BREAKING ODDBOB NEWS!

Editor's Note: And by BREAKING, in THIS case we mean braking. As in BRAKE and RUN AWAY!!!

Back atcha next week. (God willin and the crick don't rise).

Forty years ago today, "Star Trek" debuted on NBC, and the SF world hasn't been the same since. Whether you love it or hate it, nobody can deny Trek's impact on our society.

Here are some activities you might try today.

The Top 9 Ways to Celebrate Star Trek's 40th Birthday

9> Somebody get Gary Seven on the line, it's time to par-tay like it's 1969!

8> Decorate your mom's basement with Enterprise blueprints.

7> Resubmit your script for the 19th-century pre-prequel pilot about Chekov's aristocratic ancestors,"Tsar Trek."

Editor's Note: ow ow ow ow ow.....

6> Have Lieutenant Uhura, Yeoman Rand, Counselor Troi, Lieutenant Yar, Seven of Nine and Lieutenant-Commander Dax compete in a mud-wrestling championship. (Whoo hoo !!!!)

5> Put Mom on notice that if the party gets a bit crazy she might have to get food-fight fluffernutter sandwich residue out of your Starfleet uniform tomorrow.

4> Star Trek is 40? Then when the hell were the Eugenic Wars?

3> Have an Orion slave girl jump out of a warp core.

2> Throw caution to the wind and have a Jim Kirk/Janice Rand fantasy reenactment in the bedroom.

and the Number 1 Way to Celebrate Star Trek's 40th Birthday...

1> Proudly display the new restraining order from Jolene Blalock next to the ones from Jeri Ryan, Terry Farrell, Marina Sirtis and Nichelle Nichols.