Page 1.- Live Long and Prosper! Very recently, Leonard Nimoy passed away. If you are one of the few who doesn't know, Nimoy played Spock on Star Trek which debuted in the 1960's. The original show only lasted three years but became legendary later. I found it interesting NBC tried to get rid of Spock's ears because of adverse "devil worship" mail. (Some things never change!) Remembering back to the original show, I knew I loved the women character's costumes and my own particular fave phrase from the show was "Beam me up Scotty, there is no intelligent life down here!"Page 2.- Unsocial Media? Last night, I was invited to a charity event called "Dayton Knockout". It was held in Dayton, Ohio an was a very amateur boxing event. The woman sitting right behind me has been a very close friend for years and was one of the people who was very instrumental to me increasingly coming out of the closet. Last night, her daughter was actually one of the boxers last night. We were up on the stage, very close to the ring. As I look at the picture for the first time, I wonder just what the hell did I get on my leggings? The fun part was, not 15 minutes after the picture was taken, I got a text from my daughter asking (laughingly) what I was doing there. Really? I asked her just what she was doing camped out on her computer (on Facebook?) and no, I was actually in Milwaukee. (well not really)
Page 3.- The Week that Was or Wasn't. Predictably, transgender news was all over the spectrum. In my home territory, Cincinnati, Ohio still seems to be searching for the real reasons behind Leelah Alcorn's suicide. We read a very positive story about young "Zay"- a story of what is possible when a transgender child is raised by understanding parents. But then comes another story of a tragic successful suicide attempt by a young transgender woman of color in Maryland- Melonie Rose. I still find it unfathomable a parent would literally sacrifice their child for being trans.
Page 4.- The Back Page.- Borrowing a quote from yet another Sci Fi classic: "May the Force be with all of You this Week!" Thanks for stopping by Cyrsti's Condo.
