Monthly Archives: June 2017

Links and Comments: Tribal Epistemology

Posted on Thursday 8 June 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Out of all the links compiled for my previous links post, this is the most substantial, the one I have enough comments on to put in a separate post. 19 May: Vox, David Roberts: Donald Trump and the rise of … Continue reading →

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Illusion and Reality: TOS #16: “The Menagerie, Part II”

Posted on Wednesday 7 June 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

In the second half of this two-part episode, revelations from an earlier Enterprise visit to Talos IV reveal why Spock has hijacked the Enterprise to take earlier Captain Pike, now crippled, back to that forbidden planet. The second half of … Continue reading →

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Linkdump: May to June 2017

Posted on Tuesday 6 June 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

I’m far behind on posting “Links and Comments”, and think I should try to do so daily. For now, I’m catching up on everything I’ve copied to my notepad documents for blog use, listing them in reverse chrono order, with … Continue reading →

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There’s Still Something Out There: TOS #15, “The Menagerie, Part I”

Posted on Monday 5 June 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

In a clever 2-part story within a story that uses footage from the first Star Trek pilot, “The Cage”, Spock hijacks the Enterprise to take the earlier captain of the Enterprise, Captain Pike, to the forbidden planet Talos IV.   … Continue reading →

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Genealogical Post: My Family Trees

Posted on Thursday 1 June 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Over the past year I’ve been perusing family trees on both my father’s and mother’s sides, each of which goes back several generations, on one side to the first generation born overseas that immigrated to the US – i.e., “first … Continue reading →

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