Why is it okay to joke about poisoning a food supply in The Trouble with Tribbles but not criminals with guns in this episode? Maybe it's because elements of A Piece of the Action cut too close to home
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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Deadly Years
If we’re fortunate, we gain such qualities as wisdom, maturity, and patience with age, but that’s entirely a result of experience and reflection accumulated with the passage of time.
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Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: I, Mudd
The androids' ultimate undoing is their inability to comprehend the nuances of human desire and the unpredictability of human happiness.
Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Doomsday Machine
Time and space take little notice of our affairs.
A Majestic and Sublime Edifice: Building Notre Dame Part 1
Many of us have filled some of our isolation time by taking on additional creative projects or learning new skills.
Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The City On the Edge of Forever
The City On the Edge of Forever holds up brilliantly more than fifty years later.
Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: Errand of Mercy
One of wisdom’s most essential traits is an alignment between purpose and actions.
Exalted in the Face of Truth: Van Gogh’s Leaves
A simple project that had me trying to see a small piece of the world as Van Gogh might have seen it.
Top Ten Reads of 2020
Like a lot of people, books and movies helped me navigate the discouraging events of 2020.
