August 19

GENE RODDENBURY was born today in 1921! I love the universe he created with Star Trek, and admire his other work as well! From the official site, which comes complete with ads for of course the official academy campus store! startrek.com



And Ogden Nash was born today too, in 1902! Just a favorite sample -- which gives us...

...Pretty Halcyon Days
How pleasant to sit on the beach, 
On the beach, on the sand, in the sun, 
With ocean galore within reach, 
And nothing at all to be done! 
No letters to answer, 
No bills to be burned, 
No work to be shirked, 
No cash to be earned. 
It is pleasant to sit on the beach 
With nothing at all to be done....
How pleasant the salt anaesthetic 
Of the air and the sand and the sun; 
Leave the earth to the strong and athletic, 
And the sea to adventure upon. 
But the sun and the sand 
No contractor can copy; 
We lie in the land 
Of the lotus and poppy; 
We vegetate, calm and aesthetic, 
On the beach, on the sand, in the sun.
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