Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

So, full disclosure: I have a credit in that last Roddenberry Archive video, under Special Thanks.

Normally, I don't like to toot my own horn, and wasn't going to really say anything about it, until I noticed that I'm just above Susan Sackett in the Special Thanks block.

Susan Sackett wrote "The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture." It was this book that I read in 1984, at the ripe old age of 10, that taught me there were Star Treks that didn't get made: The God Thing, Planet of the Titans, Star Trek (Phase) II.

That lead to years and years and years of accreting information about all those projects. Checking scripts at Sci Fi cons, finding scripts online, asking around for copies of rarities, reading books and exposes about those years (in fact, I'm about to go to the post office for a copy of a script with revisions I dont have!). It's 2025, I just turned 51. And all that work now helped create this short, as well as the ST:TMP Special Features, which I also have a credit on.

So, along with Michael Okuda and David C. Fein for those credits, a big heartfelt thank you to Susan Sackett. Happy to sit next to you in that little credits block. :)

Thoughts Before Bed

"Let me tell you one thing, son. Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor!"

Loni Anderson
1945-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAIE5JN9uHU

Another great short from the Roddenberry Archive about Phase II. IT goes pretty deep, though, and goes all the way back to "The God Thing" story from 1975. Great recreations of the proposed TV models, excellent interviews that had even me learn something new. If you're a Trek fan, worth 30 minutes your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDmspn9k6Zg

Just cancelled my vacation plans. The $289 I just spent on TWO medications (TWO!) and the $150 I paid for a blood test wiped out everything I'd saved up for, as well as ate fairly deep into next week's groceries.

I paid $20 for these two meds on my last employer's insurance, and on Medicare when I was unemployed? $0.

I decided to check and see why and apparently my medical expenses for July was $1000, or about a quarter of my monthly income. Between that and rent, no wonder I can't make ends meet despite the pay bump.

I went from a trip to California, to a trip to the coast, to a trip to Leavenworth, to a trip to the couch, to a trip to the MRE stash all because of the cost of medical stuff.

Those of you with socialized medicine? Count your blessings.

...i also now need a vacation from my vacation planning...

Currently looking for an endocrinologist who does both diabetes and transgender care in the Seattle Area.

Please let me know your recommendations!

Highway to Heaven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_Gd623HJo