Good-bye Mr. Scott

Well what can I say, as a big Star Trek fan the news of Jimmy Doohan's death hit me rather hard. I know, I know he was an actor and Montgomery Scott was only a character, however Star Trek was very influential on me as a child and although I did not become an engineer as many others have following Mr. Scott, I did develop a sense of scientific approach to problems and developed an engineering mind. So we had the death of Deforest Kelly several years back and now Mr. Doohan. Two of the four big pillars of Star Trek are now gone, I can only now endeavour to enjoy the work of Mr. Shatner and Mr. Nimoy as much as possible. I haven't yet purchased it, but it seems there is a great DVD out there called Mind Meld which is basically a candid conversation between Bill Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. After Mr. Doohan's passing I need to get another Star Trek fix and will most likely purchase the video before the end of August. Geez August already, where has the time gone. At the risk of sounding like a broken record (CD?) yet again, I have to admit that time hasn't been in great abundance at the Landi household. Most of my project progress has been slow to non-existant and over all my life is one big routine passing week after week and month after month. My electric vehicle project, which is foremost in my mind now with the fluctuating gas prices, has been trickling along at best, however I'm making some progress and even have a web site up (http://fest-ev-a.slandi.net), albeit rather embryonic at the moment. I'm in the progress of trying to give Sparky a fighting chance with the rust that has accumulated on it's body and frame. It's really not as bad as I had thought and I think once I'm finished the car will be fine as an EV glider. I'll have pics and text on the web page before long and perhaps even a podcast.