"You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."

People who know me well are familiar with the fact that I'm a Star Trek connoisseur. That is not to say that I have a Klingon costume in my closet and that I attend Trek conventions. I just watch the show, particuarly those in the "The Next Generation" franchise.

I got into Star Trek years ago when I was still living at home with my grandma. My uncle used to drive down from New York every couple of weeks to cut the grass and scour small town bookstores for rare volumes. We couldn't get cable out in the sticks, so if we planned on being enertained by the television at all, it had to be network stations. My uncle used to commandeer the big t.v. in the den and watch Star Trek. I haaaaated him for it - I couldn't get more than a couple of stations on the t.v. in the back of the house, and he wouldn't budge.

It wasn't until "Deep Space Nine" came out in 1993 that I began taking any interest in the show (a couple of the characters from TNG had transitioned into the show, so they were familiar to me). It was one of the new UPN network's new programs and the previews looked interesting...so I watched it. When "Voyager" was created several years later, I watched that, too (I'm still not a fan of the original series because James Kirk embodies "cocky asshole" in my opinion).

Anyhow, Scott has some perverse addiction to all things Star Wars. I'm sure I've discussed that before. He often joked about how Star Trek was a cheap rip-off of Star Wars and was only successful because it was riding on the wings of what George Lucas had created. Right. Sure. I didn't argue with him, however I always teased that I was going to buy the baby Trek action figures so that he'll know which side his allegiance is to early on. Being on paternity leave must do crazy things to the head, because guess who's watching Star Trek reruns, now? Mm hmm.