I found Wil Wheaton’s web log. Wil Wheaton is the dude from Star Trek - Next Gen who was Ensign Wesley Crusher. I loved and hated that guy. I always thought he was younger than me to - he seemed to be very baby faced I guess. Now it appears he’s actually older than me! It also appears he’s very normal. How odd? Not really. TV shows like ET tend to make TV stars seem above the rest of us, including their problems, but Will seems regular like me. He swears, listens to the same music I do, reads the same web cartoons that I do, and unfortunately, seems to like using Apple products. That’s ok I guess, PC’s are for those more technically inclined to tinker with their machines. :>

I think I watched every Next Gen episode. But really the whole star trek phenomena isnt the type of “science fiction” that interests me. It was very clinical and moral. I prefer Sci fi with grunge or applying current theories to realistic situations. Philip K Dick, Greg Egan. Science fiction isn’t black and white, it isn’t good verses evil, it’s real people with real dilemas, its questions about mankind and our direction, it encourages us to think. It shows us what is possible and within our grasp, or what could go horribly wrong. It isn’t always about aliens, new races, old races or a rip in the space time continuim.

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