Dueling Hand Gestures

William Shatner left a bold statement Wednesday night on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Evidently, the former Star Trek star couldn't do the "live long and prosper" gesture so O'Brien teased Shatner, who reasoned that Leonard Nimoy's Spock and not his character Captain James T. Kirk is famous for the signal. Still, O'Brien mocked Shatner's inability to the Vulcan hand gesture, driving Shatner to flip the bird at O'Brien.
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Behind the Missing Shatner Scene

This past weekend, $76.5 million worth of people saw Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy onscreen in J.J. Abrams' blockbuster "Star Trek" reboot. The one person they didn't see, however, is larger-than-life "Trek" icon William Shatner. During the course of the film's production, a bizarre battle of words erupted between Abrams and the 78-year-old original Captain Kirk over a never-filmed, top-secret scene.
more HERE

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Barack Obama is a Nerd

Apparently, it's the slowest news day on the calendar...
The Associated Press is running an article about the level of nerd Barack Obama fits in...
Re: President-elect Barack Obama used to collect comic books, can't part with his BlackBerry, and once flashed Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy the Vulcan "Live Long and Prosper" sign, evidence to some that he'll be the first American president to show distinct signs of geekiness.

The pièce de résistance from this article, is where the writer tries to say in a roundabout way that Obama can't be a geek because he's a hot black guy who can shoot hoops:
Re: In some ways, though, experts say Obama is just too cool, too athletic, too normal to wear the geek cape. Obama did use drugs and was a high school athlete, missing out on two prime nerd qualities, [some dork interviewed by the Associated Press] said.
article is HERE