But the Jem'Hadar are savage AND competent.

Except when it's a key plot device, to allow the hunt for the magnetic boots to give an opportunity for Chekov to make a painful 'if the shoe fits' joke.

Except when it's a key plot device, to allow the hunt for the magnetic boots to give an opportunity for Chekov to make a painful 'if the shoe fits' joke.

In the UK at least, it's mee-thane but eh-thanol

In the UK at least, it's mee-thane but eh-thanol

A fair point

A fair point

I like the idea, but I'm worried that the shifts in tone between good-spirited hijinks and constantly being fucked over by the universe would be too jarring.

I like the idea, but I'm worried that the shifts in tone between good-spirited hijinks and constantly being fucked over by the universe would be too jarring.

OTOH, certainly in some fields nowadays if you hit 30 without having 'made it big' you can be pretty sure you probably never will - mathematics, sports, maybe music? With all the Wesley Crushers running around I don't see any reason why that would have changed.

OTOH, certainly in some fields nowadays if you hit 30 without having 'made it big' you can be pretty sure you probably never will - mathematics, sports, maybe music? With all the Wesley Crushers running around I don't see any reason why that would have changed.

' It would be like two people in 2012 talking on skype and one going
"Science fiction … come on bro, we are talking to each other on video
monitors.!" '

' It would be like two people in 2012 talking on skype and one going
"Science fiction … come on bro, we are talking to each other on video
monitors.!" '

It runs over two days, like the deca/heptathlon.

It runs over two days, like the deca/heptathlon.

It's not finished yet for today - there's still the elimination race (or 'devil take the hindmost'. Where they basically keep riding round the track and every two laps whoever's in last gets eliminated. Repeat UNTIL ONLY ONE REMAINS

It's not finished yet for today - there's still the elimination race (or 'devil take the hindmost'. Where they basically keep riding round the track and every two laps whoever's in last gets eliminated. Repeat UNTIL ONLY ONE REMAINS

I am simultaneously intrigued and intimidated by Jessica Ennis's abs

I am simultaneously intrigued and intimidated by Jessica Ennis's abs

Defence is a funny one - it's a supposedly senior department, but it's also a graveyard of careers. Very few ministers go on from Defence to greater things, it's nearly always the high-point of their career.