The Final Frontier is a Vacuum

            Shortly after the Klingons had been abolished from our Solar System, Captain Kirk found himself wandering the halls of the Enterprise.  He was annoying the Kitchen Staff and giving recommendations to the chief.  He was down on the laundry deck helping to fold sheets but doing it wrong.

          No matter where he went or what he tried to help with he was in the way.  He wasn't needed in those other departments but he was bored.   He was at a loss as to how to spend his time.  

          After all, there were no Planets to save and no civilizations to rescue.  The television show didn’t show all the episodes when the Captain, Bones and Spock had nothing to do.   Sponsors were reluctant to buy commercial time for what they referred to as -  dead air.

           Currently, I sit below the observation deck at this computer writing these posts.  It seems a nice gesture, you know, it gives the crew something to read other than the Captain’s Log. 

          Boredom is one thing but being bored in space can get to a person. 

Maybe I'll clean the carpet again.  It's hard to tell  just what it is those Romulans have tracked in.