TNG Musings: Alexander

One of the biggest regrets of TNG, I hope, is the tragically brief appearance of Keh'Lar (spelling shot in the dark), Alexander's mother.  Okay, probably their biggest regret is the loss of Denise Crosby, as evidenced by her return later in the series.  But I digress.  Alexander had a few okay moments, where he forced some growth out of Worf and shone light on new aspects of Klingon fatherhood, that's all very nice.  But he was mostly uninteresting himself, while Keh'Lar had a great backstory and a lot of internal conflict, just in her two episodes.  Also, she was a sassy, independent, powerful ass-kicker.
Now that I think about it, why did they get rid of their two female ass-kickers?  They had a great thing going for a brief moment there.  Instead that Traveler guy showed up in like, 3 episodes?  That guy was super grey, he even wore a bland grey suit.  Keh'Lar wore some fabulous outfits.

TNG Musings: Engineering

It occurs to me that Chief Engineer isn't such a sweet gig after all.  I mean, he gets a lot of cool toys, and I'm pretty sure the rest of the bridge crew know they're up a creek without a paddle if they ever lose him.  But I just saw an episode (and I'm pretty sure it's not the only time) where Geordi says he can "maybe get the shields up in ... 30 minutes?" and Picards authoritative voice floats down from the overhead speakers: "You have ten."
Seems like a lousy work environment.

Review: Castaways (board game) pt 3

Played again with just me and Nan.  It worked out better, since he was forced to be 50% of the decision-making and island-escaping crew.  That's real life for you, I guess.

I think we also finally sorted out the rules properly, so we legitimately won this time.  Much better all around.