It’s probably not a surprise that we have thoughts. About stuff. And things. And a lot of the time, those thoughts involve Star Trek, Star Traks, sci-fi, or other things related to this site and our content. Back in the old days, we’d post those in the Star Traks Forum…and sometimes we still do! But nowadays you’ll find our lengthier posts and rambling monologues here, on the Star Traks Blog.

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30 Years (Give or Take a Few Weeks)

This month marks the 30th anniversary of me completing the first Star Traks story, “Joegonots!” At the time, it was called “Star Traks: The Generation After That One,” and it was never meant to be anything more than a one-off bit of fun for me and my college friends. I explained how it all happened on my long-defunct blog, so if you’re interested in how Star Traks came about, you can read this. (Speaking of... [Read More]
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You Can't Go Home Again

Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard

Note: Spoilers for Seasons 1 & 2 of Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: The Next Generation means a lot to me. While I watched the Original Series first and I think Deep Space Nine is probably the best series overall, TNG aired at a very formative time in my life. Those characters became my TV family, and the Enterprise-D just always felt like home to me. As such, Jean-Luc Picard is basically my TV dad... [Read More]
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Comedy, Decades Later

Is this stuff still funny?

Note: Spoilers abound for all things Traks. A rabbi, a priest and imam walk into a bar…wait. Hold on. Do we have any rabbis in the room? Priests? Imams? No? Ok, I guess I can tell this joke. Right? Maybe? Back in my 20s, I don’t know how many times I witnessed (or said) variations on that line, especially after I joined the military. That sense of “Yeah, we’re not supposed to say this, but... [Read More]