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Podcast 113: Better Than Ezri

Home stretch! Here comes season 7 and here comes Ezri Dax. It's a big enough deal that this podcast somehow went longer than the last one which was the season wrap-up. Also, Skype is a funny thing. Sometimes we don't hear each other.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
2:08 -- 26 seconds
4:56 -- Top Christmas treats
13:12 -- Hobbit, Trek trailer, etc.
30:30 -- "Image in the Sand"
52:37: -- "Shadows and Symbols"
1.14:31 -- "Afterimage"
1.39:32 -- "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
2.08:07 -- Awards and rankings
2.18:13 -- Upcoming episodes
2.31:46 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Charlotte Bacon (2006-2012), Daniel Barden (2005-2012), Rachel Davino (1983-2012), Olivia Engel (2006-2012), Josephine Gay (2005-2012), Ana Marquez-Greene (2006-2012), Dylan Hockley 2006-2012), Dawn Hocksprung 1965-2012), Madeleine Hsu (2006-2012), Catherine Hubbard (2006-2012), Chase Kowalski (2005-2012), Jesse Lewis (2006-2012), James Mattioli 2006-2012), Grace McDonnell (2005-2012), Anne Marie Murphy (1960-2012), Emilie Parker (2006-2012), Jack Pinto (2006-2012), Noah Pozner (2006-2012), Caroline Previdi (2006-2012), Jessica Rekos (2006-2012), Avielle Richman (2006-2012), Lauen Rousseau (1982-2012), Mary Sherlach (1956-2012), Victoria Soto (1985-2012), Benjamin Wheeler (2006-2012) and Allison Wyatt (2006-2012).

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Podcast 112: Jadzia Later Alligator

It's the DS9 season 6 wrap-up! This one's jam-packed too. Usually we only cover two episodes on the season wrap ups, but FOUR are covered here totally for free! These aren't any normal DS9 episodes. Every single one of these four episodes made either a best of or a worst of list for the season. Well, obviously "Profit and Lace" did. That's worth a whole podcast in itself. A whole different podcast anyway. Preferably one without the hosts of JRWSTFTFT.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, Shatner, Thanksgiving, Lincoln, Les Mis
11:53 -- Christmas season beverages
26:42 -- Viewer mail, Star Trek Fathom Event
23:57 -- "Profit and Lace"
42:43: -- "Time's Orphan"
57:16 -- "The Sound of her Voice"
1.10:53 -- "Tears of the Prophets"
1.37:22 -- Podcast awards and rankings
1.44:34 -- Season awards and rankings
2.05:16 -- Upcoming episodes
2.16:47 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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"Profit and Lace" Live Twitter Feed Results

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
15 minutes to "Profit and Lace." #profitandlace #ds9

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Alright! Starting DS9 episode "Profit and Lace" now! @RoyFillmore#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Okay. Synch issues. Starting now! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Hot chick alert! Glittery Belle from Space Beauty and the Beast!#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
I ahte you netflix! OKstarting again. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Quark's sexual harassment file is growing! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
This is a really good start #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Moogie alert! Always a good sign. Except the opposite of what I said.#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
1 minute in and one of the awards for the next podcast is already done #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
@RoyFillmore Pausing for a minute.

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Sweet sweet quidproquo! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Sorry @rexbasior doing my best

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Man if Nogg had walked in on me and Laura... #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Oh, and btw, non-dorks will be getting their stream filled in the next 45 minutes. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Worf is awesome. No negative reprecussions of a dominion invasion of ferenginar according to Worf #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Was married Nog flirting with Laura? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
I hate Zek more and more every single episode. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Thank heaven's Moogie is wearing clothes! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Does Quark really believe that a naked woman has no means of profit? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
And here it comes. Civil liberties for Ferengi Females. Let the hilarity commence! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
So the excuse is it makes economic sense? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Get those deadbeat ferengi women working! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Oh please be Brunt! Yes! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Conversely I like Zek's assistant more and more each episode#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
I'm guessing that right after Zek retakes Ferenginar, Riker will literally come in the shot with a trombone and go "whuh wha."

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Opening Credits. This will be the first time I've watched them for a long time...#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
@rexbasior are you tweeting via computer or phone?

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Whoops. #profitandlace that last one.

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Hey what was that blue flashy thingy? Oh yeah. The wormhole.#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
@RoyFillmore Phone. I should really switch over.

