Actor James Doohan, most famous for his role as Scotty on Star Trek, has died. He was 85. Doohan had quite a life, even before Star Trek, with military service at D-Day in the Canadian Armed Forces.
As Scotty, Doohan became the idol of aspiring geeks everywhere. His portrayal of the Enterprise’s chief engineer launched a thousand tech careers.
Godspeed, Jimmy.
We’ve been going through a dry spell in Raleigh for quite a while. It seems like weeks that my rain gauge has sat at one number. The new yard has taken a real beating from the heat and lack of rain.
Thus yesterday evening, I was thrilled to see lightning lighting up the sky to the north. A storm was approaching! I settled myself down on the front porch to watch it creep up on us.
And creep it did. With no front to push it around, it moved very slowly towards us, with a spectacular lightning show all the way. Kelly soon joined me on the porch, and I pointed out a well-defined cloud that was moving towards us.
Before the cloud got to us, its shape seemed to dissolve. The long-lived storm cell had nearly played itself out, but not before dumping a good inch of much-needed rain on us. It made for quite a show. I sat in the flashing shadows next to Kelly, a big grin on my face.
