And Then

De’s Thunderbird is up for sale! If I had the time and the money to buy it I would be getting it IMMEDIATELY!!!!!!’

OMG! I want this soooo bad. Can you imagine owning his car?!! He loved this car. I read they regretted selling it (they replaced it with a Lexus).

If I could afford it, where do I store it? And it’s across the country from me. Hmmmm— ponder, ponder.

Here the link to the full For Sale listing. I’ve been obsessed with this car all day. It’s at least nice to get a good look at the interior/exterior of De’s car.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130673227646745/permalink/1205132730200784/?mibextid=6ojiHh

By the way, here are some pictures of De (and his wife Carolyn) with this car at an event in Hollywood, CA.

Possessed!Raine

Baby De! in the the first silent movie he was in at 18 and already wearing his signature ascot.

Holy mother of pearl, he’s so debonair with that little moustache, slicked back hair and ascot.

Certified Dad.

Vibes

This is my life now

That one episode where Kirk teaches Lady Gaga that true beauty is seeing yourself reflected in the bottom of an empty food tray.

star trek heritage post (October 13th, 2013)

sharing some of my favorite moments from Star Trek comics :]

imagine you start watching this new show and it’s a silly little show about space set in the future then they announce the next season so you wait excitedly for five months and finally it’s here… you all sit round the tv and suddenly one of the main characters who is known for being unemotional starts going mad because of “biology…” and you slowly realise that he needs to have sex or he’s going to die so the other main character risks his entire career to help him out then they start ‘wrestling’ on the sand and the one going through the mating fever ends up killing the other guy which ends the fever but now he’s depressed because he just killed his best friend but wait he’s not actually dead the unemotional one is overjoyed everything’s fine and then they go back to work like nothing happened… you look at everyone else sitting in stunned silence thinking “did any one else think that was a little… yknow” then you accidentally start modern fandom and shipping culture

very much enjoying the tags thank you everybody

Wait till they all actually watch it and see the unnecessary titty window situation.

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Based on some of the first-hand accounts I’ve read, fans already had thoughts in that direction but were very cautious about expressing them, because, you know, it was 1967 and they were nice suburban ladies. They referred to the idea of Spock and Kirk being in love as The Premise. One little housewives’ fan club in California wrote to Leonard Nimoy in the hiatus between seasons one and two, and he was very pleasant and agreed to come and meet their group and tell them about being in the show. They didn’t say anything about The Premise directly, in case it offended him, but of course they expressed their enthusiasm for the rapport between Kirk and Spock and how curious they were about Spock’s background and inner life. And Nimoy, who was working on season two by that time, said that he couldn’t give away any specifics but there was an episode coming up that would focus more on Spock’s personal life and the planet Vulcan, and they were naturally delighted and intrigued.

So when they sat down to watch season two, episode one, “Amok Time,” they were primed for an important Spock episode, and then that played out before their widening eyes and I think it’s safe to say it blew their beehives clean off their heads.

#lmao#star trek#lest we forget the literal binders of loose leaf paper with HAND WRITTEN FANFICTION being handed around#thank trekkers for fan fiction you literal babies

...And this is exactly how some of us got onto the path toward getting into SO MUCH [GOOD] TROUBLE later in our lives. Handwritten fanfic... pages and pages and PAGES of it. Tens and hundreds of thousands of words of fanfic. In looseleaf binders.

Just remember: “The first million words are for practice.” :) After that... all bets are off.

And it's also worth bearing in mind that Amok Time was written by Theodore Sturgeon. Sturgeon was a bisexual writer (according to his friend, gay author and academic Samuel R Delany) who wrote "The World Well Lost" (1953) which may have been the first SF story about homosexuality to be published in a mainstream SF magazine, not to mention gay-coded stories like "The Saucer of Loneliness". Ted Sturgeon was a brilliant writer about love, and he knew exactly what he was doing in Amok Time. Although he might not have known what it would spawn.

And if you are curious to read some of his fiction there's a Selected Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon out there, and the novels The Dreaming Jewels and More Than Human appear to be in print.

