I caught the highlights of the Dogg Bowl - really glad to see Buck Pierce win his first game as head coach.

Nathan Rourke looked pretty sharp in the highlight reel, with a couple of long-bomb passes. Edmonton’s extended play to end the 3rd quarter was nuts.

In “The menagerie”, pt 1, Kirk explicitly states he only met Pike the once when he was made Fleet Captain.

I actually think this one is a fun way of playing with that established dialogue in an unexpected way. The actual exchange goes like this:

MENDEZ: You ever met Chris Pike?

KIRK: When he was promoted to Fleet Captain.

MENDEZ: About your age. Big, handsome man, vital, active.

KIRK: I took over the Enterprise from him. Spock served with him for several years.

It’s entirely possible that “when he was promoted to Fleet Captain” and “I took over the Enterprise from him” are two separate events. And if that’s the case, then you might as well sprinkle in some additional meetings in between. I don’t think it’s the original intent of the scene in “The Menagerie”, but it’s a valid alternative interpretation.

The Gorn thing is admittedly a bit tougher to explain, but I think it’s mostly a Kirk problem - Spock doesn’t really say anything to indicate whether the Gorn are familiar to him or not. And I don’t think Kirk has me the Gorn (yet) in SNW?

Batel Watch 2025: maybe she survived the Gorn?

Toronto @ Montreal

Once again, I saw a bit of this one live, and caught the highlights for the rest. This Winnipegger is never going to be upset about watching the Argos lose.

Montreal looked very well put-together. I’ve got to agree with the officials on the Arbuckle “forward pass” - there didn’t seem to be an eligible receiver anywhere near that ball. Toronto’s O Line was a bit of a disaster.

That one Toronto TD was great, though - love the effort.

If we were to assign each poster to an episode - and I don’t know if we should, or if it’s more about vibes - here are my guesses.

“Through the Lens of Time”

“Wedding Bell Blues”

“A Space Adventure Hour”

“Terrarium”

“Shuttle to Kenfori”

Oh wow, it goes deeper than I realized.

Regardless of which name Edmonton fans prefer, former players Chris Morris, now the team’s president and CEO, and Ed Hervey, now general manager, have brought back the franchise motto: “Once an Esk-mo, Always an Esk-mo.”

A sign bearing the slogan has been restored above the entrance to the Elks’ locker room.

I only caught a small bit of the game live, but I just watched the TSN highlight reel.

The tribute to Chase Stegall was unexpected, but nice.

If the Riders can get healthy, they really could be a force to be reckoned with.

It’s hard to tell from what I saw, but the Redblacks didn’t look terrible to me. Their run game seemed pretty strong.

The CFL 110 podcast says they expect a lot of parity across the league this year, so we could be in for some nail-biters.

I didn’t realize the name change had gone over so badly.

All the games would be great, though even this many should be good for the league.

”Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.” The middle of the battle against the Rev-1 seems like an odd time for Murf to imitate someone complaining about “Star Trek: Discovery”, but he does seem to have things handled.

I couldn’t understand him because he was whispering, and I couldn’t see him because it was too dark, and also he was too woke. Is that a Bingo?

I’m glad you enjoyed it - it’s a new podcast to me, but I’m assuming they’re going to save the Bombers-centric content for their other podcast, which is more Winnipeg-centric.

I’m super jealous that you’re going to the big game…unless it’s ridiculously cold, in which case…courage.

I’m glad the regular season is here.

I’m less than pumped that the Bombers are on the bye.

The Nova Squadron cadets are practicing a maneuver called the Boothby Supernova, named for the venerable Starfleet Academy groundskeeper, who perished in such a maneuver, as per “In the Flesh”.

To shreds, you say.

WPG @ SSK

I wasn’t able to catch this one, but the important thing from the Bombers’ perspective is that it sounds like Streveler did pretty okay as QB.

Looking forward to the real thing getting going…for Winnipeg, in Week 2.

Oh good, WPG/SSK is exclusive to CFL+ again. If last week is any indication, I look forward to reading about it after the fact.

Roughriders @ Bombers

I actually tried to stream this one, but the CFL website was having none of it, so I…didn’t. And absolutely no one seems willing to put together a highlight reel.

Based on what I’ve read, it sounds like it went…fine? I’m glad the Bombers played Collaros - it’s good for him to get some reps, especially with the upcoming one-game suspension. It sounds like the game itself might have been a bit of a snoozer, but that’s preseason for you.

I think the word “shuttle” could plausibly be applied to long-range, low-capacity transports - maybe even something as large as the USS Raven.

Is the Federation even adhering to the warp five speed limit anymore?

I just assume they’ve fixed that issue.

According to most calculators I can see online, we’re looking at about a month at warp 5, or around 15 days at warp 6. I think a traditional “shuttle” wouldn’t be up to the task - you’d want a vessel with bunks and space to walk around, at the very least.

“Young Adult”

Yeah, the Ottawa lumberjack look was always my favourite, especially with the never-produced helmet. A real shame.