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Julia Houston's latest About.com column takes the form of a 'Star Trek Personality Test,' in which your personality type is matched with one or more Star Trek characters. My results are provided below for your general amusement:

Myers-Briggs would say that you are an ENFJ (Extrovert, Intuitive, Feeler, Judger). In Star Trek language, you share a basic personality configuration with Deanna Troi and Jake Sisko.

People like you are generally highly empathic and easily hurt, particularly when people are disrespectful of your opinions. Your best friends are curious about how you feel and what you think. You have a well-structured personal philosophy and enjoy sharing your views and learning from others'. You're creative and original, and when you have your facts straight you can come easily and quickly to a decision.

You're friendly and affectionate, articulate and and outgoing. You're very tactful, which is good, as you like to ask personal questions.

You're organized and responsive. As long as your social needs are met, you're productive. You dislike messy environments and generally like to keep things in order. You cannot stand unresolved issues in a relationship.

Your primary goal in life is harmonious relationships with others. Your reward is truly communicating your ideas and seeing your relationships last.

Good careers for your type include being a therapist, magazine editor, corporate trainer, fund raiser, TV producer, holistic health practitioner, marketing executive, and writer.

I had no idea I was so 'touchy-feely.' You can take the test here.

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

- Do you think 'Star Trek: Dominion Wars' is a cumbersome game to play?

- Did you like Quark's take on Picard's 'First Contact' speech?

- What do you think of the Captain's Table book series?

More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!

Trek Two Years Ago

These were some of the major news headlines on August 6th, 1999:

• Even More Seven In Six
  SFX Magazine reported that Voyager's sixth season would feature another healthy dose of Seven of Nine episodes. "It's like we're working on a movie, not a six year old TV series" an insider told the magazine. "It seems now that with just one trek show on the go, Paramount are ploughing a lot of effort - and money - into Voyager. [...] More certain is that we'll be seeing a re-borgified Seven of nine, and Jeri Ryan in a lot more leather. In fact, it seems the producers are going to moving Seven even more centre stage." The "re-borgified" Seven of Nine appeared in the episode 'Survival Instinct.'

• Fantasticon Convention Report
  The official site posted a report on the Fantasticon Convention, held in Los Angeles. "I always want it to be where the actors are accessible," stated organiser William Campbell. "The important thing for me is that the fans who come and the stars who appear have a good time, and also that they feel good about themselves having been here."

  More news can be found in the archives.

Happy Birthday!

Today is the 50th birthday of Catherine Hicks, who appeared in 'Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home' as Dr. Gillian Taylor.

Today's Television Listings

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing the Original Series episode 'The Galileo Seven' at 5:00 p.m

• In Canada, Space! will be showing the Original Series episode 'Mirror, Mirror' at 10:00 a.m Eastern Time. Voyager's 'Bride of Chaotica!' will be shown at 10:00 p.m.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'Clues' at 17:00 GMT, and Voyager's 'Endgame' at 20:00. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• In Germany, Sat.1 will be showing the Next Generation's 'Die Verfemten' at 16:00 ECT.

• In the Netherlands, Nederland 2 will be showing Voyager's 'Tsunkatse' at 17:10 ECT. RTL5 will be showing DS9's 'Once More unto The Breach' at 18:00. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

Tomorrow's Television Listings

• The Sci-Fi Channel will be showing The Original Series's 'The Squire Of Gothos' at 5:00pm Eastern Time.

• We are unable to bring you the listings for Canada due to a problem with the Space! web site. We apologise for any inconvenience.

• In the United Kingdom, Sky One will be showing TNG's 'First Contact' at 17:00 GMT, with a repeat at 01:25. Thanks go out to the Great Link for this!

• We are unable to bring you the listings for Germany due to a problem with the Sat.1 web site. We apologise for any inconvenience.

• In the Netherlands, Ned2 will be showing Voyager's 'Collective' at 17:00 ECT, and RTL5 will be showing DS9's 'The Siege Of AR-558' at 18:00. Thanks go out to StarTrek.nl for this!

• In Australia, TV1 will be showing The Original Series's 'The Man Trap' at 11:30pm. Thanks go out to the Australian Babylon 5 & Star Trek air schedule.

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