Transporter Chief, by the time he left.

Ooh, let’s stay with the pedantry, then! He was actually Chief of Operations for DS9, not Chief Engineer. He was the Chief Engineer for the Defiant, however. :)

Most excited and curious about Holodeck Moriarty -- quick glimpse and VO of him at 1:35. 

If you want your end result to be smoother and silkier, don’t immediately add your pasta back to the pot. Whisk the cheese powder, milk, and anything you’re adding in the hot pan by themselves until they’re smooth, then fold back in the pasta. No lumps, no un-melted powder. :)

I literally yelled, “Why isn’t she holding one of those grenades?!” at the TV during this scene! :)

That caught my attention, too. But then I remembered in the premiere, during the talk show segment back in the ‘60s, it was mentioned that existing cordyceps species couldn’t live in temperatures above 94F or so (around that temp, right?), and the danger came when they could evolve to thrive in hotter hosts. 

Ruminating about pasta makers in a Bane voice is what goes for comedy in our house lately.

I’m digging the vibe so far, and I’m reasonably sure this was Cave Johnson’s first job. 

The Chronicles of Amber was one of the first series I got through the old “Science Fiction Book Club”, and still have that imprint on my shelf. Hope this finds some traction.

What comes around, goes around again. This silliness is the same cringey behavior that happened when Second Life had its 15 minutes back in 2007.

I know because I worked on Dell’s Second Life space where you could visit Michael Dell’s dorm room where he first started his computer business.

Yep. Sorry about that.

Pedantic D&D comment: Demogorgon is a proper name, not a type of demon. Unless maybe it’s like:

If you’re in Florida, please don’t escape from Florida. Just stay there.

I’m looking forward to seeing this, but my big question has always been: will we see Dwayne Johnson really acting, or is this just a chance to put The Rock in a cool superhero suit?

“Oh, Benson. You’re so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.”

How about 2XL? Early ‘80s, sort of an 8-track player / trivia game mashup with the added bonus of strangely dead eyes. Gawd, I wanted one of these.

RIP, David Warner. He was the driving force in the original.

Midjourney is a creative addiction. :)

Great point here. In the few times I’ve gone into the office lately, most of my meetings have been via videocall. Soooo... all the travel, all the potential exposure, for exactly what I was doing yesterday from my desk at home?

Cleaning. Stainless steel will show every smudge, spill, and crumb in your kitchen. If you have children or pets, it will look like a crime scene with all those finger and paw prints. You’ll be cleaning constantly.

Darcy was fantastic! I still laugh when remembering the scene where Mjolnir comes flying past her and she calls it, “Meow Meow”.