a rather long drive, but since my family has a Toyota Prius, the 2600-mile round trip ...

Today is a national holiday up here in the land of the Maple Leaf, which means we’ll all be spending the day enjoying traditional Canadian festive activities like dog sled racing, ice sculpture, eating deep-fried beaver tails, and drinking steaming flagons of maple syrup. Okay, most of that is ...

While it’s a month a way, I wanted to give heads up about an event I’ll be attending in Stratford, Ontario (Canada) on May 2 through May 4. No, I’m not suffering an unfortunate case of Bieber Fever, I’m not planning to see any of The Bard’s works, or paying ...

On this date in 1931 in Boston, the boy who would become the most famous pointy-eared scientist in the Federation was born. Yes, Leonard Nimoy, who no matter how many movies Zachary Quinto makes in the role will forever be the true Mr. Spock, turns 80 years old today. One might ...

Today another geek legend celebrates a birthday. He’s best known for his series of science fiction novels TekWar… wait, what? Oh, best known for portraying Captain James T. Kirk, William Shatner has cemented himself into geek science fiction lore forever. Today he begins his ninth decade on this planet — ...

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery got a very unique wake up call this morning, from none other than Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise! After the familiar tinkling opening chords of the theme tune, Kirk’s narration kicks in, but with a twist: William Shatner himself recorded ...

Perry White has his “Great Caesar’s ghost!” Doc Brown has his “Great Scott!” Fallout Boy has “Jiminy jillikers!” And the characters in the Harry Potter stories are fond of “Merlin’s beard!” Yes, a good, solid swear phrase is always good to have ready for those times when you feel the ...