Spock Lives!

This evening, I ushered for the Leonard Nimoy lecture at EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall. Part of my duties included taking the names and addresses of patrons who paid big bucks for a private reception with Nimoy and the opportunity to have their picture taken with him. He stood less than ten feet away from me and I never got to say hello. Which kind of sucked. Had I been more brazen, I probably could have gotten in on the photo thing, but that just seemed so... pedestrian.

Nimoy talked for an hour about his career, his family, and yes, of course, about Star Trek. He related some tales familiar to Trekkers, but did so in a warm and, dare I say, human fashion. The hour flew by. He did a brief Q&A, which produced not very inspired Q's and, as a result, not terribly illuminating A's.

He managed to drop one of my favorite pearls of wisdom during his lecture: "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

And yes, people came in Starfleet uniforms, Klingon costumes, Trek neckties and t-shirts. And a good time was had by all.

Live long and prosper.