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
"Lobekins?" #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Whoa! A female Grand Nagus? Never gonna happen! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Someone please kill Zek before he has another giggle fit! Brunt, please do it! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Why were Quark, Rom and Nog speaking into 50s-style washing machines? I turned my back for a minute. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Sluggo Cola! It's highly addictive! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Sluggo Cola!?! I want stock in that! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Brunt Kill Zek now! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Moogie, Brunt and Zek are all in the same room! Worf, quick! Run in and go Sir Lancelot all over the room! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Do it! DO IT! PIG! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
If Moogie disrobes I'm turning this off. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Limp lobes. Awesome. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
"This Acting Grand Nagus is an entirely different story altogether." Everyone: "THIS ACTING GRAND NAGUS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY."

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Lobeling? So much new ferengi vocab! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
I guess Ferengi literally grow from ears. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Moogie's just about to slap Quark, but he's gonna catch her wrist and they'll make out. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
The ferengi lobes makes a lot of sense since their heads look like a big butt #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
@rexbasior That was awesome!

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Here comes another lobe related word... #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Oh wait, nevermind. She just fell over dead. #profitandlace Oh wait, she's just got food poisoning. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Um, is Moogie dead? #profitandlace Here's to hoping...

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
A new heart because she ate bad tube grubbs? #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
When the two giant servants fight, I sure hope they play the "Amok Time" music. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
One of the giants is going to launch his fist at the audience...#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Hey, @RoyFillmore, why do they need to be on DS9 to do all this again? #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
What could be better than a hologram? What about a hologram of Laura? Where's she been? Did Quark's words mean nothing?#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Roboferengi chick? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Oh my goodness...This just got really really bad. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Aaaaaaggghhh! I've reached the moment! Aaaaagghhh! Femi-Quark! Can't un-see! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Poor armin Shimmerman! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Auggghhhh! and the pattern he's wearing! It's terrible! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Where is a shark that Quark could jump over? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Oh gadget! He/She is flirting with the Nagus! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
@RoyFillmore Actually this is where the show jumped the Quark.#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Nog is girl walking! He's giving Miss Congeniality lessons to Quark!#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
OMG! Quark is being sexually harrassed by Zek! Please STOP NOW!#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
OMG! I just said OMG! #profitandlace you made me do this! I HATE YOU!

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Milva? Isn't that the name of Jerry's girlfriend he forgot the name of in Seinfeld? #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
I think we need to count our blessings that Quark isn't a nude Ferengi female. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Why is Quark the Dolly Parton Ferengi? #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
The product placement for this episode is just embarrassing.#profitandlace #sluggocola

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
When Milva liquidates someone, he does it at the Sluggo Cola plant. Soylent Sluggo. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
I'm not sure if this trickle-down theory of pockets is economically sound. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Suddenly I realize that this episode, while not good, is the inspiration for Mad Men, which is sometimes pretty good. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Sluggo Cola getting flat? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
I wish Quarkette was a bit more flat...#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Uh Oh! Dessert is about to get sexy. In a really bad way!#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Did Dr. Bashir surgically enhance Quark to get groped? Because that would really be going the extra mile. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
If he grabs Quark's mellon book I will vomit #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
boob not book #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Can I vomit if Quark gropes his lobes? Does that make me intolerant? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
7 more terrible minutes! Please don't use the back door!#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
*KISS* I just threw up in my mouth. I just threw up in everyone's mouth. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
I VOMITED! I'm VOMITING! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
OH PLEASE NO! NOOOOOOOOO! #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Quarkflash! Is that the inspiration for the band Quarterflash? I guess time travel would need to be involved. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
BRUNT! Kille everyone now! NOW! The writers first! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
I need to steal a car and vomit some more. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Oddo holding Quark this had to happen before the show ended.#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
This episode set the Ferengi women's movement forward 10 years and the human women's movement back 50 years. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Did Quark nurture? Was he lactating? #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
At least there is a good ending. We get to see super hot girl again.#profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
Hormones. No wonder. Stay classy outdated stereotypes.#profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Ferengi sex talk. Yuck! #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Thank you everyone and anyone who ever watched this whole episode you have both my admiration and disgust. #profitandlace

Jon Dissed ‏@rexbasior
So it's Allora, not Laura? Weird that I can't get her name right, since she's all I choose to remember. #profitandlace

Roy Fillmore ‏@RoyFillmore
Allura. That's how I want it to be spelled...#profitandlace