My morning tea time. Yes, I made the copper on the rims of the lid, and made it unique and more vintages style. How about yours morning textile today?

. . . #teawithkevin #myteatime #teatimetoday #teatime #chinesetea #gaiwan #kintsugi #kintsukuroi #handcraftedwithlove #handcraftedgifts #vintagestyles #teawares #boutiqueshopping #bestgifts #ceramitique https://www.instagram.com/p/COPNoMzATgq/?igshid=m38r0f68818m

BRITISH STANDARD BS 6008:1980

ISO 3103:1980

Method for

Preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests

1 Scope and field of application

This International Standard specifies a method for the preparation of a liquor of tea for use in sensory tests, by means of infusing the leaf.

2 Definitions

For the purpose of this International Standard, the following definitions apply.

2.1

liquor

the solution prepared by extraction of soluble substances from dried tea leaf, under the conditions described

2.2

infused leaf

tea leaf from which liquor has been prepared

NOTE In the tea trade in the United Kingdom, the term “infusion” is used with the meaning of 2.2, but, to avoid confusion with the more general usage of this word, the expression “infused leaf” has been used.

3 Reference

ISO 1839, Tea — Sampling.

4 Principle

Extraction of soluble substances in dried tea leaf, contained in a porcelain or earthenware pot, by means of freshly boiling water, pouring of the liquor into a white porcelain or earthenware bowl, examination of the organoleptic properties of the infused leaf, and of the liquor with or without milk or both.

5 Apparatus

5.1 Pot, of white porcelain or glazed earthenware, with its edge partly serrated (see Figure) and provided with a lid, the skirt of which fits loosely inside the pot.

5.2 Bowl, of white porcelain or glazed earthenware.

NOTE Various sizes of pot and bowl can be used, but it is recommended that one of the two sizes shown in the annex, and depicted in the figure, be adopted.

6 Sampling

See ISO 1839.

7 Procedure

7.1 Test portion

Weigh, to an accuracy of ± 2 %, a mass of tea corresponding to 2 g of tea per 100 ml of liquor (i.e. 5,6 ± 0,1 g of tea for the large pot or 2,8 ± 0,05 g for the small pot described in the Annex) and transfer it to the pot (5.1).

7.2 Preparation of liquor

7.2.1 Preparation without milk

Fill the pot containing the tea with freshly boiling water1) to within 4 to 6 mm of the brim (i.e. corresponding approximately to 285 ml in the case of the large pot and 140 ml in the case of the small pot described in the Annex) and put on the lid. Allow the tea to brew for 6 min, and then, holding the lid in place so that the infused leaf is held back, pour the liquid through the serrations into the bowl (5.2) corresponding to the pot selected. Remove and invert the lid, transfer the infused leaf to it and place the inverted lid on the empty pot to allow the infused leaf to be inspected. In the case of fine, powdery dust grades, special care should be taken and a sieve may be required.

7.2.2 Preparation with milk

Pour milk free from any off-flavour (for example raw milk or unboiled pasteurized milk) into the bowl (5.2), using approximately 5 ml for the large bowl and 2,5 ml for the small bowl described in the Annex. Prepare the liquor as described in 7.2.1 but pour it into the bowl after the milk, in order to avoid scalding the milk, unless this procedure is contrary to the normal practice in the organization concerned. If the milk is added afterwards, experience has shown that the best results are obtained when the temperature of the liquor is in the range 65 to 80 °C when the milk is added. While addition of milk is not essential, it sometimes helps to accentuate differences in flavour and colour.

NOTE When comparative tests are made using liquors prepared in accordance with 7.2.1 or 7.2.2, it is essential that the following be kept identical:

a) the mass of the tea;

b) the volume and type of water;

c) the size and dimensions of the pots and bowls;

d) the brewing time;

e) the volume and type of milk (if used).

🌙 USAGI TSUKINO 🐇

Happy belated birthday for my blue haired princess, May! @karura