{"id":1636,"date":"2010-09-16T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T17:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2010-09-16T12:40:58","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T17:40:58","slug":"to-boldly-die%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"To Boldly Die\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geekdom knows no boundaries. Yes, I have a Bajoran earring, a Harley Quinn Barbie Doll and the entire series of Models, Inc. the comic. As I said, geekdom knows no boundaries, but I do believe I have reached mine with this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eternalimage.net\/Star-Trek-Products.html\">Eternal Image<\/a> offers the Trek geek the empowerment of being buried in a Trek Coffin or having their ashes in a Trek Urn. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1637\" title=\"Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1-233x300.jpg 233w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1-798x1024.jpg 798w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Star_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>Is this any worse than a KISS Coffin (also available)? Look, fandom is one thing. I will freely admit to having a more than passingly unhealthy <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">attraction to <\/span>obsession\u00a0with Harley Quinn, but I wonder how my\u00a0family might feel seeing a \u201cUnited Federation of Planets\u201d medallion on my headstone. Would the money not be better spent on a replica of Serenity?<\/p>\n<p>You see, it comes down to this, I was raised with the notion of the one with the\u00a0 most toys wins, and I have always followed this minor obsession. With the help and support of family and staff and a rigorous 12 step program, I am slowly coming to grips with\u2026<\/p>\n<p>This is Dome, sayin\u2019: oh the hell with it, it\u2019s only money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636\" data-text=\"To Boldly Die\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D1636&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2FStar_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1-233x300.jpg&#038;description=To%20Boldly%20Die%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geekdom knows no boundaries. Yes, I have a Bajoran earring, a Harley Quinn Barbie Doll and the entire series of Models, Inc. the comic. As I said, geekdom knows no boundaries, but I do believe I have reached mine with this. Eternal Image offers the Trek geek the empowerment of being buried in a Trek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636\" data-text=\"To Boldly Die\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=1636\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D1636&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2FStar_Trek_Urn_3D.ToBoldlyGoFINAL1-233x300.jpg&#038;description=To%20Boldly%20Die%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6,8,35],"tags":[395,191],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}