The Squirrel of Gothos

I had a great weekend, which included a fun swim at the pond, a decent bike ride, and a day of volunteer triathlete wrangling at the Foothills Feat. I'm tired, and don't have much time to write, so I won't share all those details right now. I'll just give the answers to our quiz, and then try to expand on the larger aspects of life in the big city in my next post. As always, I appreciate your patience.

Spiderman	Star Trek
Dr. Curt Connors Norman Osborne Quentin Beck Flint Marko Peter Parker	Tholian Gorn Trelane Horta Marta

The fellow pictured at the top of the post is the ebullient actor William Campbell, shown in both of his Star Trek TOS roles. On the left, he's a Klingon, and on the right, he is the polite (but annoying) prankster Trelane.

The Spiderman character that Trelane most closely resembles is Quentin Beck, AKA "Mysterio." They both perform what appear to be supernatural (magical) stunts, but are revealed to be using advanced technology to accomplish the illusions.



Dr. Curt Connors is one of Peter Parker's teachers. He had lost an arm, and started doing research into reptilian regeneration...and as you would expect, accidentally turned himself into a bad-tempered lizard. Therefore, he is obviously Spidey's incarnation of the Gorn.

Marta (played by the delightful Yvonne Craig...who was also Commissioner Gordon's daughter, who got her kicks by riding a motorcycle and fighting crime as Batgirl.) On Star Trek, Ms. Craig was green, and is therefore our puzzle's match for Norman Osborne, AKA the Green Goblin. While I'll admit that you could make the case that The Lizard is also green, you'd also have to consider that Osborne and Marta also share the personality trait of being functional psychotics.

I do have some questions about the way Roddenberry handled Marta's species, though. While the series is overwhelmingly on the side of tolerance and diversity, I do find it strange that Marta and her relatives are known as "Green Orion Slave Girls." I was never sure if all Orion women (regardless of hue) were slaves, and the Greens were just the most alluring of the group...or if the Federation was making the point that skin color was precisely what determined one's destiny to be considered property. Hmmm.



Flint Marko is the fellow who mutated into the Sandman. Being made of sand, he is obviously a silicon-based life form...as was the Horta.

So that leaves only Peter Parker to be paired up with the Tholians. This one should have been the most obvious, since they are both notorious web-slingers.



So that's it for that little quiz. Sorry it was so simple; I'll try to make the next one more challenging. In the meantime, though, I'm really going to make an effort to avoid any Star Trek references for a day or two. It's time to start talking seriously about my triathlon training.

Thanks for playing, and thanks for dropping by today. All of a sudden, it's June, and the solstice is mere weeks away. It's time to get outdoors, enjoy the sunshine, and have a great day!