Podcast 111: The Hunt for Red Squadtober

A few Skype hiccups make J.R. a little hard to understand on this one in some places. Sorry! Fortunately, with context and the fact that he complains about the same things all the time, you should get the gist just fine. Hey, if you don't like listening this time, we've provided lots and lots of links in the show notes. Click away if you're bored. Just so you're all aware, apparently Frank Oz didn't direct Labyrinth, but he did co-direct The Dark Crystal (as well as actually direct such Star Wars friendly movies as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and What about Bob?)!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, "Dagger of the Mind," Timpview football, Les Miserables, The Hobbit, Skyfall, Cobra, Breaking Bad
13:26 -- Star Wars directors
26:42 -- Viewer mail
28:52 -- "In the Pale Moonlight"
51:12 -- "His Way"
1.04:08 -- "The Reckoning"
1.17:58 -- "Valiant"
1.39:28 -- Awards and rankings
1.50: 41 -- Upcoming episodes
21.59:56 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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Just so everyone knows, the reason Jon thought Jimmy Smits' character in The West Wing is named Mendoza (instead of Santos), is because Jimmy Smits really was a character named Mendoza in this episode of Saturday Night Live (be a Netflix member to view (sketch starts at about 10:35)).

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Twinkies (1930-2012).

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Podcast 110: Dominchurian Candidate

We were hoping to have this one ready for Halloween, but instead we'll just have it ready for the election. And for those of you worried about the future of our country, it turns out J.R. won't be voting. This podcast is at least 50% awesomer because we actually convinced Listener Lane to join us the whole time. Listen to him! His patience is exemplary.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, Lane
7:01 -- Sexy Halloween costumes
16:07 -- Scary movies
21:34 -- iTunes reviews and viewer mail
41:20 -- "Honor Among Thieves"
54:26 -- "Change of Heart"
1.15:15 -- "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
1.34:02 -- "Inquisition"
1.51:47 -- Awards and rankings
2.13:06 -- Upcoming episodes
2.25:06 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to John Davis Chandler (1935-2010).

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Podcast 109: Mad Ben

Or perhaps the title should be "Breaking Ben?" Maybe "Breaking Bad Ben?" Ach. Now we're overthinking it. Now if only old Benny were wearing a Mad Men hat. Anyway, we get Dukat going crazy, Sisko going crazy, the usual requisite Ferengi caper and of course the Innerspace rip-off. Halloween fun is starting too.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH
12:52 -- Top 5 Halloween candies, Halloween in general
29:30 -- "Waltz"
57:31 -- "Who Mourns for Morn?"
1.14:03 -- "Far Beyond the Stars"
1.39:45 -- "One Little Ship"
1.53:19 -- Awards and rankings
2.07:30 -- Upcoming episodes
2.19:30 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to... nobody this time. Let's celebrate the living!

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Podcast 108: Weekend at Moogie's

Feel free to be turned off by the surprising amount of political discussion at the beginning of this one. We're hoping to get several diatribes over the next week telling us who to vote for (actually, we're really not. So these episodes were pretty harmless, right? Hey, you just fight a war, may as well goof off a little. J.R. will surprise you with his favorite episode this time.

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, superficial politics, BYU-Utah rivalry
17:28 -- The Chase Masterson Name That Tune Game
23:20 -- Viewer mail
32:40 -- "You Are Cordially Invited..."
49:52 -- "Resurrection"
1.01:16 -- "Statistical Probabilities"
1.23:48 -- "The Magnificent Ferengi"
1.41:36 -- Awards and rankings
1.52:42 -- Upcoming episodes
2.05:25 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Cecily Adams (1958-2004).

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David's Dark Knight Post

Alright, here we go. Here's David's Dark Knight Rises review we said we were gonna post (SPOILERS):

Dark Knight Rises was a pretty great movie. I mean, it was kind of daring to make Bane a secret clone of Bruce Wayne, but it was worth it for the five or so times they interrupted the big action climax so Batman could try and appeal to his better nature and make him a good guy again…

Actually, Dark Knight Rises is for me a very ambitious film that doesn’t quite accomplish everything it sets out to do. I’d compare it with something like The Avengers, which wasn’t that ambitious at all. Sure, it was ambitious from a marketing perspective, putting out all those movies for Thor, Captain America, etc. and then putting it all together in Avengers, but the movie itself was pretty basic. It had a standard “Team comes together, team gets attacked, then aliens invade” plot. That movie’s all quips and humor, with a bit of smash. Yeah, Agent Coulson’s death is sad, but it’s movie sad. It’s like Apollo Creed dying in Rocky IV so Rocky can get that much more driven for the final battle. The Dark Knight trilogy aims for something higher, commenting on fear, escalation, social inequality and civil society. One of the most important characters in these movies is Gotham itself, and Dark Knight Rises is its climax. Dark Knight Rises tries to tie the trilogy together—it’s definitely more connected to the two previous films than Dark Knight was to Begins. Its plot is also as crammed full as Avengers is simple. You have Bane and his plot, the introduction of Catwoman and her search for her mcguffin, Detective Blake’s investigation, Gordon’s guilt, Bruce Wayne’s financial troubles and Batman’s return. And that’s all before the mid-movie left field plot twist of Bane’s triumph and Batman’s exile. The movie also tries to deal with the twin legacies of its two predecessors, the League of Shadows from Begins and Harvey Dent’s crimes in Dark Knight.  Suffice to say, that’s a lot of movie. Comic book movies with half that much going on (Spider-man 3, for example), have crashed and burned plenty.

