OK, I was one of the biggest nerd-geeks ever in high school, and I've been a fan of all the "Star Trek" TV shows, including "Voyager" (mostly for Seven of Nine, admittedly) and even the mostly forgotten "Deep Space Nine." But this is kinda creepy:
THERE is nothing particularly unusual about the living room of the two-story town house that Scott Veazie shares with his wife in Washougal, Wash., except for one piece of furniture in a corner: a full-size replica of the captain's chair from the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise, as seen in the original “Star Trek” television series.
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Serious Trekkies have long fashioned copies of their favorite costumes and props, and, back in the '70s and '80s, a few even put together homemade knockoffs of the captain's chair, using reference materials like the “Starfleet Technical Manual” and “U.S.S. Enterprise Bridge Blueprints.”
But lately fans like Mr. Veazie have been building or buying more sophisticated versions of the command module from which James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner, ordered “Ahead, warp factor six.” Moreover, they are making them the centerpiece of their homes, thus conquering what is for them a final frontier of domestic décor.
My brother might like one, though. Think I might give him a buzz on my communicator cell phone and tell him to look at the photos accompanying the story. If I replaced my couch or easy chair with both something comfortable and guaranteed to push my nostalgia buttons, know what it would be? An old-fashioned barber chair, I think. Bet I could find a lot of them these days, real cheap.
