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So I'm just going to come out and say it: My favorite episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation is "Conundrum." It's episode fourteen of season five, and I just deeply love it.
I don't know if it's because I literally just assumed Erich Anderson's Commander McDuff was a random Enterprise officer of the week (which we saw quite often during the show) when I watched it as a kid during the original run, so the twist actually worked on eleven year old me. I don't know if it's because I just like a good "everyone has amnesia" story. I don't even know if it's just because it's a good Ro Laren episode. I don't know if it's just because we learn that Starfleet doesn't give a crap about lasers.
I just like it. It's neat.
And I rewatched it last night, and feel that it holds up -- which is why I found it deeply weird that the folks who wrote the episode actually think it's not that good. My favorite episode of the entire seven season run of the show was a failure according to the folks who wrote it.
And maybe, as a writer and creator, I should remember that.
Like the hardest part of releasing creative works to the public is that often, after a while, I'll start to judge those things far more harshly than when I first made them. Or I'll compare it to the potential I thought an idea had in my head. And if I don't reach that potential, I'll think of it as "bad" -- when it might just be slightly different than that idea. I have one hundred percent published stories that I thought were just sort of okay and later had someone tell me how much it meant to them to read it.
*cough*I Hate November*cough*
So I should make sure I remember Conundrum. That one of my favorite things to rewatch is considered one of those failures by its creators. That the things I make might have value, just not in the way I originally thought they should.
It's just sort of how things work out.
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come on Lynn you know you want a Geo Metro.
I love Ford too. Their stocks are cheap and pay good dividends. I made 28 cents on each share and with 98 shares, that was enough to reinvest two mkre shares. Also I loved their cars. Although I have a Subaru now, I always enjoyed driving Ford cars.
6-cylinder Honda accords aren’t that expensive and they have decent pickup…
But a Mustang.
Also, I don’t think Hondas are Union built. Lynn has very strong opinions on that.
Bah, Mustang would just have the same issues with snow – unless she wants one of those evil modern parodies of the line. And why the hell would you want that? Like buying a modern Dodge Charger… it’s just sad compared to it’s namesake “/
SOME OF US REALLY LIKE THE SIXTH GENERATION MUSTANG.
THE FIFTH GENERATION LOOKED NICE TOO (BUT DIDN’T DRIVE AS WELL)
The fourth generation Mustangs were ugly garbage though
Many Ford vehicle names become amusing when you stick the word anal in front of them, such as Ranger, Explorer, Expedition, Focus, and Fiesta.
I remember that from the Vegas road trip in A Girl And Her Fed!”
What would actually fit her needs is a Jeep. Great in bad weather, enough cargo space to haul con supplies easily, and designed for the owner to be constantly customizing it. I doubt that’s what she’ll go with, but it would work for her.