It’s to the movie’s credit that so much of it makes sense in plot and theme. It does all get a bit crammed towards the end, but a lot of it is comprehensible and interesting. (OK, Bane’s plot of turning Gotham into French Revolutionary Paris before nuking it anyway is a little weird, and gets more perplexing when it turns out it wasn’t his plot at all, but Talia’s). The action’s pretty darn great too (although no set piece is as good as either the bank robbery or semi truck chase/crash  in Dark Knight, though the first Batman/Bane fight is some pretty great brutality), and Bale is given much bigger and  more interesting role than in Dark Knight, where he was kind of sidelined by Ledger’s Joker.  The cast is superb, which is important because they have a lot to deal with. It’s a pretty great finish to the trilogy that’s set a new bar for serious, thought-provoking big budget film making. I don’t know if I can explain it all, but it’s certainly a movie I’d like to see again and again.

- It’s funny how Batman at the end of Dark Knight Rises kind of echoes Spock in Star Trek II. Both sacrifice their lives to save everyone else from large explosions, both get eulogized ultimately by the end of A Tale of Two Cities, and then we close on a scene that hints that “Wait, maybe he isn’t dead after all….” Homage or coincidence?

- Here’s a Top 5 for you: Superhero Franchises? Superhero movies? Just the Batman movies? (There are 7 of them now). If I had to rank those it’d probably go: 7. Batman and Robin, 5. Batman Returns 5. Batman Forever 4. Batman 3. Dark Knight Rises 2. Batman Begins 1. Dark Knight

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Podcast 107: Ziyal's Well That Ends Well

This one's long. Freeeeeeakishly long. Do you have the attention span to get all the way through it? Do you want your commute to be that extremely geeky? Not only do we bust up the six-episode arc that begins Season 6 of DS9, but we also get a full report of the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention AND chat with a fellow Star Trek fan also in convention attendance. All of this and Alexander Rozhenko's back!

Podcast breakdown:

0:00 -- nuqneH, viewer mail
9:48 -- Con report
25:16 -- Holly chat
48:53 -- "A Time to Stand"
1.06:38 -- "Rocks and Shoals"
1.23:03 -- "Sons and Daughters"
1.33:19 -- "Behind the Lines"
1.45:04 -- "Favor the Bold"
1.56:51 -- "Sacrifice of Angels"
2.21:14 -- Awards and rankings
2.29:53 -- Upcoming episodes
2.36:20 -- Qapla' and outtakes

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Las Vegas Star Trek Convention: Jon's Photo Report

Hey! If you found one of my business cards at the convention and are checking this site out from that, please send us an email! jrwatchesstartrek@gmail.com

Okay. Enjoy the report.

I was hoping that I would make it all the way to Vegas in one night of driving, but I got tired and had to get a hotel in St. George. The above picture is of the fort I built in my room. It is a very humble fort because I was pretty tired.

It's a humble fort, but notice this stellar feature: the air conditioner is specifically contained inside for maximum coolage. This pre-cooling was essential to my survival in Las Vegas August heat.

This picture was taken right after coming over the hill to see Las Vegas, and right before me wildly swerving to get back into the lane.

 The Sky Tower sorta looks like a spaceship, I guess, so I figured I'd take a shot. Once again, I had to wildly swerve the car to get back into the lane. Next year I'll need a co-pilot.

Here we are coming up to the Rio. I was worried because there were no aliens on the side of the building besides Penn & Teller.

Here's my photo reminder of where I parked on the first day.

 Here's the shirt I wore the first day. Notice the blood wine stain on the front.

 Before I even went in I noticed a truck full of tribbles in the parking lot. Surely they all melted by the end of the day.

I threw a few new J.R. Watches Star Trek for the first time business cards on the public table under the big sign. I checked on their progress throughout my stay and they trickled away extremely slowly.

 Here's the big projection on the wall. I think these things may be on the way out. They seem sort of cliche nowadays.

 This chick is dressed as a mirror universe trill (as if you didn't know).

This clever person dressed up as Captain Pike (alright, to be funny I was going to take a picture of everyone I saw on a rascal and make the same joke over and over again, but there were WAY TOO MANY rascals and I felt bad for the joke -- just pretend I made the joke).

