Captain's Blog, Stardate 2004.11.3

[peteryoung]

We have arrived on the far side of 21st Century Earth, in the city known as Sydney. It is only a brief visit, so I will use the time to re-establish contact with the alien species known as the zarabee, and try to understand why the Zarabee's race have just re-elected their inept leader, the curiously named 'Mr. Sheen', a man probably in league with a great deceiver in power on the other side of this planet known as 'Teflon Tony'. I expect they may at least have clean kitchens, if not clean consciences.

I shall also make a visit to the Galaxy Bookshop, where I expect I shall purchase a few more Sacred Science Fiction Texts for the Picard Library. Then I shall be re-stocking my personal supply of Wolf Blass 'Yellow Label', which Mr. Worf advises me is a wine much revered by Klingons. As I don't want Worf conducting a one-man Klingon raid on my collection of fine Australian wines I must convince him that "this is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding" [Monty Python, 1974], but he is welcome to sample the crap that comes out of the food replicator. Captaincy should have its privileges.

Supplementary: Speaking of food replicators, my newly appointed Number One, Commander Will Whiteside, a Scotsman of fine Glaswegian stock and something of a Trekkie by all accounts, today convinced me to try a recipe known as "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot". Sounds like a fine British tradition that ought to be taken up by a most un-French Frenchman such as myself.

Comments

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

You know, I've been waiting a week for this shoe to drop. Why did it only just show up?

We have arrived on the far side of 21st Century Earth, in the city known as Sydney. It is only a brief visit, so I will use the time to re-establish contact with the alien species known as the zarabee, and try to understand why the Zarabee's race have just re-elected their inept leader, the curiously named 'Mr. Sheen', a man probably in league with a great deceiver in power on the other side of this planet known as 'Teflon Tony'. I expect they may at least have clean kitchens, if not clean consciences.

Very nice it was to see you too, as you'll no doubt have discovered after perusing my entry relating to the matter.

...and I hope you realise how difficult it was not to wag work the next day and drag you off to Bronte beach while the sunshine lasted. It vanished the moment you left town. I do mean that literally, not figuratively.

As to Mr Sheen, I can only claim mass hallucination. Or perhaps the ubiquitous "prosperity".

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

And I was wondering why you'd not commented, until the other shoe dropped a couple of days ago and I noticed I'd left it on 'private' after making a couple of minor revisions! (I usually select 'private' when composing to save myself from any html embarassments).

I made another quick visit to Galaxy the following morning. So many books, so little time...

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

So fess up, what else did you buy?

[peteyoung.livejournal.com]

Nos. 2 & 3 of Ian Irvine's first series. Heaven knows when I'll get round to reading them. Have been sorting books all day today, and I'm getting more than a little intimidated by my TBR pile.

Contacted Richard Harland yet? A shiny first edition would be nice...

[i-ate-my-crusts.livejournal.com]

If your TBR pile is taller than you are, it's okay to be intimidated.

Emailed Richard, should hear back soon as to whether he has (or can acquire) copies.