The Cult of Trekkies and Coffee

After graduation, I had to buy everything for my first apartment: bed, sheets, plates, desk, and bookcase. Most of my new possessions were from yard sales. At one sale I found a pair of Star Trek mugs emblazoned with the IDIC on one side and “Live Long and Prosper” on the other.

Feeling whimsical, I bought them—although I had no one to drink with. The mugs sat lonely on my shelf a long time.

One morning, I saw her: purple-haired, blue-eyed, and wearing a t-shirt adorned with the Enterprise. I said hi. I think those mugs will get used