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It's Yesterday Once More... "Daddy! Daddy! There's a rainbow on your leg! There's one on your shirt! There's one on your face, too!" If there's one thing a 2-yr old daughter can do, it's catch you off-guard with the most puzzling comments. Now all I had to do was figure out what in Heaven's sweet name she was babbling about. Then it hit me (almost literally), that she was seeing the smatterings of rainbow light, splashed about the bedroom, and on my clothing too, courtesy of the prism my wife had long ago hung in our bedroom window. I had gotten up on that bright day, and taken for granted one of God's simplest miracles? Yet my daughter, wide-eyed with the amazement only a child possesses anymore, fairly forced me to stop and remember a moment's pleasure. Star Trek has almost become likewise so commonplace that we just expect it to be there, virtually ignoring the reasons it attracted us in the first place. The debates rage on over who is the best captain, whether Voyager is a worthy successor, what's the REAL reason why the Klingons have hair resembling a younger David Lee Roth. In starfleet, hardly a month goes by without a controversy dominating the listserv, right or wrong. These "discussions" all-too-often degenerate into near-personal attacks, rarely settling the issue at hand. We miss the reason we became fans. 'Tis little secret that Trek has lost much of its luster to me. More and more I hear of fans disenchanted with some aspect of their magnificent obsession. We decry the commercialization, the dearth of quality writing, the overabundance of fan conflicts at conventions or within a club. It's enough to drive you to turn in your comm badge, sometimes. Then you remember, "Wasn't it great when Spock joked with Sarek about Amanda's emotional nature? Or when Captain Picard felt utterly betrayed by Lt. Ro? Couldn't you just cry for Kira when she confronted Gul Dar'heel?" That's all it takes - a moment's remembrance. Suddenly, Star Trek isn't so bad after all, regardless of what it may really be or what others may really say. So take that moment to re-live and fall back in love with the Dream. Or at the very least find a 2-yr old to help you.
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