Captain's Log: It is 2300 hours on the eve of Thanksgiving, and the crew and I are preparing for a cultural exchange dinner with a visiting group of Klingons. This seemed like a good idea at the time, much like it did for Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in Star Trek VI. Did I break the fourth wall there?
I am now fortifying both my mind and my warp core for tomorrow's incoming barrage of calories, carbohydrates, and whatever the Klingons classify as food. Tactical predicts heavy gravy fire, possible pie shrapnel, and at least one bowl of live gagh posing as a light appetizer. Shields will be set to maximum, though I doubt they will hold once the stuffing hits the table.
Meanwhile, I am also preparing my annual Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale, the only sale I have each year. So half my brain is juggling discount spreadsheets, and the other half is calculating my odds of surviving a Klingon side dish without being challenged to single combat. Starfleet really should offer a class on this.
If I make it through the feast, the sale will proceed as planned. If not, tell the crew I fell with honor, armed only with a plate and a fork. We are not allowing knives in the dining room, which has already caused diplomatic tension with our guests.
BTW, I have to say that I've become much more impressed with Gemini's ability to generate images. Using the same prompt, here are some of the images that ChatGPT gave me until I finally gave up and went with Gemini...
Weird, right? I told it to put me at the head of the table, and it seemed to do okay in the first image, although I don't know why the Starfleet officers are facing the door. And then I said let's make it photorealistic but it put me in the middle of the table. And then I tried again, and it still messed up. I think it's looking at the framing for the first image somehow. I don't know what it's doing. But then I switched to Gemini and it got it on the first try. So I think I'll be using Gemini from now on for images. These remind me of the episode with Data where he's got the phone inside of him. Or the one where Deanna's a cake. LOL.
So, who is really coming to turkey dinner? I seemed to have misplaced my invite.
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 5 months ago
Yes, it looks like you got cut in half by a lightsaber and immediately cauterized. Plunked down as the Thanksgiving table centerpiece. Oh wait, that's a different sci-fi series. Phasers just stun, kill or vaporize. Unless I missed an episode where they can cut in half too.
Well, you didn't miss your invite because we're not cooking Thanksgiving dinner ourselves. We're actually heading to a local restaurant that does a fantastic spread every Thanksgiving. Neither my wife nor I have any family here. All of our families live up north (mine in Buffalo, hers Philly), and there's no way that I'm traveling up that way during the holiday season, or if there's a possibility of snow... ever again.
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 5 months ago
I cooked, it took me about 15 minutes, although the wine was already opened (unscrewed). GF made the salad, so I guess another 15 minutes. No snow in sight.
Thomas Gonder
@Reply 5 months ago
James Chessher
@Reply 5 months ago
Richard All of your pictures, except the cartoon-ish one have gagh on the table. You serve a mean table and not just the guests.
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