The sad part I think about with Jeffrey Hunter was that he was born in 1926 while Shatner was born in 1931 … Hunter was just five years older than Shatner. So there was no reason why Hunter could have grown old or long enough to see what would have happened to Star Trek and maybe even go back and reprise his role as the original and first Star Trek captain. Apparently in his bio, he was like every other actor at the time and constantly looking for starring roles and parts that could make him famous. He would have become renown in the Star Trek community, events, comic cons and the whole bit for many years after. And even added to his career by being part of Star Trek like what happened to Shatner whether he wanted it or not.

I can’t help but think of that possibility when I see Anson Mount playing the role of Christopher Pike.

Maybe Hunter did make it big and become Star Trek famous in an alternate universe.

As long as money and wealth keep heavily influencing and controlling our government … elections will never change.

Nurse Chapel = Number One = ship’s computer = Lwaxana = Gene’s wife = Majel Barrett = First Lady of Star Trek

I think the order should be …
Majel Barrett Hudec = Gene’s wife girlfriend = Majel Barrett = Number One = Nurse Chapel = ship’s computer = Gene’s wife = Lwaxana = First Lady of Star Trek

… as controversial and questionable as her beginnings were and her relationship with Gene while he was married at the time, I still love what she became and what she did and represented for the Star Trek franchise during her lifetime. She is an amazing woman that came out of a difficult period for women and minorities that would have had to fight every step of the way to become who she was.

Such an uncanny resemblance, it was hard not to notice him

I love how much I dislike these characters. I would rewatch any episode with Combs any day … while also stopping myself from throwing things at the TV … but loving every minute of it.

That the Christopher Pike character from The Original Series was played by Jeffrey Hunter

His portrayal in this role appeared in the first episode to be filmed in the 1965 pilot episode of the series. This episode was rejected at first and a new first episode was reshot and recast with William Shatner.

The Christopher Pike character was reimagined by reusing the footage of the original pilot episode in the later episodes of ‘The Menagerie’ in 1966. The Christopher Pike character in the beep chair from these episodes was played by a different actor.

In later years, the Christopher Pike character was often referenced in later movies and as a main character in the modern series ‘Discovery’ and ‘Strange New Worlds’ where he is played by Anson Mount.

The original actor Jeffrey Hunter would never live to see any of this fame or notoriety of his original character because he tragically died in 1969 from a movie stunt accident when he was 42 years of age, four years after he had appeared as the original Christopher Pike. He never lived to see the fame and popularity of the Star Trek franchise or the character that he had originally played.

It’s one of the saddest things I ever discovered about the actors and people that were part of the whole Star Trek franchise.

Like I’ve debated with all my friends up here in northern Ontario before - the US will never invade or try to take over our government. They own our resources, corporations and businesses … they really don’t care about wanting to run our country. They want our things and they’ll get them, they just don’t want our country and its people.

America desperately needs a third, fourth or more political parties rather than deciding between which half of the one party state.

Dated and off the wall - Kids In The Hall (1988-1995) … (with probably the most awesome intro song ever)

Even more dated and off the wall - SCTV (1976-1984)

Alcohol is bad example … people would buy Pakistani aged gasoline as a drink if they had to without caring if it was made in Canada or not.

I just had a talk with a friend of mine in southern Ontario who lives in a farming rural area. He likes cars and often does searches for used vehicles in his area. In a 200km area around Brantford, there are over 200 used Teslas on sale down there over the past month or two because people are dumping them because they don’t like the brand.

Ojibway … or a dialect of Ojibway in northern Ontario. It’s my first language I spoke for about the first four years of my life and dominate language I spoke until I was about 13, then I started actually speaking English all the time starting at about 18. It took me years to get used to full on English conversation but now I’m comfortable in it. I still remember my Indigenous language but I seldom use it because I have no one to talk to any more. I don’t live close to my family or friends who speak it and even in my home community and group, the language is dying out. I think I’m pretty much the last generation who fully spoke the language because everyone after me speaks prominently English and Ojibway second (if they speak it at all).

So I can safely say that Ojibway is my first language and English is my second.

Spent a few weeks organizing mine last winter. They were all a giant collection of sets that were inherited from family friends, garage sales and where ever else. Built out a small kit of metric and SAE of different makes and made a little socket holder with wood dowels to organize them all. Made the wood dowels with wood spun into a die cutter to make a rough round dowel, then cut to length on a wood strip to fit in the drawer of small tool box. Made three sets and placed them at the cottage, garage and tool shed … while I keep my main set with my tool kit. I have no idea why I need complete socket sets everywhere but having access to them everywhere comes in handy all the time.

The cost is not so much in losing the product but in deciding when and how much to invest in increased security. The more shoplifting happens, then the owner has to start investing in more security cameras, security guards and legal costs of dealing with law enforcement and courts. Then no matter what products or items you try to discriminate against, the owners and corporations just raise the prices of everything to cover their costs.

Beautiful and good for you for going on that cruise … sounds and looks like fun!

I’ll just paint in four happy little lights

Easy … have a big fat funeral for myself, hand off everything I own to the people I had willed everything to. Tell them thanks. Say goodbye to everyone and leave myself about $1,000. Go off to my parents hunt camp and traditional lands and live out there by myself until the 31 days are over.

I’ve travelled the world, saw many things, did many things, had a great time but now I’m old and sore all the time and I can’t run around as fast or as much any more. I just like sitting, relaxing and enjoying some peace and quiet.

If someone told me I had a month, I want to just spend those last 30 days as quietly as possible looking at trees, water and being around absolutely no one.

You can’t base their company value on the stock market … you base it on how much power and influence they have over government.

And judging by the amount of stupidly arranged love affair they are having with the government … they should be very highly valued.