The Day I Met Uhura

August 02, 2005 Comment on this post [7] Posted in Movies

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We've been cleaning and painting in anticipation of the baby's arrival. I found this in a pile of old photos. I'm the big-headed child on the right. That's Uhura (the actress Nichelle Nichols) on the left. My dad pulled me out of school that day to meet her at the opening of the movie. This is at the Portland, OR opening of Star Trek IV in 1986. My dad's pretty cool like that. I remember planning what I was going to say for days before and completely fuzzing out in person. She's a pretty stunning woman. Anyway, finding the picture made me smile and think of the stuff my (upcoming) son and I will do.

Uhura-with-scott

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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August 02, 2005 12:56

Do be sure to let me know if you go to meet Sub-commander T'Pol on some father/son outing... This would be purely for the boy's benefit of course!

David Christiansen

August 02, 2005 21:38

Way cool. Plus, you finally wrote a blogpost in English, whoo!

Andy

August 02, 2005 22:45

I cannot believe you can even think of bringing a child into the world today, what with Star Trek Enterprise being cancelled and everything. :)

Brennan Stehling

August 03, 2005 16:26

What a great post!

I had a similar experience when I took my almost-five year old daughter to the Revenge of the Sith premiere put on by Microsoft in Columbus. (Yes, intense movie, but she's pretty calm about many things and we were sitting in the aisle seats prepared for an emergency breakaway if needed.)

I hope I'm able to remember that event for many years. I certainly think she will. Such things make for wonderful memories between father and child.

Jim Holmes

August 03, 2005 18:08

Thanks for sharing that Scott. Sometimes we get lost in our work to remember to make memories with the most important people in our lives. That's the stuff that lasts and builds a relationship.

Thanks again!

Erik Lane

August 04, 2005 2:13

How big is your head anyway? I wear an 8. Jack

Jack Hanselman

August 06, 2005 6:10

Love the pic. When I first viewed it my brain choose to see it as a sophisticated Barbie doll scene. I looked closely and appreciated the attention to detail in the scene. Only after reading the post did I see the foolishness of how my mind jumped to a conclusion.

Best wishes to your family.

Tim

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