Succumbing to the lure

Last night, Mike wanted a steak, so we visited our local Texas Roadhouse, where we succumbed to the lure of the Baby Blossom. We liked it so much that we adopted it and brought it home with us. According to the menu, it serves two, and it truly could easily have served as our main dish! So now 2/3s of it resides in our refrigerator to be heated in the oven and polished off later today, maybe tonight while we're watching re-runs of "Lost in Space" and "Star Trek" on METV. A situation I always find somewhat ironic, as they were on rival networks back in the late 60s when they first aired (and first aired in re-runs) and were on at the same time. My brother was a "Lost in Space" fan -- I found it stupid then and stupid now; Dr. Smith is more annoying now, as impossible as that seems, and the robot is no longer particularly funny -- and I was a true believer in "Star Trek." My mother's "compromise solution" was for us to watch the first half of "Lost in Space" and then switch channels to watch the last half of "Star Trek." The result is that, even though I know that it's an hour-long show, I still think of "Lost in Space" as lasting only half an hour, and, despite having watched them numerous times over the years, don't always recognize "Star Trek" episodes from the intros. The second half of "Lost in Space" is no better than the first, either.

The Robinson family would be the subject of many an Internet campaign if the show were aired for the first time today. Horribly, horribly irresponsible parents who allow a known terrorist to openly consort with their children. The lack of oxygen during the flight clearly has damaged the brains of all of the so-called adults, except Don, of course. His good looks spared him. Why isn't Dr. Smith locked up? Why is he allowed to interact with the children without supervision? How many times will he sabotage their food, water, propulsion units, etc., with impunity? But, honestly, are we expected to believe that he is so incredibly stupid that he does not realize that if he takes a bath in all of their drinking water, he, too, will be left parched and dessicated on the desert floor?

Give me Captain Kirk and the intrepid crew of the Enterprise, even in their most vile third-season episode! Speaking of which, how utterly cool is it to be one of only 865,458 fans of George Takei's Facebook page, with no degrees of separation, and receive daily posts? Who knew he had such a wonderfully low sense of humor?