Merry Christmas!
P.S. Note the Starship Enterprise ornament:
:)
About me
I'm Brendan Loy, a 26-year-old graduate of USC and Notre Dame now living and working in Knoxville, Tennessee. My wife Becky and I are brand-new parents of a beautiful baby girl, born on New Year's Eve.
I'm a big-time sports fan, a politics, media & law junkie, an astronomy buff, a weather nerd, an Apple aficionado, a Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter fanatic, and an all-around dork. My blog is best-known for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, but I blog about anything and everything that interests me.
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I'm a big-time sports fan, a politics, media & law junkie, an astronomy buff, a weather nerd, an Apple aficionado, a Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter fanatic, and an all-around dork. My blog is best-known for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina, but I blog about anything and everything that interests me.
You can contact me at irishtrojan [at] gmail.com, or donate to my "tip jar" by clicking the link below:
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Thats the Enterprise-D, be specific!
Posted by: David K. | Dec 24, 2007 10:18:47 PM
Geek :)
(said by a guy who has a talking Neil Armstrong on his tree)
Posted by: kg2v | Dec 24, 2007 10:26:28 PM
hahaha nice!
Merry Christmas to all!!
Posted by: Marty West | Dec 24, 2007 10:44:21 PM
I love it.
Dork.
Merry Christmas
Posted by: jlr | Dec 24, 2007 10:47:35 PM
Merry Christmas!
I have R2D2 and 3CPO on my tree....
Posted by: Briandot | Dec 25, 2007 12:04:01 AM
I have an outhouse on my tree, and when you open the little door, you see a dog sitting upright, reading the paper.
"And to all a good dump."
Posted by: texasyank | Dec 25, 2007 1:01:11 AM
I have St. Nicholas & St. Patrick on my tree. When you flip the "Blarney On" switch Paddy talks Nickie into lending him the sleigh & reindeer for to fly the
Britssnakes out of Ireland :}.Merry Christmas to all & God bless us Every One.
Posted by: Joe Loy | Dec 25, 2007 2:07:58 AM
Where did you get that Enterprise-D ornament? Do they make a Borg Cube?
Posted by: kcatnd | Dec 25, 2007 3:01:08 AM
Does the disc part of the Enterprise separate in case you want to simulate a Christmas warp core breach/antimatter containment loss?
Posted by: kcatnd | Dec 25, 2007 2:33:37 PM
Merry Christmas to the Loys and all blog readers!
PS My mom and dad say "Merry Christmas" and mom says "Becky, I hope you have a quick and safe delivery!" She's praying for you.
Much love!
Posted by: V | Dec 25, 2007 2:35:10 PM
Merry Christmas!
Posted by: Drive-By Media | Dec 25, 2007 2:55:02 PM
kcatnd, Hallmark has for years put out various Star Trek themed ornaments, you can check out ebay for previous ones (like Brendans) but they might be pretty pricey since they are also collectors items
Posted by: David K. | Dec 25, 2007 5:18:23 PM
Cool, thanks for the info, David.
Posted by: kcatnd | Dec 25, 2007 5:27:17 PM
Yup. Here you go:
http://www.ornament-shop.com/st.htm
It looks like mine is the 1993 ornament. I also used to have the 1995 ornament (the Romulan Warbird), but I'm not sure what happened to it... probably still at my parents' house.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Dec 25, 2007 5:50:37 PM
And yes, they have a Borg Cube. Sweeeeet.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Dec 25, 2007 5:51:26 PM
Cause nothing says Christmas like a hive-minded cyborg race bent on total assimilation of all living things...
Apparently the collectors market for these ornaments never took off as the prices on e-bay are pretty reasonable too.
Posted by: David K. | Dec 25, 2007 7:06:13 PM
I have the Borg Cube - it's awesome. It has an audio feature that activates every time you turn the lights on:
" We are the Borg. Enjoy your holiday. Resistance is futile."
Posted by: Tbone | Dec 25, 2007 9:41:40 PM
No way! That's awesome!
I wasn't sure whether to believe you, but then I googled the quote and found this.
I must have one...
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Dec 25, 2007 10:21:08 PM
After listening to it again I realized that "holiday" is actually the plural "holidays".
My parents have been giving these to me as gifts every year since they came out. Mrs. Tbone can't stand them, so they have been banished to an exclusive Star Trek ornament tree I have set up in our basement. (And yes, I understand fully the dorkdom status that accompanies such an act.)
They are quite a sight. Several of the others have voice features as well but the Borg Cube and Shuttlecraft Galileo are my favorites. The Galileo:
"Shuttlecraft to Enterprise, Shuttlecraft to Enterprise. Spock here. Happy Holidays. Live Long and Prosper."
Posted by: Tbone | Dec 25, 2007 11:53:44 PM
Dude... the Irish Trojan blog community NEEDS a photo of this Star Trek tree. :)
The revised phrase brings up a lot more Google hits.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Dec 26, 2007 12:04:50 AM
I REMEMBER THAT ORNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's weird how the littlest things can trigger lots of memories.
Merry Christmas!!! Thank you so much for the clever card and adorable photo.
Posted by: Diane | Dec 26, 2007 1:42:21 AM
Brendan & other Trekkies,
There is a store in Warsaw, IN that sells past ornaments at the original price. It is called The Pary Store. Check it out!
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Have a safe and happy New Year! Best wishes to Becky and you, Brendan, for a safe delivery and healthy baby girl!
Jen
Posted by: Jen Featherston | Dec 26, 2007 2:21:36 PM
Awesome. For now, I'll just have to put an empty ornament hanger on my tree and tell people that it's a star ship - cloaked.
Posted by: kcatnd | Dec 26, 2007 3:31:30 PM
Amateur.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8nu4CIWUf4
Posted by: NDLS2006 | Dec 27, 2007 5:55:45 PM
And I'll add that my favorite audio on a Star Trek ornament is (forgive me for not being able to identify the vehicle by name) the one where Warf's Klingon voice says "Have a most honorable holiday."
Posted by: NDLS2006 | Dec 27, 2007 10:48:42 PM
It's Worf. ... I have the Enterprise D, the original Enterprise and the shuttlecraft Gaileo. But alas, the tree is getting crowded, the lights don't match the ornaments anymore so it's one a year that that's OK. Have to make room for the kids ornaments
Posted by: gerrry | Dec 27, 2007 11:46:55 PM