Here's Q. On the second day I went up to him and mentioned that I watched the second season of Breaking Bad and my heart is totally broken. He gave absolutely no response to that. I felt slightly dumb.

 Worf. I spoke to him about getting an audio clip and he said he wouldn't be able to for management reasons or something. He also told me that the other TNG big leaguers wouldn't be able to either. Lesson learned. The next day I decided to get his autograph anyway, but Dorn does this weird thing where you have to buy the photos on a separate table. I didn't know that and didn't put forth the effort to picking out a photo from one of the millions available at other booths. Sorry J.R. that was going to be my gift for you.

 Geordi. At this point the table guards were like "No pictures of the Enterprise crew, please."

This wasn't the only amazing piece of movie vinyl at this booth. There were better ones, but this was the last picture I shot before the guy was like "No pictures of the merchandise, please."

Most of the Borg costumes went the extra mile. Here's an assimilated creature that wasn't human before Borg assimilation.

 There is only one Enterprise in my book. Okay, the Enterprise-A counts too. There are only two Enterprises in my book.

 Hey! Here's another Captain Pike!

I saw these girls with the legs wandering around a lot and I finally asked for a picture. Either they were really tired or really not into me. They were very cordial though, as everybody was (Roddenberry utopian society for the win!). I should have gotten more legs in the picture and not just because I'm a total creep -- they had cool boots on. Actually the one on the left was barefoot and stretching her feet which was somehow unbelievably cute.

These Klingons had a long conversation with me about how their friend was supposed to dress up with them, but didn't and that I should totally confront their friend. I can't believe I didn't give them a JRWSTFTFT card. I hardly gave a card to anybody. I'm terrible.

 These girls were extremely popular. They are sporting how far Wonderbra technology has advanced in the 24th century.

Here I am practicing my own contemplative Kirk pose. Notice I'm wearing my favorite pants. These pants exhibit a crazy charisma-inducing phenomenon.

 Here's my shirt for the second day. This shirt is truly one of a kind because it's the only one CafePress printed off before they said they couldn't print any more for copyright reasons. We'll get this same pattern available on Zazzle or something soon probably.

 Parking reminder.

 I spoke to this girl about her cool little watergun/phaser bag. Apparently it's a Used bag -- as in a bag that promotes the band The Used. I also told her that our podcast welcomes more cute girls. Wow. Looking at this photo right now, I think she has a Gorn tattoo. Wow.

 This is fuzzy, but this girl was one of at least three people dressed up as the freaking Crystaline Entity. Yeah, that's right. AT LEAST THREE people dressed up as the CRYSTALINE ENTITY.

 EXTREMELY clever female Ferengi costumes.

This is a Federation uniform bathrobe that I want, but didn't buy. Resistance. Not futile.

 The line to see Jonathan Frakes. Also known as the line "to get Riked."

 "A Piece of the Action" was miraculously on the short list for fans' favorite TOS episode.

 This was taken from my amazing seat at the TNG cast reunion. Sirtis is a loose cannon. Oh, and this seat wasn't actually amazing. It was quite terrible. The girls in front of me were definitely not dressed as Star Trek fans and I was wondering if they knew where they were.

 That guy in the distance in the middle of the hallway? The kid who plays Nog. He's a pretty tiny little guy.

 Here's my picture of the costume contest pre-judgement. Yeah, my camera has the worst flash in the known universe (even counting the Pakled homeworld). Anyway, see those blue eyes glowing? That's a guy in a phenomenal Iron Man costume that he tried to pass off as a Federation dock worker suit or some such nonsense.

Here's the delightful Holly with her Enterprise duffel bag (she said it's one of only 300 made, apparently) and in her little girl from "Pen Pals" costume. I tracked her down to find out what her favorite TNG episode was since I noticed her at the "Best TNG Episode" forum the night before. Turns out because of her intense love of Data, the best episode in her mind is "Measure of a Man." This picture was taken right after I informed her that I'm totally not a Data fan.

 Here's a better photo of the Iron Man guy. Also that girl next to the blue shirt had a fabulous T'pring costume.

 Yeah. My Corolla ran nearly 420 miles on a single tank of dilithium.

 Here's a photo of a photo of me with Andrew Robinson. I sold (gave away) my crappy scanner at a yard sale last week. Scorpio! Btw, that's not my real smile, that's my grimace smile.

A pile of my swag. Notice the autographed Chase Masterson jazz CD on the very top (also notice the Sandra Pillar dental floss).

Anyway, that's what I got. I'll go into more detail next time we have a chance to go on the air. Questions? Comments? Post below or, as always, email us. jrwatchesstartrek@gmail.com

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