Happy Birthday and One Weekend of Earth Memories

Gotta send out a Happy Birthday to my cousin Keith (turning 41 today). I don't get to see him very often, but he's a great guy. Hope you have a great day!

When I mentioned about James Doohan's death in my last post, I forgot to mention my "brush with fame" moment with James. My dad and a friend of mine went to the "Star Trek: One Weekend on Earth" 30th Anniversary convention in Huntsville, AL back in 1996. All of the Original Series cast were there along with members from all of the others series as well. My friend and I got in an autograph line for James (after paying $20 of course), but this one was sponsored by SkyBox trading cards. You got your picture taken with Mr. Doohan, and they made it to look like a trading card, put it in a plexiglass holder with a "hockey puck" holder which Scotty autographed. It was pretty cool to be standing next to a wonderful man. I have a lot of fun memories of going to that event. And now, here we are almost 10 years later... Ugh. :-)

YEAH, it's almost the weekend!!!

Blessings!