Goodbye Dr. Spock
By Ray Shay
I unfolded the morning newspaper last week and noticed an old friend had passed away. His picture was near the top of the paper and his slightly pointed ears seemed to reach up to the sky. I was sad to see he had died.
Dr. Spock, Captain Kirk and the entire crew of Star Trek were huge when I was growing up. It was our "Breaking Bad" and "Walking Dead" all wrapped into one. For most of the shows my brothers, sisters and I would all lie in and around our parents bed and watch intently as Captain Kirk faced adversity along with "Spock, Bones, Scotty, and the rest of the crew.
I guess Dr. Spock must have received a better pension from the Interstellar Federation than Captain Kirk. It makes sense. After all, Dr. Spock always kept his cool and attended many more years of education on his home planet of Vulcan, than the other service personnel on the USS Enterprise.
Unlike Captain Kirk, he did not have to go to work at Priceline to make ends meet. I guess he was never much of a "pitch man." Maybe that's why I really liked him.
One of the biggest events of my life was when I was about fourteen years old and my Star Fleet Technical Manual arrived in the mail.
I got teased by my four brothers, but more than once, I found them taking a peak at it's pictures and technical diagrams that explained how the USS Enterprise was powered by dilithium crystals as well as the countless cool gadgets the crew utilized to save the Federation.
I even went to seminar that Gene Roddenberry held in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It too, was super cool. I never called myself a "Trekkie" but the science and adventure of it all really interested me.
It was a bit maddening when Spock would not show a bit of emotion even when Captain Kirk would be hollering and his face would turn bright red.
Spock would just tilt his head in a certain way with an inquisitive look on his face. He found "humans" so darn interesting.
If you must know, I am proud to say I still know how to do the Vulcan Mind Probe as well as the Vulcan Salute. Both of these skills helped me in both law enforcement and real estate. And people wonder how we get such great deals for our buyers.
Carry on Dr. Spock. As you often said, "Live Long and Prosper." You impacted a generation of dreamers and provided our entire family and countless other, "emotional humans" with exceptional entertainment and you didn't even have to shoot a single zombie or become a meth freak. You had a great run!
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