New Friend, new link

I'd like to refer you all to a recent visitor to this blog, Joel A., who runs mu''a'vo' mu' - A Klingon Word from the Word. He first caught my attention by correcting my pidgin Klingon from my post Warp Factor Zero a few days ago. He then made a very insightful comment regarding the story about the Multnomah County commission that was going to require there to be a Klingon interpreter available for mental services patients who only speak Klingon. I live in the Portland metro area, and never heard this about it, at Snopes.com. It makes me a little sad that the story's not true the way it's been bandied about, for as much as I complain about the whacked-outness of the People's Republic of Portland, I still love the city for its unrepentant funkiness. Having an interpreter who spoke Klingon (or even having the council require one, then backpedal their way out of it, as it had been reported) would've been pretty cool.

At any rate, Joel and I have exchanged an e-mail or too, and he seems like a cool guy. Check out his blog when you get a chance - his use of what is commonly called the KLV (Klingon Language Version) of the Bible is a fantastic (and extremely humbling) example of "being all things to all people." Qapla'*, Joel.



*tlhIngan (Klingon) for "success," a common sentiment of well-wishing.