Did you know that READING RAINBOW is still on TV??!?!!! Now that I know, it's going on my TIVO season pass list. Oh. Yeah.



Thanks Rhett & LInk for bringing back such warm childhood memories.




By the way, was anybody else confused about how Geordi La Forge suddenly didn't need his banana clip visor? That rocked my world. Just in case you don't remember the classic character Geordi, according to startrek.com, he was the Chief Engineer on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E. He was born on February 16, 2335 in The African Confederation, Earth. According to Counselor Deanna Troi's Biolographical file on Geordi:

The outstanding characteristic La Forge shows is his longtime adaptability to and satisfaction with life, symbolized by the fact that his birth-blindness until recently was overcome not by direct surgery but by the unique VISOR instrument — which, though painful allowed him to "see" throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, from heat and infrared through visible light to radio waves. It attached at the temples via implants which connected directly to the brain and provided such a complex and broad-based input that the user had to concentrate to focus on one area. It was perhaps this intense focusing ability that has enabled him to master the complexities of warp engineering and other starship systems.

Fascinating, truly fascinating. Good ol' Geordi.