I always wandered how creative humans can be. It is always surprising how simple, everyday items can be turned into great stuff. Alex Wer aka "The Pumpkin Geek" carves pumpkins for instance. The reason why I'm writing about it is that they simply look astonishing and that they are Star Trek related. As I can see, he is a great Star Trek fan and had great time at Star Trek Las Vegas Con '09. If you check his website, you can see nice pictures of pumpkins over there! I was trully amazed.

Fan part is to see in his event section Zachary Quinto, Johnatan Frakes or Rene Auberjonois standing next to the pumpkin with their carving on them! Looks really nice and funny. I bet they laughed a lot later about it. To cut it short, if you click on web site tumbnail, you'll get to see gallery of Star Trek motives, and if you check "Event" section you'll get to see Star Trek actors standing next to - you get it right - pumpkins!

Imagine what would happen if Ferengi would get a grasp on one of these and put them into replicator software! Massive sales of Star Trek pumpkins instead of DVDs or Blu Rays... Too bad I didn't know for this before Halloween this year.. :-(

There is also part with Star Trek Women characters and they look realy nice. Actually, pumpkin carvings remind me on that old style photos (the brownish ones). I wander only what will come next....

I can only imagine how would it look like to see entire movie on pumpkins instead on DVDs... Imagine, hundreds of pumpkins with movie scenes in a gallery! That would be something awesome, but I cannot imagine how much work would be involved... I bet, it would take years to do it.

Imagine Star Trek characters at Halloween night? I mean real one. They don't have to buy Star Trek costumes. Uniforms are provided, phasers with tricorders ready. Attitude is right, and make up perfect! No masks needed. Perfect for blending with Earthlings.  To boldly trick-or-treat where no treat has happened before.

Unless you're beamed down from Enterprise, you'll need Star Trek uniform. A tricorder is to scan candy for harmful substances. Full scan of house can discover hostile creatures. Phaser is helpful in diplomatic activities with inhabitants. Communication badge will keep you in contact with secondary away team, along with orbiting spaceship. Logic implies you get highest ranking uniforms for your party. Thus enabling you to give orders to low ranking Star Trek uniforms. Especially if they are not Star Trek 2009.
Away team should consist of different profiles. With multiple Star Trek masks at hand, you can be Changeling, which is really cool. There should be at least one Vulcan, one Human, and mandatory: at least one Ferengi. They are great if you convince them candy contains latinum... Klingon Warbird is great cause you can hide it really well - cloaked.

Here is how different Star Trek characters behave at Halloween:

TREK OR TREKKING BY SPECIES

• Klingon pushes the others aside to get to the door first. (Worf)
• Talaxian will only eat the finest of Swiss chocolates. (Neelix)
• Changeling goes around the neighborhood once, changes costumes and goes around again. (Odo)
• Bajoran stays at home and gives candy to the other trick-or-treaters. (Kyra)
• Andorians plan their costume for months, then won't go out because someone else had the same idea. (
• Vulcan wears a neatly-pressed suit and tells everyone they're a bookkeeper.
• Betasoid is still standing in front of the closet trying to decide on a costume.
• Romulan isn't in it for the candy.
• Ocampa will manage to wander to the next town.
• Ferengi makes a list of all the houses that give good candy and the optimal route to take.
• Borg builds the costume out of spare flashlights and spends all night tinkering when it shorts.
• Ba'ku skips the whole thing to compose poetry to the Moon.

To help you further in exploring neighboring planets (uhm, houses) here is a brief:

Starfleet Survival Guide (use of costumes or uniforms masks only outfit)

• When it appears that you have killed the Borg, "never" check to see if it's really dead.
• Do not take anything from the Borg.
• If you find a planet which looks deserted, it's probably for a reason. Take the hint and stay away.
• Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you're doing.
• If you're running from the Borg, expect to trip or fall down at least twice, more if you are of the female persuasion. Also note that, despite the fact that you are running and the Borg is merely shambling along, it's still moving fast enough to catch up with you.
• If your ship runs out of dillithium, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking planet to call for help.
• If replicators and holodeck start operating by themselves, bail out.
• As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Q-continuum.
• Do not search the Jeffrey tubes, especially if the power has gone out.
• If children aboard speak to you in Romulan or any other language which they should not know, or if they speak to you using a voice which is other than their own, shoot them immediately. It will save you a lot of grief in the long run. NOTE: It will probably take several phaser adjustments to kill them, so be prepared.
• Never orbit in, on, above, below, beside, or anywhere near a Borg, Romulan, Klingon, Cardassian, or other ship of the kind.
• If you're searching for something which caused a life form reading and find out that it's just the tribble, beam off the planet immediately if you value your life.
• If your companions suddenly begin to exhibit uncharacteristic behavior such as hissing, fascination for blood, glowing eyes, increasing hairiness, and so on, beam away from them as fast as possible.
• If you are appointed as third party member along with Kirk and Spock, or any other two main characters, there is 95% chance you will end up badly on mission. Proceed to sickbay straight away.

