Because who doesn’t want to be remembered on a $20 bill?

HT Zemi!

So Paramount’s fifth Star Trek show, Enterprise, got itself cancelled a few months ago. This was not exactly surprising, but considering the improvement of the writing under Manny Coto during this final season, it was a blow - as I think Scott Bakula said, “If we’d had this quality of writing from season one, we’d be around for four more years.” (Paraphrasing, forgive me).

So with the official “You’re gone!” announcement handed down, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga pushed Coto out for the opportunity to write the series finale episode. Of course, this being the internet and Star Trek (two things which go together as well as, pardon me here, “kids and marriage”*), rumors began to spread as announcements were made concerning some rather bizzare guest stars - John Frakes and Marina Sirtis, aka, Commander William T. Riker and Deanna Troi of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

For you non-Trek fans out there, why this is weird is that Enterprise is set in the 22nd century, and TNG was set in the 24th, so a pretty decent two hundred year old gap there. “Don’t they do time travel in Star Trek?” Yeah, bite me, and perhaps that’s what’ll happen here, but a lot of folks rolled their eyes and imagined the final scene fading off the Enterprise bridge onto the TNG Enterprise’s holodeck with Will Riker and Deanna Troi musing, “Ah, it was only a dream.”

(Seriously, though, ever want to see a bunch of Star Trek fans dressed up as Klingons storming the Paramount lot while armed with pitchforkes and torches? End the series that way. “Braga’s head on a pike!!!!”)

Well, it looks like time travel will be involved in some way … TV guide published some photos of the final episode …

Okay, like this photo? I can’t tell if this is from the final episode, or a publicity shot from when TNG was still filming, because, really, Frakes and Sirtis haven’t looked that good in over ten years.

On the bright side (if you can call it bright as opposed to ‘miserable’), it does look like time travel will be involved. Is Riker really Future Guy?

Anyway, I know what I’ll be doin’ May 8th …

*Is that how these theme went? fuck if I know

*Oh, plus, Brent Spiner (aka Data aka Pale Face) is doing voice-work for the episode, too, ala “Data to Riker, your future wife is hot.”

I think I have a real estate agent!

My friend — and ex-boss — Christina is, although two years younger than me, a veteran of purchasing homes. She bought a condo in Middle River, then a house on Harford Road. She’d always praised her agent - fella’ by the name of Brian - so as I’ve got co-workers and friends giving me the cards of agents they’d used - and knowing I want someone with experience in city buying - I gave Christina a ring and asked for Brian’s contact info.

Of course, she was at work, and didn’t have that info, but she’s going to bring it into work with her this weekend so I’ll have a chance to swing through and pick it up.

Of course, since I don’t want to buy until May or June of next year, I am wondering if perhaps I’m getting maybe just a little bit of an earlier start than I need to get …

Oh, I want it I want it I want it …

No, I can’t have it, I need to stop spending money, I need to put it in the bank, and pay down my credit cards, and …

… yeah, but it’s fucking …

Fuck me! What am I going to do when I buy a house and have to put in a washer and dryer? Steal one? Oh, don’t even …

… dude, it’s like thirty bucks, I can afford thirty bucks for a lousy stinkin’ dvd set!

Look, me, I know I work a lot n’ all, but seriously, I want to buy a rowhome around this time next year, and then I want to buy a Jeep, and I … dammit … I’ve gotta stop spending money like I’m George W. Bush! I can’t raise taxes to pay my expenses, dig?

Oh, come’on, one lousy DVD set …

Fuck me! What the fuck don’t I understand about this? I’m not buying it, and neither am I!

Oh, bite me. Fine, I’m wrong, and obviously, I’m right. I lose, I win, er, you win … whatzefuck ever, argh! #*%^$! Don’t talk to me anymore today.