You can’t do a 30th-anniversary celebration of any TV show, let alone Star Trek:TNG, without a best episodes list. So here’s the first part of mine.
SIX OF THE BEST… recurring characters on TNG
Personally, I liked Ensign Ro the best, but that doesn’t mean she was the best recurring character. Here are six of the best of them.
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SIX OF THE WORST… TNG misfires
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: the Next Generation, I’m reviving some of my 25th-anniversary columns and reworking them a little. Here’s the first, and it’s about mistakes.
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Tagged birthright, bloodlines, code of honor, dark page, emergence, eye of the beholder, homeward, inheritance, interface, liaisons, lower decks, misfires, parallels, sub rosa, the loss, the next generation, the outrageous okona, TNG, violations
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SIX OF THE BEST… reasons not to watch The Defenders
I really wanted to like The Defenders. At least, I wanted to like it more than I actually did. This column contains spoilers.
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SIX OF THE BEST… little annoyances on TV shows (that I just can’t ignore)
Journalism careers do not work the way they do on most TV shows. It drives me crazy. So I wrote a column about how it bugs me, and how other things on TV bug me.
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Tagged 24, airplane seats, annoyances, apartment, bathroom, buffy, career, columnist, daredevil, economy comfort, friends, grey's anatomy, house of cards, how to lose a guy in 10 days, itp, journalism, karen page, los angeles, Lost, new york bulletin, new york city, realism, santa barbara, sunnydale, traffic, tv shows
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SIX OF THE BEST… Haven troubles
The “troubles” are supernatural afflictions affecting the townspeople of Haven, Maine, on a show called Haven that originally aired on SyFy. The show is now on Netflix, and I figured I should finish watching it after only making it through two seasons during first-run. So I did, and then I made a list of the troubles. Well, some of them. Six, to be exact.
And yes, there’s a reason I put Shatner in this post.
“Digging Up Doug” by Ron Riekki
In episode 289 of Tales to Terrify, you can hear me perform “Digging Up Doug” by Ron Riekki. It’s short horror, with no explicit, gory, or sexual language or activities… but that doesn’t make it any less horrific.
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Tagged digging up doug, district of wonders, ron riekki, tales to terrify
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SIX OF THE BEST… weird dreams I keep having
I’m posting this late today because I fell asleep and I dreamed. A lot. But not about any of these six things, interestingly.
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Tagged dream, elevator, hypnagogia, idiopathic hypersomnia, jump scare, narcolepsy, nudity, pee, school, sex, sleep study, sorem, symbology, trees, yelling
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SIX OF THE WORST… things your company can do if you have anxiety
My company has been on a “get to know how everyone works together” kick, which is a great idea. But it terrifies people who suffer from anxiety. Not that that’s going to stop them, despite the fact that about 18% of people deal with some form of mental illness, and anxiety is a big percentage of that.
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Tagged anxiety, assigned seating, changing seats, christmas party, depression, everything in transit, general anxiety disorder, icebreakers, introduce yourself, jack’s mannequin, l’esprit de l’escalier, mental illness, nopetopus, parties, popsicle, work
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“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”
In 2013 at the Taos Toolbox writing workshop, I wrote a short-story about a man who’s never been to a cemetery. When he finally goes to one, after his partner dies, he makes a new friend… who died several years ago. It’s a quiet little ghost story that I’m quite proud of. I hope you like it too.
“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”, out now in Storyteller Magazine, volume 1, issue 5, for August 2017.
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Tagged cemetery, fantasy, ghosts, jewish ghosts, storyteller, storyteller magazine, you don't bring me flowers
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about fidget spinners
I got a fidget spinner yesterday. Of course I’m going to write a column about it.
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Tagged banination, calming behavior, coping mechanism, dolphins, fasa, fidget spinner, focus gum, gyroscope, koosh ball, scientific evidence, spinner, standardized tests, Starcom, testing, Toys, weighted blanket, ye olde dayes
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SIX OF THE BEST… numbers on Dark Matter
I like the SyFy TV show Dark Matter. Each of the main characters — at least, the core ones — are numbered. There are six of them. You know what that means.
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Tagged android, dark matter, firefly, lost girl, white guy
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SIX OF THE BEST… memories I have of watching GLOW
Of course I watched GLOW on Netflix. Like there’s any doubt in your mind that I would have done.
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Tagged chavo guerrero jr, fiji, glow, netflix, sheila the she-wolf, tammy, underdog story, Wrestling
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SIX OF THE WORST… ways to get me to come back to your website
Do you want me to never come back to your website? Because this is how you get me to never come back to your website.
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Tagged ads, autoplay, christ article a video, cpm, internet, lightbox, mobile mode, newsletter, preroll, programmatic, remnant, slideshows, the onion, two-factor authentication
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SIX OF THE BEST… things about getting a new phone
Two weeks ago, I dropped my phone in the toilet. This is my story.
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Tagged bloat, bloatware, bokeh, htc tilt, moon+ reader pro, new phone who dis, planned obsolescence, s7 edge, s8 plus, smug, swiftkey, toilet phone
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SIX OF THE BEST… things I found while packing for my upcoming move
Y’know those boxes you always think you’ll get around to unpacking, but never do? It’s amazing the things you find in them.
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Tagged 3.5-inch disk, aircheck, art, audio tape, cable, disk, drawings, minidisc, moving, old stories, packing, pile, scanning, star trek, starships, tape, writing
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SIX OF THE BEST… Heinlein books that deserve to be turned into Netflix serieses
If I had control of the Heinlein estate, I’d get with Netflix (or some other VOD provider) and tell them about some books that I think would make excellent serieses. And who I’d cast.
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Tagged connected universe, dunkirk, friday, Heinlein, libertarianism, robert a. heinlein, shared universe, starship troopers, stranger in a strange land, the cat who walks through walls, the moon is a harsh mistress, time enough for love, we didn’t start the fire
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SIX OF THE WORST… things about the new Wonder Woman movie
Buckle up, nerds, because I’m about to shatter your illusions about the “awesome” new Wonder Woman movie that hit theaters last week.
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Tagged batman v superman, Captain America, Chewbacca, civil war, david thewlis, dc, drax, elena anaya, gal gadot, groot, guardians of the galaxy, homecoming, infinity war, jesus metaphor, justice league, marvel, match, muddled middle, poe dameron, ragnarok, revenge of the sith, rocket, rocky, sausage-fest, Spider-Man, spoilers, star trek into darkness, suicide squad, supernatural, The Matrix, wonder woman, world war i, X-Men
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SIX OF THE BEST… things I’m looking forward to in my new house
I bought a new house, and I’m really looking forward to it.
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Tagged bonus space, books, cell phone reception, consistency, house, kitchen, laundry room, neighborhood, new house, piano, remodel, six of the best, space to entertain, upgrade
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SIX OF THE BEST… lessons learned from things in my cubicle
I was really reaching for a topic this week, but I think I pulled this one out rather nicely. Deep down, it’s about staying positive at work by surrounding yourself with positive icons.
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Tagged a man pile-driving a shark, cubicle, death, denvercoder9, endless, ozy and millie, peanuts, snoopy, star trek, work, xkcd
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 