I hope these advices will help you on your mission. If not, well, remember, only Kirk and Chuck Noriss can survive Kobayashi Maru.... Even without Star Trek costume

Remeber, your very own Ferengi merchant has Star Trek costume, Star Trek uniform, or Star Trek Phaser, and even Star Trek ship available here. Star Trek Stuff is here just for you. (I know the logic since I'm freak for Star Trek)

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T'Pol, Vulcan girl would be my bet if you are interested in Enterprise - Star Trek casting crew! Aboard USS Enterprise she was scientific adviser and first officer. One of her personal quotes: "Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock."

Her Earth name is Jolene K. Blalock (Scottish derivation of Black Loch, meaning "Black Lake"). She was born San Diego, California on March 5th 1975. She has a carrier as model and actor. Currently married to Michael Rapino with whom she lives in Los Angeles.
I found some Jolene Blalock pictures (posters) that you may find interesting. See them here!

Seriously, acting:

• USS Enterprise (yeah, the ship itself, designated NX-01 to show it's experimental nature.)
• Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) - Honestly, in first episodes of the show, Captain seemed like he was confused and lost, but later became more leadership prone. He was in personal connection with Enterprise, for his father designed the engine. Later conflict with Xindi put quite lot strain on him.
• T'Pol (Jolene Blalock) - What to say than apart from being smart, Vulcan look really hot! Joke, she was in role of special adviser and first officer... Cool, huh?
• Commander Tucker (Connor Trinneer) - Trip, he is Trip! He's combo of McCoy and Scotty - in one person! Sharing great deal  of humor and brilliancy, made himself irresistible even to a T'Pol...
• Lt. Commander Reed (Dominic Keating) - Red Alert on starships should have been named after him,. so we would have Reed Alert, but history was unfair.... It was logical idea for security officer on board after all. He and Trip in combination made some of funniest episodes ever... Like two boys playing on their own playground.
• Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) I wonder, why doctors in Star Trek play the Jokers role? Is it because they have to be weird, or is it because they are isolated... in sickbay?
• Lt. Mayweather (A.T. Montgomery) - Experience is good prerequisite for navigating distant stars... So, he was first helmsman on board.
• Ensign Sato (Linda Park) - Who would be better for role of communicator than real life multilingual person? She does know several languages... After all, somone had to understand languages before Universal translator became possible...
• Other minor characters

Producers:
Rick Berman - Executive Producer and Co-Creator
Brannon Braga -Executive Producer and Co-Creator
Manny Coto

Seasons: 4
Episodes: 98
Released on: September 26, 2001  Ended: May 13, 2005

If you like TV show, you are maybe interested to get seasons on DVD. Click here!

Why are Ferengi best friends you can have

1. They will teach you any fleece they know. To insure you learned the lesson, they'll never return you the money.
2. They'll borrow whatever they can from you and never waste your time by returning it
3. Ferengi friendship is eternal... They will sell your parts after you die. On auction preferably.
4. As a friend to a Ferengi, you'll be first to receive any sale offer.
5. Ferengi friend will protect your assets with all means available.... No one else will take that away from you! He will.
6. If you end up in trouble, no true Ferengi friend will ever bother you with his presence.
7. The richer you get, the better Ferengi friend you are. It is augmented with your gullibility level.
8. Ferengi friend will never disappoint you, no matter how hard you try, they will always be true Ferengi to you.
9. You can always give your money to Ferengi friend. Ferengi will never give it to anyone for sure. You are included with anyone.
10.Ferengi never forgets a friend. Eventually, a friend will recover from bad finance.
11.Ferengi are also never forgotten by their friends. If nothing balance reminds them....
12.Never trust him. He's your friend.
13.Ferengi is a friend you can't always count at.
14.A Ferengi will always try to give his hand to you, for as long as you keep your wallet within his reach.
15.Friend can always count that Ferengi will gladly take them to the cleaners.
16.Ferengi friendship extends - your friends will be taken for a ride as well.
17.Ferengi never departs from a friend. There is always something to snitch.
18.Ferengi friend is invaluable if you introduce him to your enemies. He will instantly become THEIR best friend!
19.Best way to use Ferengi friends in time of war is to send them as reinforcement to enemy side.
20.Even better way to use Ferengi friend in time of war - send them to invest on enemy side.

