Doctor Brew

Okay, here's what's going on in my world:

(1) I've been rewatching old Star Trek (TOS) and "Spock's Brain" was hilarious.

(2) I started watching Kung Fu (starring David Carradine as Caine) b/c I think I watched it when I was a kid (probably reruns, so late 70s) and I'm curious how much my innate Buddhism came from that TV show.

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#OldTV #StarTrek #KungFu

Jan 5, 2023 at 10:06pmWeb
Show threadDoctor BrewJan 5, 2023

(3) I've been putting my library in some order. I have something like 5000 books in my house and during the pandemic about 2000 of them have spread to cover just about every available surface : stalagmites of books in my reading cave.

I don't have a system. Because I have a spatial memory, it doesn't matter what order my books are in as long as none of them moves six inches to the right.

The object is to get them back on shelves. This could be traumatic.

#Books #HomeLibraries #TidyingUp

Show threadKeila Vall de la VilleJan 5, 2023
@theangler oh! I found a twin brother.
I do have a couple of thousand of them organized alphabetically in my bookshelf 🤣. But the other ones… oh… everywhere, in corners and towers and tables and on my desk, of course. I know where they are. Each of them.
Show threadKeila Vall de la VilleJan 5, 2023
@theangler may the force be with U✨☺️
Show threadPyrrhoJan 6, 2023

@theangler I recently finished watching the original Star Trek series too. I saw some when I was a kid. I think there's a distinct change in the final series, a deliberate attempt to have stronger female roles. (I thought Joanne Linville as the Romulan commander was the best performance of the whole 3 seasons).

The context of the first inter-racial kiss on US TV is shocking.

Agree about the "Spock's Brain" ep. But that duality persists in most modern thought, sadly.

Show threadDoctor BrewJan 6, 2023

@pyrrho19 I'd love to hear more of your thoughts. I've watched 4 episodes from my blu-ray box set I bought six or seven years ago intending to relive my childhood. It's was weird watching these episodes, an experiment in memory since I hadn't seen them in more than forty years. I kept getting these flashes of "aha!" I haven't rewatched it yet, but the one with the empath really made an impression on me.

#StarTrek #TOS

Show threadPyrrhoJan 6, 2023
@theangler One thing that jumped out at my was an unbridled enthusiasm for progress. It takes Enlightenment ideas of progress for granted, that it is always good and always inevitable, but that societies need to move at their own pace. I found the romantic elements horribly contrived - another alien finding Kirk irresistible! Please! In one ep they state that male/female attraction is universal. 🤣 An interesting window into outdated values.
Show threadDoctor BrewJan 6, 2023
@pyrrho19 You make two very important points here. Among the reasons I abandoned #StarTrek (for #DoctorWho) was the hierarchal/militaristic structure of the main characters and their "mission"—I preferred the quirky loner traveling the universe with "a friend" (not w/o its problems, but). It was much later that I began to see the danger of the message that "one day we will colonize the stars". The idea that humanity will leave Earth leads to disconnection from Deep Time ecological issues.