http://plasmapool.org a set of sharp and cogent notes Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:35:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 plasmapoolhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/plasmapool/~3/Wk6Lp7kevWw/ http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/04/star-wreck/#comments Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:29:32 +0000 Kevin Hilke http://plasmapool.org/?p=8760 From Providentia, a 31-year-old Briton has been found not guilty by reason of insanity following a fatal crash in which he reportedly believed he was piloting the Starship Enterprise. His inner Sulu fell asleep at the helm.

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/04/star-wreck/feed/ 0 http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/04/star-wreck/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/plasmapool/~3/FVLC0QGyxW0/ http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/02/georgie-la-forgerie/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:21:36 +0000 Kevin Hilke http://plasmapool.org/?p=8755 It appears Wesley Snipes—then known in TV mostly from an appearance on Miami Vice—was almost Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Geordi La Forge, a role now nearly unimaginable without the Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton.

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/02/georgie-la-forgerie/feed/ 0 http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/02/georgie-la-forgerie/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/plasmapool/~3/lvaz2VWA4Kw/ http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/01/the-needs-of-the-few-or-the-one/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:41:49 +0000 Kevin Hilke http://plasmapool.org/?p=8750 Leonard Nimoy accuses William Shatner of stealing his bicycle while they were coworkers on Star Trek. Shatner says he did the deed on behalf of the entire cast so that Nimoy wouldn’t be able to beat them all to lunch.

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/01/the-needs-of-the-few-or-the-one/feed/ 0 http://plasmapool.org/2010/09/01/the-needs-of-the-few-or-the-one/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/plasmapool/~3/AxR8Z1zzdaA/ http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/hewlett-packard-extorts-3-3-billion-from-the-u-s-navy/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:37:28 +0000 Kevin Hilke http://plasmapool.org/?p=8744 How pathetic. We live in a country in which government has been so thoroughly privatized that one corporation’s obstinacy can paralyze the military. Should Carly Fiorina happen to oust Sen. Barbara Boxer, will Carly take her orders from Palo Alto…?

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/hewlett-packard-extorts-3-3-billion-from-the-u-s-navy/feed/ 0 http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/hewlett-packard-extorts-3-3-billion-from-the-u-s-navy/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/plasmapool/~3/SlBBlvAwwL0/ http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/contempt/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:08:31 +0000 Eric Freeman http://plasmapool.org/?p=8742 Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that legendary filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard would receive an honorary Oscar later this year. Godard does not seem to care and AMPAS has been unable to reach him. Matt Seitz explains why Godard’s indifference is so refreshing.

]]> http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/contempt/feed/ 0 http://plasmapool.org/2010/08/31/contempt/