Novel Cover: The Low Road


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Most importantly to fans, is it Star Trek? Meaning, does it have the right tone and feeling? Does it respect the material, the ideals and the characters of the original series? If you can accept that canon has become a boat anchor and that 1960's ideas of what 23rd century technology will look like are dated -- a very much relieved yes! Star Trek has always at it's heart been about two things, about the relationship of its lead characters (the whole is greater than the sum of its parts); and the morality play, teaching a lesson couched as entertainment. This movie is more about the former, showing the foundation of the relationships we grew to love over three seasons and 6 movies. Largely strangers at the start of the film, this is a tight knit crew that at the end have every reason to deeply trust each other. The morality play aspect of classic Star Trek is given a bit of short shift in this initial outing of the franchise reboot. But faint echoes of it are still there, when Kirk is faced with a moral dilemma and chooses to take the high road. In total, the new caretakers of Star Trek have got the words and they've got the music. The tempo has changed, and the lyrics have been updated, but the music is still familiar, comfortable and loved. Equally important, is it any good? A resounding yes! This reset is exciting, fun and fast. I'm looking forward to the next adventure, much more so than I have the last few Trek outings.
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In connection with the release of the new Star Trek movie, working with Paramount Studios, the great folks at IconFactory have done a set of Star Trek icons and phone and desktop wallpapers. They are beautiful work. But the phone wallpapers are a bit plain. So I combined the icons with the wallpapers to create augmented versions.
You can find the IconFactory Star Trek stuff here:
http://iconfactory.com/startrek/
And Roam around the rest of the IconFactory website to find 10s of thousands of free icons and wallpapers. Lots more Trek stuff, but also every other movie you can imagine and lots of others besides, from the cute and cuddly to the bold and ugly. They've got great icons for everyone from little princesses to geeks and gear heads.
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Yesterday I heard a report on the radio about the possible elimination of Public Access TV in San Francisco due to the current budget crisis and state law changing control of cable franchises from local to state control. As a result there is a drastic drop in available funding for the Public Access channel.
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I recently heard a midlife crisis described as being that fear that you are all you are ever going to be. Well this 47 year old woman from Scotland has proved that whatever our age, we can exceed our previous selves by absolute leaps and bounds!
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