Why Is There No Money in Star Trek?
Let me say right from the start that I like the Star Trek franchise. I don’t spend my free time learning to speak Klingon—no offence to...
May 10, 2009
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Let me say right from the start that I like the Star Trek franchise. I don’t spend my free time learning to speak Klingon—no offence to...
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