Many Happy Returns Iggy Pop!

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Happy 70th Birthday: Iggy Pop!

Live Long and Prosper Queen Elizabeth II

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“Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom” Queen Elizabeth II

Live Long and Prosper Queen Elizabeth II

Who would have thought
Of being in the same job
For some sixty three years
– Surely worth some cheers

You’re part of the folk
Even cracked a few jokes
You got street smarts
And certainly won our hearts

Pink, purple or blue
To name but a few
The colours like your spirit
Would inspire many lyrics

Wishes for
Many more
Years of reign
Hear our hail:

Long Live the Queen,
And surely and sincerely
A very happy 91st birthday!

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Live Long and Prosper George Takei: Happy 80th Birthday!

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“It’s really hard to hate someone for being different when you’re too busy laughing together.”
― George Takei

Live Long and Prosper George Takei!

Oh my!
How time flies
When you are having fun
Keep the phasers on stun
For today we celebrate
No matter if gay or straight
Our king and superhero
Will add a few years to the zero

Hip hip hooray!
Happy 80th birthday
Captain Sulu aka George Takei!

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Happy Birthday to William Shatner

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“I’m surfing the giant life wave”
William Shatner

Happy Birthday to William Shatner

O Captain, my Captain!
Or is it Mr William Shatner?
Difficult to separate
Call it luck or call it fate

Watching my favourite show
Alerted by the familiar klaxon
Captain James T Kirk is on
Then nothing can go wrong

When on Vulcan
Do as the Vulcans do
Dear Captain, my Captain
Dear Mr Shatner

Live Long and Prosper!

Remembering Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

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“Live long and prosper”
– Spock AKA Leonard Nimoy

Remembering Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015)

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“It’s only a television show”
– Maybe so, but it got me through the best of times and surely through the worst of times

“Vulcan honours us with your presence. We come to serve”
– Mr Spock had me at hello

“Never meet your heroes”
– Maybe true, but this particular hero I will regret not meeting for the rest of my life

“These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.”
– And I will keep watching until such time they put me out to pasture.

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Still Reigning: Queen Elizabeth II

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“I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust” Queen Elizabeth II

Still Reigning: Queen Elizabeth II

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Who would have thought
Of being in the same job
For some sixty five years
– Surely worth some cheers

You’re part of the folk
Even cracked a few jokes
You got street smarts
And certainly won our hearts

Pink, purple or blue
To name but a few
The colours like your spirit
Would inspire many lyrics

Wishes for
Many more
Years of reign
Hear our hail:

Long Live the Queen!

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R.I.P. Sir John Hurt

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R.I.P. Sir John Hurt

“As Beckett said,
it’s not enough to die,
one has to be forgotten as well”
John Hurt

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R.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore

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“Having a dream is what keeps you alive.
Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living”
Mary Tyler Moore

R.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore

You played the part
Of America’s sweetheart
But became so much more
Rest in peace,
Ms Mary Tyler Moore

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Homage to DeForest Kelley

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“I am a doctor, not a magician!” Leonard McCoy

Homage to DeForest Kelley (1920-1999)

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I am a doctor, not a doorstop
I can go on nonstop
I am a miracle worker
Maybe even a tearjerker
Concocting cures for all ailments
I have the treatments
No matter if my patients
Be alien or human
Even if the Yeoman
Came down with the flu
I have the cure and the clue
On what to do
So maybe I am a magician
The premium edition
And even that green blooded
Gosh, darn, crud it…Vulcan
Has to admit it
And I am loving every damned minute!

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Happy 86th Birthday James Earl Jones!

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“There’s nothing I would retire for, so I won’t retire”
James Earl Jones

Happy 86th Birthday James Earl Jones!

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A voice like thunder
Presence filled with wonder
From pre-med
On to the stage
Many a great characters
Taking us into adventures
But lucky were us nerds
When the voice of Darth Vader we heard
Other than that?
Well, of course, many happy returns!

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