Trek Tracks (Beats by Bev) The Bae From Sickbay

A Prof's Parodies, Puns, and Poems. Screencaps from @trekcore. Header image by @spacegoart.

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They need their enrichment

Source

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prizewinning play? 👀

I won the Toronto Fringe Festival’s 24-hour Playwriting Contest a few years back from a field of over a hundred entries. Got a sold-out reading at the festival and people absolutely loved it; one of the best nights of my life, honestly! We were going to pursue a future for it, but then COVID happened. But it’s currently getting a potential second wind at another theatre company, so fingers crossed.

For my birthday that year, spouse formatted the script, designed a cover, and registered an ISBN number for it, publishing me a bespoke copy. It was the sweetest thing and he managed to do it in secret and completely surprise me. That’s just the kind of guy he is.

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It’s Spouse’s birthday!

I married a grumpy, kind, compassionate, funny, supportive, and fiercely protective blue-eyed man with Georgian roots, who spends all day fixing people’s broken stuff. (Reminds me of a certain Trek character…) I’m proud to know him, and to spend our lives together!

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Happy birthday, Spouse! <3

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The Corbomite Maneuver (Production Order: #3, McCoy's first episode)

Turnabout Intruder (Production Order: #80, everyone's last episode)

"So, how should we bookend McCoy and Kirk's* interactions on the series?"

"Well...this should do it."

*technically Janice Lester in Kirk's body for the latter but Bones doesn't know that, don't @ me

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Happy birthday, Patrick Stewart! (July 13, 1940)

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He's not too thrilled about it though

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Stratt (quietly): Grace. I'm Laika-ing you.

Grace (distracted by Skittles): Hold up. Did you just say you like me?

Stratt (motioning to ominous background goons): Let's go with that, yes.

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This piece of clothing truly encapsulates AOS Bones' introduction

(Original source)

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Me, when a deeply irritating man gets on the streetcar holding a boombox blaring punk music (on the topic of hating everything) at an earsplitting level: wow just like in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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Pull yourself together, Mr. Spock

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Me, bitterly disappointed in my complete lack of ability to catch any of the free bags of candy flying over my head at Pride:

The large gay man behind me who was significantly better at catching candy, knowing he’s about to hand me a bag and become my hero:

(True bi-gay solidarity)

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It's still Spones Day in San Francisco

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If you're in Toronto and want to own your very own screen-used Pon Farr gong or the USS Titan's conference room table, now is your chance! Imagine having the conference room table for just $25😂

You can own whole bridge panels too!

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I couldn’t justify spending $1500 on a Pon Farr gong (cue picture of Spouse saying “ah yes. Me. My wife. And her $1500 Pon Farr gong”), but I did wind up with some Titan/Enterprise glassware…

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PHM/Derry Girls crossover called Project Hail Derry

James is so getting shot into space.

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Project Hail Mary but Ryland is short for Maryland, explaining a deep and powerful affinity for anything resembling a crab

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Indeed

(Very pleased to see how well this is going over with Marylanders)

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Just a note for the local crowd

Every now and then a difficult period like this comes along: so it's time to request some assistance.

I've kind of been neglecting my vision for the past year or so, aware that I needed new glasses (and to go have a consult for possible eye-related surgery), but putting it off... and now the situation has, as it were, come home to roost.

The other day, when I was typing something and then (to check it before posting) had to pick up the Mac and hold it up to my nose to see what I'd typed... I realized that if this went on much longer, even with dictation (because after you dictate, you still have to edit...), I wouldn't be able to write.

That would be bad.

I need to go see my Eye Lady, get examined, and get both sets of glasses re-fitted with new prescriptions. This—as usual, each time it needs to be done every year and a half or two years, due to Weird Eyes—is going to run into a low-four-figure-ish kind of money. And due to other recent unexpected medical expenses, right now there's not enough dosh around (or spondoolicks or whatever term you prefer...) to get things sorted.

Therefore: can I get people interested in keeping a writer, you know, writing (as I've got three novels working at once at the moment...), to consider doing one of these things?

(a) Go over to Ebooks Direct and buy a book. (Or a bundle. Or a gift card for somebody else who might like my work.) And if you do: thanks so much!

(b) Stop by my Ko-Fi and drop a little something in the pot. It'll be most appreciated.

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And if you can't do either of the above:

(c) Reblog this and let other people see it?

Whatever you do: thanks very much!