Star Trek Day

[flatbutt]

For the truly enlightened

https://www.startrek.com/day#schedule

[sc_rufctr]

Cool.

[Seahawk]

I had to look it up:

What Is Star Trek Day and Why Is It Celebrated?

On September 8, 1966, Star Trek made its debut on television, forever changing the genre of science fiction as we know it.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

I'm telling the office we need to close to celebrate star trek day.
edit- too bad I just booked my tickets for the 2022 squatchfest, otherwise I'd go

Lookie - Wil Wheaton all grown up. (honestly, I didn't recognize a lot of the speakers, including wil )

[stealthn]

7 of 9, all I’m going to say

[ckelly78z]

Wil Wheaton has many appearances on the TV show "Big Bang Theory", and plays the role of the former child star.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by stealthn

7 of 9, all I’m going to say

Ensign Rand back in the day.

[Eric Hahl]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Ensign Rand back in the day.

Shoulda been 6 of 9.

[Steve Carlton]

I saw some show where there were 3 comedians and a guest, which was Yeoman Rand, and one of the comics told her whenever he saw her on the show he “wanted to beam off.” It was great.

[Por_sha911]

Fun fact about Leonard Nemoy and the Vulcan salute 'Live Long and Prosper"

The Vulcan greeting is based upon a blessing gesture used by the kohanim (koe-hah-NEEM) during the worship service. The kohanim are the genealogical descendants of the Jewish priests who served in the Jerusalem Temple. Modern Jews no longer have priests leading services as in ancient times, nor do we have animal sacrifices anymore. (Yes, people really do ask about that!) The sacrificial system ended with the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in the year 70. C.E. However, a remnant of the Temple service lives on in the “kohane blessing” ritual (duchenen in Yiddish) that is performed on certain holy days.

[Hebrew letter SHIN][hand and SHIN letter]The actual blessing is done with both arms held horizontally in front, at shoulder level, with hands touching, to form the Hebrew letter “shin.” This stands for the Hebrew word for “Shaddai”, meaning “Almighty [God].” Nimoy modified this gesture into one hand held upright, making it more like a salute. So, technically, the Vulcan greeting is not the same thing as the ceremonial Jewish blessing. Still, the resemblance is close enough to evoke instant recognition among knowledgeable Jews.

During the synagogue service, the worshippers are not supposed to look at the kohanim while the blessing is being given. The reason for this is to focus our attention on the words of the prayer itself, rather than on the personalities of the kohanim. The kohanim are merely the channels, not the source, of the blessing, which comes from God. Unfortunately, all sorts of silly superstitions have arisen about this ritual, such as “Don’t look at the kohanim, or you’ll go blind!” and other nonsense. The real reason is simply to focus on receiving blessings directly from God, not from human beings.

There are many places where you can verify this but here is one:
https://mrmikey.tumblr.com/post/587482364/the-jewish-origin-of-the-vulcan-salute-by-rabbi

[Tobra]

Nimoy was Jewish, so maybe he came up with it from that.

Huh, looks that way.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

FWIW, I was unable to close the office for the sake of star trek. I did insist the staff celebrate the day regardless.

The staff obliged. Over the office computers, they wrote "Happy star trek day! Patient XXXX is on line one and has a question"

Also- edit fwiw- I watch a crapload of YT, so I know the Nimoy/Jewish/live long and prosper thing is 100% true!

[speeder]

Leonard Nimoy was my good friend. I have a signed book of poetry from him somewhere, need to dig it up. The ironic thing is that I'm not much of a Star Trek fan, could not really tell you much about the show. He was an amazing guy.

[Racerbvd]

"How William Shatner Changed the World - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_William_Shatner_Changed_the_World

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by speeder

Leonard Nimoy was my good friend. I have a signed book of poetry from him somewhere, need to dig it up. The ironic thing is that I'm not much of a Star Trek fan, could not really tell you much about the show. He was an amazing guy.

He certainly was. I'd love to have met him and picked his brain just on photography alone.