Chris Burris

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Demon Deacon in NC and trekking through life. A man of AΦA® and ΑΦΩ. Librarian, Trekker/Trek fan, and all-around geek. Posts are my own!

Cloud City on the planet Bespin from the Star Wars franchise.
My cat Apollo, oblivious to both International Cat Day and Caturday.
My pet cat, Apollo, is sitting on a perch made for a cat.
The Troi-Riker family from the Star Trek: Picard episode "Nepenthe."
Two members of the Edo from "Justice" (TNG).
The album cover for "Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space."
Geordi La Forge, Data, and Jean-Luc Picard from "Phantasms" (TNG).
The remains of a crew member of the Starship Exeter in "The Omega Glory" (TOS).
A cadet from a Cheron-like world in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."
The movie poster for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Herbert F. Solow's Season Two credit, version one (TOS).
The Enterprise, dwarfed by the Fesarius in "The Corbomite Maneuver" (TOS).
Commodore Geordi La Forge from "Star Trek: Picard."
The timpani musician from "Spaceballs."
The Five Star Collection DVD release of "Independence Day" (1996).
My cat, Apollo, sleeping beside me.
My new cat Apollo, sitting on a cat stand.
USA vs. Australia in the World Cup.
Picard is drawing a smiley face on the cloud of a warp core breach from the episode "Timescape" (TNG).
Three Losiras, played by Lee Meriwether, from the episode "That Which Survives" (TOS).
An American Airlines jet stationed at O'Hare International Airport.
Star Trek The Original Series scene. We're in a CORRIDOR! A room door is open, and we see two crewmen spilling out into the hallway in red and blue uniforms. They are otherwise indecipherable tho because they are entirely enveloped in a big cloud of smoke. It's pouring out all around them and into the hallway area, like there's a Phish concert in there. Closed caption reads, "[COUGHING]"
Dr. Crusher firing a phaser in the episode "Suspicions" (TNG).
Kirk and Spock feel the power of Yonada's Oracle in "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" (TOS).
A blast from a Dalek's gunstick (Doctor Who).
The skeletal remains of Spock Two from Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Torgo from "Manos: The Hands of Fate."
Luke and Obi-Wan Kenobi from "Star Wars: A New Hope."
A scene from "Bart's Comet" (The Simpsons).
Cyrano Jones (Stanley Adams) from "The Trouble with Tribbles" (TOS).
A Kzinti from "Star Trek: Lower Decks."
A scene from "The Enterprise Incident" (TOS).
Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) from the "Alien" franchise.
A still from Futurama: "Mars University- Knowledge Brings Fear."
The Operations Center (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
Gorgon from "And the Children Shall Lead" (TOS).
A cartoon puppy holds an unplugged wire, with text that reads"Technical Difficulties: Please Stand By."
Mongo (Alex Karras) from "Blazing Saddles."
Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Leila Kalomi (Jill Ireland) from "This Side of Paradise" (TOS).
Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker from "Star Trek: Enterprise."
Captain Sisko in his office (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
The cover for the book "Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek," by Glen E. Swanson.
Kelinda (Barbara Bouchet) from "By Any Other Name" (TOS).
The Tellarite Gav, played by John Wheeler in "Journey to Babel" (TOS).
The cover of the "Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual."
Admiral Alynna Nechayev, played by Natalia Nogulich.
A meme featuring LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge in a hesitant pose (The Reading Rainbow Guy) and in a receptive pose (Geordi La Forge).
The cover of "Star Trek: The Official Guide to the Animated Series," published in 2019.
The "Woden" (Star Trek: The Original Series).
The evolved human life form from "Threshold" (Star Trek: Voyager).
Kirk and Spock from "Mudd's Passion" (Star Trek: The Animated Series).
My father and I, celebrating his birthday.
HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey."
Image of Kirk and Spock action figures from the 1990s, made by Playmates.
The book "Chicago Mobs of the Twenties" from the episode "A Piece of the Action" (TOS).
Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), Aamin Marritza (Harris Yulin), and Odo (Rene Auberjonois) from "Duet" (DS9).
The title card for "A Taste of Armageddon" (TOS). Image via Memory Alpha.
My 2026 word via the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: "intrepid."