“Beam me up, Scotty.”

I ate dinner with James Doohan back in September, 1996. I never will forget how funny he was. I sat across the table from him at the 30th anniversary Star Trek convention in Huntsville, AL. I was amazed at some of the stories he told while we ate. They were mostly about the pranks they used to pull on each other on the set back in the '60s. I was even more amazed when he brought young lady after young lady to sit on his lap at the table.

Today, we morn the loss of another original cast member. Doohan, 85, passed away from pneumonia and Alzheimer's this morning.

Beam him up.