Mark McDermott
@heymcdermott.bsky.social
Blogging about Chicago's beer scene at www.beeronaut.com. Scholarly writing on popular culture: Comics, Star Wars, MST3K, etc. Proud dad of a s/he🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🍻. http://www.markmcdermott.com
A year or so back, we discovered D'Capos Authentic Italian Cuisine, a pop-up restaurant in a gas station near us on Odgen Avenue. Turns out they couldn't get a license for sit-down service there, so they decamped to the Downers Grove Swim and Racquet Club, doing carry-out & catering.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A year or so back, we discovered D'Capos Authentic Italian Cuisine, a pop-up restaurant in a gas station near us on Odgen Avenue. Turns out they couldn't get a license for sit-down service there, so they decamped to the Downers Grove Swim and Racquet Club, doing carry-out & catering.
"Caldonian! Caldonian!
What make your big head so hard? 🎶
I love you, love you just the same 🎵
I'll always love you baby 'cause Caldonia is your name!"
#allstartrek
What make your big head so hard? 🎶
I love you, love you just the same 🎵
I'll always love you baby 'cause Caldonia is your name!"
#allstartrek
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Caldonian! Caldonian!
What make your big head so hard? 🎶
I love you, love you just the same 🎵
I'll always love you baby 'cause Caldonia is your name!"
#allstartrek
What make your big head so hard? 🎶
I love you, love you just the same 🎵
I'll always love you baby 'cause Caldonia is your name!"
#allstartrek
Is Harry "Ensign Eager," or "Eager, Young Space Cadet?" #allstartrek
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Is Harry "Ensign Eager," or "Eager, Young Space Cadet?" #allstartrek
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Finney gives off definite Ernest T. Bass vibes. #MeTVStarTrek
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Finney gives off definite Ernest T. Bass vibes. #MeTVStarTrek
Bet the dinosaur didn't expect that! #svengoolie
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Bet the dinosaur didn't expect that! #svengoolie
Some of the colors on those dinosaurs look like they came from a Mold-a-Rama at Brookfield Zoo. #svengoolie
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Some of the colors on those dinosaurs look like they came from a Mold-a-Rama at Brookfield Zoo. #svengoolie
A riff on the "Deux Ex Machina," where a plot got so tied up, the gods had to come down and straighten everything out. First done by Aeschylus in "Eumenides", but Euripides did it at least six times. #allstartrek
November 4, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A riff on the "Deux Ex Machina," where a plot got so tied up, the gods had to come down and straighten everything out. First done by Aeschylus in "Eumenides", but Euripides did it at least six times. #allstartrek
Riker's thrilled to get a ship, even if it's a bit of a fixer-upper. #allstartrek
November 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Riker's thrilled to get a ship, even if it's a bit of a fixer-upper. #allstartrek
Looked up Marley McClean, who played the KinderBorg Mezoti. Kind of like that she hasn't hidden her jug-handle ears; here it looks more like that's a natural attribute of her home planet's people. #allstartrek
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Looked up Marley McClean, who played the KinderBorg Mezoti. Kind of like that she hasn't hidden her jug-handle ears; here it looks more like that's a natural attribute of her home planet's people. #allstartrek
Jake saves his dad from a time paradox with his dying breath! It's officially a timey-wimey episode! Drink! #allstartrek
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Jake saves his dad from a time paradox with his dying breath! It's officially a timey-wimey episode! Drink! #allstartrek
Data in dictionary mode! Drink!
(And another reference to WWIII in the #allstartrek timeline).
(And another reference to WWIII in the #allstartrek timeline).
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Data in dictionary mode! Drink!
(And another reference to WWIII in the #allstartrek timeline).
(And another reference to WWIII in the #allstartrek timeline).
Worf just said the Klingon "F"word:
FOOL!
Drink!
#allstartrek
And I think this introduction of Worf to Martok is the Klingon version of a romcom "meet cute."
FOOL!
Drink!
#allstartrek
And I think this introduction of Worf to Martok is the Klingon version of a romcom "meet cute."
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Worf just said the Klingon "F"word:
FOOL!
Drink!
#allstartrek
And I think this introduction of Worf to Martok is the Klingon version of a romcom "meet cute."
FOOL!
Drink!
#allstartrek
And I think this introduction of Worf to Martok is the Klingon version of a romcom "meet cute."
Authorship of the #Sventune "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)" is uncertain. It had been recorded before it was copyrighted in 1925. First hit version was by Gene Austin. #TheFly #svengoolie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Any...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Any...
October 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Authorship of the #Sventune "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)" is uncertain. It had been recorded before it was copyrighted in 1925. First hit version was by Gene Austin. #TheFly #svengoolie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Any...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Has_Any...
We need more neon in movie scientist labs. #TheFly #svengoolie
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We need more neon in movie scientist labs. #TheFly #svengoolie
"If you understand my instructions, knock on the door three times. Twice on the pipe if the answer is no." #svengoolie #TheFly
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"If you understand my instructions, knock on the door three times. Twice on the pipe if the answer is no." #svengoolie #TheFly
What's worse than a transporter splitting you into good and evil twins? Getting Tuvixed! #TheFly #svengoolie
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What's worse than a transporter splitting you into good and evil twins? Getting Tuvixed! #TheFly #svengoolie
"Hey! We did not like that testing on animals!" #thefly #svengoolie
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Hey! We did not like that testing on animals!" #thefly #svengoolie
Andre anticipated Star Trek tech! Too bad he didn't wait to see what happens when you send a live animal through. #TheFly #svengoolie
October 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Andre anticipated Star Trek tech! Too bad he didn't wait to see what happens when you send a live animal through. #TheFly #svengoolie
That cartoon Tom had on was "Daffy Duck & the Dinosaur" from 1939. One of the handful of Warner Brothers cartoons that accidentally lapsed into public domain, so you saw it on a LOT of cheap VHS tapes with bad cover art. #allstartrek
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
That cartoon Tom had on was "Daffy Duck & the Dinosaur" from 1939. One of the handful of Warner Brothers cartoons that accidentally lapsed into public domain, so you saw it on a LOT of cheap VHS tapes with bad cover art. #allstartrek
Kirk-Fu! The whack on the back, the parkour off the wall! DRINK! #allstartrek
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Kirk-Fu! The whack on the back, the parkour off the wall! DRINK! #allstartrek
A Vulcan repeats a whole number, and corrects it to three decimal places. Drink! #allstartrek
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A Vulcan repeats a whole number, and corrects it to three decimal places. Drink! #allstartrek
We've been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford MA, where they give a lot of credit to ST4 for driving interest in whalws. A display with whale tracking equipment included a VHS copy. My Trekkie child was thrilled to see it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
We've been to the Whaling Museum in New Bedford MA, where they give a lot of credit to ST4 for driving interest in whalws. A display with whale tracking equipment included a VHS copy. My Trekkie child was thrilled to see it.