Greetings foodies, Last night I was privileged to dine at the Wash Park Grill located just west of University on Mississippi. It is a nice Italian restaurant and bar. The service while not great was still pretty good. My dining companion had the Hearts of Romaine salad which was very large and very much a knife and fork salad – …
Ranked Reading for April 2015
Greetings crew members and anyone else enjoying this feed. This month (proving that we’re not just Star Trek fans) I’ve got two reviews from the relm of Star Wars. First is “X-Wing: Mercy Kill” by Aaron Allston. Set in the Legacy Era of the franchise (40+ years after Episode IV) the story centers around a special forces / black ops …
Review – Star Trek Starship Collection – Andorian Battle Cruiser
Howdy Folks, Tiburon CO Bran Stimpson here, and for this report I am going to review the Andorian Battle Cruiser Kumari from the Eaglemoss Star Trek Starship Collection. The Andorian Battle Cruiser is the 37th issue in the collection. I happen to find a few months back not one, but two comic book stores in the area that sell these …
Loss of a Legend
On Feb 27, the Star Trek community lost one of its most beloved and legendary actors, Leonard Nimoy. As the world morns for the beloved Character Spock , thousands of Trekkers who wished to pay their respects were unable to travel to his funeral, but instead held wakes in his memory. The Denver fan community held one such wake and …
From the Roving Food Reporter
Greetings readers, This afternoon I had lunch at Brio Tuscan Grille located near the Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree. Brio is a midrange but upscale Italian restaurant – my lunch was around $20 including tip. The atmostphere was average for this type of restaurant. I enjoyed their Pepperoni and Sausage on Flatbread. My dining companion had a gluten …
God Speed my Friend
This is Chief Science officier Jennifer Sontag currently serving aboard the USS Tiburon. We are in orbit around the planet earth preparing to beam down for a most solemn occasion. For those who don’t already know, it is my sad duty to announce that Ambassador Spock, formally of the USS Enterprise has died at his home on Vulcan. He was 83 …
The Tiburon Dims its Lights
It is with great sadness that I make this post. Today it has been reported that Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed our beloved Mr. Spock, has passed away. “Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,” …
NASCAR IS BACK!
Good evening, this is Chief Science officer, Jennifer Sontag reporting from the bridge of the USS Tiburon slowly orbiting the planet earth. We have come back to earth from a long and arduous tour of the alpha quadrent. I can’t wait to transport down, a few members of the crew and myself are heading to Daytona Beach which is located …
Ranked Reading for February 2015
Greetings one and all to another edition of Ranked Reading. This month’s book is “Star Trek: Section 31: Disavowed” by David Mack. Its been a while since I’ve read a post Deep Space 9 era novel and several things have changed and are briefly included in the beginning of this novel. Doctor Bashir and Sarina Douglas have been tasked by …
Let’s Watch: Deep Space Nine – A Review of Season 1, Episode 10: “Move Along Home”
Original air date: 14 March 1993 The X-Files had 7, 8 and 9; Sons of Anarchy went to Ireland. Every show has a stinker season or two. In the case of serialized Trek TV, these tend to be the years when someone forgets to keep Brannon Braga away from the writer’s room. Fortunately, by the time DS9 went into production at …