It’s not often that I admit it, because there’s such a stigma attached, but I used to be a Trekkie.  Not the kind who dressed up as a Klingon and went to conventions, but the kind who knew every episode and had a pet tribble on his desk at home.

(Well, at least up until the second season of Deep Space 9, anyway.)

I’ve been to one convention, but it wasn’t my thing.  I used to try to decide if I wanted to be Spock (I was fine with being able to raise a single eyebrow, and loved quick quips, but not so much with the lack of emotion thing), or Scotty (making magic happen with technology!).  Trekkie, but maybe not hard core.

Even so as you might imagine, I went to the traveling Star Trek exhibit when it rolled into town in San Jose.

This exhibition is on a five year mission (no, really!), going from town to town in the U.S. and the world.  So if you want to get your major Star Trek nerd on without having to go to a convention and embarrass the heck out of yourself by, say, pretending to be Spock …

Then perhaps this is the thing for you.  Towns after San Jose will be added in the future.

^{“Shields at 34%  Ach, she won’ take much more o’ this!”}