Trekky

Don and I discussed religion on many occasions. We both generally agreed that neither of us really liked what we called "shrink-wrapped" religions. Those religions were packaged deals created by other humans. Those religions came right "off the shelf" in the Religion Store. We both thought that religion should be a very dynamic and individualistic pursuit. Hong Kong-born Don had some past ephemeral experience with a Christian sect, probably Fundamentalist, which irked him. He knew that I was exploring Buddhism, but he found it too difficult to gulp down when I tried to explain it to him. I showed him to my temple where my fellow meditators sat on a hardwood floor and meditated in the dark spacious hall with only candlelight. He was a bit scared. At the restaurant, he wanted me to explain the different branches or types of Christianity. And so I did. But Don still preferred, I thought, Star Trekky freedom over religion.

But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.

DO NOT wear a trekky looking Bluetooth earpiece, unless you are strutting through a Star Trek convention.

With barely any religion in Star Trek (exceptions are made for fraudulent religion) there is also no hint of mystery. Everything in the trekky world can be understood.

A Trekky-style transporter is unlikely to exist in our lifetimes, if ever, but it’s clear that popular culture has an influence on the direction of scientific experimentation (and vice versa!).

When online, we encounter writing systems and heroic fantasies that come from the past but also from the future, as Snowden describes the trekky fantasy of the NSA chief.

A trekky appearance, I’ve seen those movies and Jupiter Rising, no doubt have jet boots, […]

Well, I thought the trekky look of a communicator that you whack to activate was kind of a cool idea.

‘Are you a trekky?’ ‘A what?’ ‘Back home we have people called trekkies. They’re crazy about “Star Trek”, you know, they dress up as the characters and stuff.[…]’

Johnny would probably understand. He’s a trekky.

“Eh, Jayne. I see there’s a new Star Trek movie out.” “Is there?” she replied, not taking her eyes off the episode of The Sopranos she was watching. “You’re not a trekky,” she added absently.

A flash of lights came on the Starship’s console. Kirk’s lips read, “Excellent.” Bernie asked, “Are you a trekky?” “Not really,” Philip replied.

Kirk/Spock in the 1970s is said to have been the first such story, involving characters from the Star Trek television series. It was published in a trekky fanzine. (There is also a distinction between groupy fans of Star Trek, known as trekkies, and more serious followers, known as trekkers. Trekkies say that trekkers are trekkies who are ashamed of being trekkies.)

‘So…. those aren’t just stuck on?’ he said slowly, eyes narrowing as he pointed at the tips of her ears that protruded through her reddish brown hair, ‘I kind of hoped she was a trekky or something?’

What are the most important reasons that you give yourself for spending so much time in trying to get a successful conclusion to your development project? […] x) The future of this community – for the next generation(s) (no I’m not a trekky)

When I got to the white-board at five-thirty, ET was there with several computer printouts he had generated concerning random sightings of UFO's over the previous seventy years. He was looking for points of commonality in the hodge-podge of reports, some of which are available only from classified government data banks, and which are very eye-opening, even to a “trekky.”