Insights/Reflections

Celestis Will Be Launching Enterprise and Tranquility on Christmas Eve this Year

Celestis will be launching the Enterprise and Tranquility Flights on Christmas Eve this year. And DeForest Kelley’s DNA will be aboard…YAY!   This launch has been delayed at least four times. It looks like it’s finally going to get off the ground just in time for Christmas 2023.   The memorial service for the participants […]

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DeForest Kelley Westerns: I’m Resurrecting the Facebook Page

I’m resurrecting the DeForest Kelley Westerns Facebook page to redeem it from the rabbit hole it went down the past several years.   I deleted a great many of the most recent MCoy/Star Trek-related posts, and added about a dozen western-centric posts, so the page has come alive again. Lots of activity there now. Most

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Bye Bye Plecos

With any luck at all, on Friday I will be saying goodbye to all but one (maybe two or three) of my plecos.   I looked up how to sex plecos, and it looks pretty straightforward to me. With the bristlenose variety, only the males have “whiskers” on their noses.   I’ll be keeping Moby

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It Occurs to Me I’m Nautical Besotted

I’ve been writing for an eco-conscious yachting/shipwreck exploration/global warming research company and suddenly realized I am (and have been) nautical besotted for — oh, probably forever!  I’ve often thought I was a dolphin or sea otter in another life, but taking a look around me, everything that isn’t DeForest Kelley or terrestrial critter related is

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