This has nothing to do with Star Trek DVD sales,
but few funny jokes related to Star Trek Enterprise crew
(rest of this post on lightbulbs on 
http://www.eyrie.org/~thad/strange/lightbulbs.html)

Q:  How many members of the U.S.S. Enterprise does it take to change a
    light bulb?
A:  7. Scotty will report to Captain Kirk that the light bulb in the
    Engineering Section is burnt out, to which Kirk will send Bones
    to pronounce the bulb dead. Scotty, after checking around, notices

    that they have no more new light bulbs, and complains that he can't
    see in the dark to tend to his engines. Kirk must make an emergency
    stop at the next uncharted planet, Alpha Regula IV, to procure a
    light bulb from the natives. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Sulu, and 3 red
    shirt security officers beam down. The 3 security officers are
    promptly killed by the natives, and the rest of the landing party
    is captured. Meanwhile, back in orbit, Scotty notices a Klingon ship
    approaching and must warp out of orbit to escape detection.
    Bones cures the native king who is suffering from the flu, and as
    a reward the landing party is set free and given all of the light bulbs
    they can carry. Scotty cripples the Klingon ship and warps back to the
    planet just in time to beam up Kirk et. al. The new bulb is inserted,
    and the Enterprise continues with its five year mission.

And now for three more versions of the story just for good measure : -

(OS versions)
A:  Six-Scotty to get on the intercom when the light goes out and say 
    "I canna do it, Cap'n! These bulbs are stoon dead", Spock to tell 
    Kirk he is proceeding illogically, McCoy to say "They're BURNED-OUT,
    Jim!" and "Dammit Jim-I'm a doctor not an electrician!!", Kirk to 
    screw it in, and two red-shirt security men to die in the process.

A:  All of them. Bones to say "Its dead Jim", Uhura to send a distress signal,
    Sulu to listen to Chekov saying "Light bulbs vere really an old russian 
    invention", Spock to be fascinated by the illogic inherent in the early 
    demise of the light bulb, Scotty to do the work, and Kirk to get the girl.

A:  (long version)
    The Enterprise is transporting a stuffy, pompous Federation diplomat
    to a crucial peace conference when the bulb burns out. Scotty rigs up
    some odds and ends that will keep it burning for twenty-four hours 
    but they need to get a replacement in that time. So the ship makes an
    emergency detour to Alpha Regula IV, the nearest planet with any 
    known light bulb stocks. However, when Kirk, Spock, McCoy and three 
    security men beam down, a Klingon ship appears, so Scotty warps the

    Enterprise out of orbit. Meanwhile, on the planet, two of the 
    security men are killed by a sentient energy field and the other dies
    when a native throws a poisoned spear at him. Kirk, Spock and McCoy 
    are taken prisoner by the natives, who mistakenly assume them to be 
    in league with the energy field which has been killing them, too.
    Kirk realizes that they have tons of light bulbs which could be 
    useful to the Federation, so he attempts to communicate with the 
    chief, who agrees to let Kirk have the light bulbs if he survives a
    duel with the tribe's greatest warrior. In a rough, tough and bone
    crunching fight, Kirk wins at the last minute. In gratitude, the 

    chief allows him to sleep with his daughter, who has fallen in love
    with him. McCoy cures his wife of her chronic illness and delivers

    her baby. As they celebrate, the energy field appears and is about to
    kill everybody when Spock uses a mindmeld to convince it the tribe is
    not a threat. Meanwhile, in space, Scotty has resisted the entreaties
    of the diplomat to fall for the Klingons' phony peace ploy, violating
    Federation law when he overrules him, but later the diplomat is 
    convinced when Scotty fights them off, and at the last minute, he 
    

returns to orbit and beams up the landing party, who now have all the
    light bulbs the Federation needs. After the last commercial break, 
    they screw it in, and then Kirk, McCoy and Spock sit together on the
    bridge and make philosophical/humorous comments about what just 
    happened. That stock shot of the Enterprise flying off into the 
    starfield appears, and the episode ends.

Entire post on lightbulbs is here.... http://www.eyrie.org/~thad/strange/lightbulbs.html