Wild Postcards

You are out of your Vulcan mind if you miss the new Star Trek movie, which is just a week away!  Number One Grandson and I are looking forward to it.

Be sure to check out the Star Trek Movie Launch site for showtimes and tickets.

You are out of your Vulcan mind if you miss the new Star Trek movie, which is just a week away!  Number One Grandson and I are looking forward to it. Be sure to check out the Star Trek Movie Launch site for showtimes and tickets.

Here’s a still from the original Star Trek series (“The Menagerie”, 17 November 1966) featuring Susan Oliver as an Orion slave girl, and is one of 30 cards in the Star Trek Postcard Box by Chronicle Books.

Susan Oliver is my hero.  The fan site SusanOliver.info carries images of a letter and photo she sent to a fan back in 1966, an Air Force sergeant in Vietnam.  In the letter, she expresses pride in those who serve.  There are a number of entertainers today who would do the same, but it seems that it’s a small percentage overall. Sadly, Susan Oliver passed away in 1990.

Don’t forget: there’s only three weeks to the Star Trek Movie Launch, so click the link and get showtimes and tickets. Naturally, the new Star Trek movie features an Orion slave girl as well. Better than the original? You be the judge.

Here’s a still from the original Star Trek series (“The Menagerie”, 17 November 1966) featuring Susan Oliver as an Orion slave girl, and is one of 30 cards in the Star Trek Postcard Box by Chronicle Books. Susan Oliver is my hero.  The fan site SusanOliver.info carries images of a letter and photo she sent [...]

“The sky over the Magic Kingdom’s regal Cinderella Castle explodes with brilliant color at night in the traditional Disney fireworks display.”  Of course, Walt Disney World and the other theme parks are just a few things you can do when you visit Kissimmee.  Every time we’ve gone, we’ve usually splurged on a theme park or two but, with cash being tight for most people nowadays, there are a lot of free things to see and do as well.

Probably the best free attraction is the Saturday Nite Cruise, which has been going on every week in Old Town Kissimmee for years.  Classic cars come out of the woodwork and cruise up and down the brick streets; a lot of them are for sale, if you happen to be in the market for a vintage automobile.  There’s also live entertainment, and the whole thing turns into a massive street party.  A lot of the cars also turn up on Friday nights as well, but with a little less fanfare.  Of course, as long as you’re in Old Town, there are plenty of places to shop and eat.  But you might just as easily bring along a sandwich.

And speaking of free, you should enter the Kissimmee Freedom Sweepstakes, where you could win one of three weekend getaways for two, or one of two weeklong getaways for four.  I did; I could use a free vacation right about now.

“The sky over the Magic Kingdom’s regal Cinderella Castle explodes with brilliant color at night in the traditional Disney fireworks display.”  Of course, Walt Disney World and the other theme parks are just a few things you can do when you visit Kissimmee.  Every time we’ve gone, we’ve usually splurged on a theme park or [...]

Porpoises and dolphins are technically two different species, though they have a common land-based ancestor.  Seafaring fishermen tend to use the word “porpoise” to describe porpoises as well as any small dolphin.  This is a “Color King Natural Color” card, published by the W. M. Cline Company of Chattanooga.

Have you seen the “Dolphin Bubbles” phenomenon?  I first saw it online a couple of months ago and can’t get enough of it:

Nobody seems to be sure exactly how they learned to do it but, apparently, they’ve been teaching each other how to do it for quite some time. I also understand that it’s primarily the females who engage in this behavior, because the males are apparently too busy telling each other fish stories, bragging to each other about the one that got away. (OK, no, not really, but the males seem more concerned with social interaction than with self-amusement.)

My family and I have swam with the dolphins on a couple of occasions and, while one is immediately impressed with how intelligent they are, I am under the impression that nobody has seen this behavior in the wild before. I guess great minds require cool toys.

You can see some very cool still photos of the dolphins at play (and hopefully more videos to be posted soon) over at the Dolphin Bubbles website. I can’t wait to show the grandbabies!

Porpoises and dolphins are technically two different species, though they have a common land-based ancestor.  Seafaring fishermen tend to use the word “porpoise” to describe porpoises as well as any small dolphin.  This is a “Color King Natural Color” card, published by the W. M. Cline Company of Chattanooga. Have you seen the “Dolphin Bubbles” [...]