You are Cordially Invited to a Valentine´s Day Wedding

Imagine loving Star Trek so much it helped you meet your mate and you decided to get married in Star Trek style aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise. Well, one lucky couple will pledge their love in just that fashion.( They will actually be renewing their vows!) I say they pick a species like the Klingons, hey, we have seen a Klingon wedding in DS9, and they should follow the exact ceremony, Klingon vows and all! I mean, if your are going to get married in Star Trek fashion, why hold back at all, go for it completely!
From the article:
A Berkeley couple who bonded over a mutual love of Star Trek will re-tie the knot in costume aboard the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise at The Tech Museum in San Jose. Kyle Sessions and Nancy Kerr beat 13 other contestants around the country to win the Tech Museum's first Ultimate Star Trek Wedding online contest. As part of their prize, the pair will be given access to the re-created set of the U.S.S. Enterprise bridge inside the Star Trek exhibition at the museum during the ceremony and a private museum room for a reception. They will also receive a two-night stay at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, and a two-tier, Star Trek-themed wedding cake from Bijan Bakery & Cafi in San Jose.
You can read the rest HERE.
Q´Pla!

Klingons, Life Beyond Star Trek

If you are a big fan of the Klingons from all of the Star Trek series and movies, you can learn their language and even tweet on Twitter in Klingon; and while you are tweeting, you can double check in the Klingon dictionary that you are using the proper words!

You can also become a member of the Klingon Language Institute and polish your Klingon verbal skills if you ever happen to take a vacation on Qo´noS (Kronos) the Klingon homeworld or meet a Klingon vacationing here on Earth.

Qapla!

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Andorian, Klingons, Vulcans, and Romulans May Abound

I read the most interesting study about ten amino acids that may exisit in the Universe wherever life exists. From the article:

It turns out that Star Trek originator Gene Roddenbery may have had it right when he created human-like races such as Vulcans, Romulans, and the familiar darkly colored humanoid race that inhabits Qo'noS, the Klingon home world. A new study published by Paul Higgs and Ralph Pudritz at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada suggests that ten of life's twenty carbon-based amino acids may be shared wherever life exists. yIn 'oH, the Klingons would say: life is everywhere.

Twenty amino acids are encoded by the standard genetic code and are called “proteinogenic” or standard amino acids. Higgs and Pudritz ranked ten of these amino acids according to the thermodynamic likelihood of them forming. This turns out to match the observed abundances in meteorites and in early Earth simulations almost exactly. They argue that the first genetic codes must have evolved using these ten amino acids, whether they come from space or from right here on Earth.

I get excitied about any study that tries to learn about how life in other parts of the Universe may exist. You can read the enitre article HERE.

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