My first blog entry, wow. I ask myself, who wants to read what I have to write? I don't have an answer so I'm going to forge ahead.
I’ve done some blog research (I emphasize “some”) and there are a lot of them out there. Holy smokes! There are opinions about everything and as my Drill Instructor used to always say, “Opinions are like –” … maybe I won’t go there, but you get the drift.
Obviously I have a geeky side, as the “Star Trek Live” picture should indicate. I’ve worked in the aerospace industry, specifically space related systems, for a number of years and I had never visited the Kennedy Space Center. I’ve been to Orlando numerous times, which is but a stone’s throw from Cape Canaveral. Go figure.
So, finally, in April of this past year I made the trek. And I enjoyed it; a piece of American history. I only hope that it doesn’t die before we launch the next gen of space craft.
I know there are people who wonder why the need to travel into space. Granted, I’m biased, since I owe my home and car to the space industry. But from my perspective, the benefits have been worth the time and money. The innovations that are a direct result of the space program are many. Just Google space program inventions, you’ll see what I mean.
I have a wide range of interests, foremost being science fiction, so I suspect most of my posts will relate to this genre. I’m a fan of “Star Trek” (all of them, even Enterprise, though I admit I didn’t really care for Star Trek: The Motion Picture) and “Star Gate,” especially “SG1.”
I just finished watching Green Lantern. I liked it; I think a sequel has potential. But then … I’m not a purist. I thought Abrams did a terrific job with Star Trek (2009), I don’t see anything wrong with referring to science fiction as sci-fi and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the DH (though a DH should never be MVP; but that’s another argument).
See you next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.
