The BBC's Nick Robinson spreading misinformation again

In this piece about the latest GDP figures Nick Robinson does his best to talk down the recovery, after all a recovery is not a recovery unless Labour say it is. But more concerning is the misinformation he spreads with this line:

'Today's figures tell a simple story. This is growth but - as they used to say on Star Trek - not as we know it.'

I presume that Nick Robinson is grasping for the line "It's life, Jim, but not as we know it.". However this, to the best of my knowledge, was never said in the original Star Trek series.


On consulting with a bigger Trekkie than me, I am informed that the line "No life as we know it" was used in the episode The Devil in the Dark. But that's still not quite what Nick Robinson claimed. It looks to me like another factual failure by Nick 'toenails' Robinson.

In the meantime here's The Firm with Star Trekkin'

The perils of wearing a red-shirt - Star Trek wise

Ian Leini has produced a T-shirt dedicated to those bit players in the original Star Trek series who you just knew would never make it back from the 'landing party'.

'"Landing party, with me. Spock. McCoy. Uhura. And... you. Over there in the... red shirt."

Ah, the poor red shirt. Ensign Whosit. Yeoman Whats-his-face. Don't bother learning their names, as they won't be around long enough for you to need to know them. This design is my tribute to unsung heroes everywhere who tirelessly do their work behind the scenes and sometimes give their lives while the flashy ego-maniacs is charge get all of the credit (and all the alien women).

Engineers, Communications Officers, Security, Administrators - this shirt is for you.

Front print has an updated insignia, showing the likely fate of the wearer, and warning label on the back lists each and every method by which those brave red-shirted souls were summarily dispatched during the Original Series.'

The perfect Xmas gift for Trekkies and Trekkers everywhere?


Thanks to Boing Boing for the spot.

Word of the week - Zaftig

Zaftig - (US, colloquial) Of a woman, having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned.


And thanks to Google I find that Leonard Nimoy has been photographing some .

Star Trek - a jewish conspiracy?

I knew that Leonard Nimoy was Jewish, but was surprised to learn at the weekend that so was William Shatner. Mr Spock and Captain Kirk Does this explain all or nothing? Probably the latter.

Just digging around Wikipedia reveals that Walter Koenig was also Jewish. Curiouser and curiouser, James T. Kirk, Spock and Chekov. Any others?