Oh God, I'm sorry, BUT......while making pancakes for dinner ("interesting, Mom") I tuned in the Sci-Fi channel, which was showing the Gem the Empath episode of "Star Trek" in which Cap'n Jim is selected as the Uber Example of the Human Condition (well, his test is conducted shirtless, while Bones remains fully dressed; 'nuff said!). The dialogue....the facial expressions....the costumes...the music...the fact that Gem is accounted "a pearl of great price", although all she ever does is make simple-minded (though totally Mod)sheep faces whilst exercising her amazing empathic powers....I was so deeply moved that I just had to share.

Forgive me. I'd momentarily forgotten just what raw, animal POWER William Shatner can have over me.