The Enigma sends a piece of the puzzle

Anyone who has ever seen the X-Files episode "Humbug" remembers the Conundrum. He ate a freakin' fish straight out of the river. Seems that the actual person, named The Enigma, was not wearing make-up. He has a jigsaw puzzle tattooed on his body, and colors it in as the days gone by.

The Enigma was awesome! I wrote to him at his website http://www.theenigmalive.com/ and he sent a temporary address, Sent it off on Dec 28, and got it back January 8. Such a fast turn around. Thanks, Enigma!

Ocett can you see... this new autograph I got.

Tara King herself, Ms Linda Thorson, played Gul Ocett in the Star Trek: The Next Generaion episode "The Chase." She signed all three copies I sent, and got them back within 10 days.Another awesome signature!

The report of my autograph is no exaggeration...

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A Letter from Tom Paris' Daddy

So, all this talk about autographs has really fired up my interest in collecting again. I dug out my old supplies, put some stuff together, and started mailing out again. And MAN, I'm on fire. I've mailed out over 30 items since Dec 29, 2010. Warren Munson and Jerry Hardin tied for the quickest return, just 7 days.


Warren Munson is probably remembered as Admiral Robertson in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan , but I sent him some cards from his performance as Admiral Paris in the Star Trek: Voyager episode Persistence of Vision . Yes, I know Richard Herd replaced him in later episodes, but he was the first. And he was super nice. He signed all three cards I sent him, and wrote me a little note. Doesn't get better than that!

Pulled from the packs - Episode 03

Another card from the SkyBox 1998 set of "Star Trek: Insurrection" Widescreen set, this time card A-9. It's signed by Mark Deakins, who played Tournel. Nice signature, good solid card.

Son of Spock

Back in 1995, my buddy Chuck and I went to the retailer's show before Grand Slam III in Pasadena, CA. It's there that we bumped into Adam Nimoy, son of Mr Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. I think Chuck actually recognized him. We stoppped and talked for a few minutes. I remember him being pretty cool. Didn't flinch when I asked for an autograph, but all we had on us was a blank envelope, resulting in the following:

And here's a shot of the man himself, following in Dad's footprints.

Julie ain't a Strain on the eyes.... (insert groan)

Ok, this one is a little fuzzy, but I think it was DragonCon 2005. Lloyd Kaufman gave me a copy of Julie Strain's Tales From The Crapper, signed by Julie herself. He was awesome!

Ahhh, Grasshopper. We hardly knew ya.

I've also purchased quite a few autographs along the way. The Dallas Sci-Fi Conventions offers some great deals on authentic autographs, if you catch 'em just right. David Carradine appeared in April 2003 , but I missed it. Heard he was very nice, and extremely gracious. I think this was right before "Kill Bill, Vol 1" came out. Anyway, fast forward a couple of years to one of their Fan Days, and the official booth was having a fire sale. I got this autograph, and a few more, for $5 a piece! Very glad to add it to my collection. I was very saddened to learn of his passing, June 3, 2009. He will be sadly missed.

Vorik, ahh Taurik. Sorry, I get confused.

So, this one took me quite a while. Alexander Enberg was quite elusive. I finally got what I thought was a good address. So I put my packet together and mailed it of May of 1997, then waited for the return. And waited, and waited. March 22, 1999, my patience was finally rewarded! Beautiful card, with a great address. Sometimes it pays to be patient...though it may be a little tough.

Interesting side note, according to Memory Alpha's web-site "Vorik was played by Alexander Enberg, who had previously played the similarly-named Vulcan Ensign Taurik in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lower Decks". Producer Jeri Taylor (who happens to be Enberg's mother) once suggested that Taurik and Vorik were twin brothers."