As we get closer to this year’s Vegas Khhaaan! we’re also getting closer to that fantabulous tour by Geek Nation Tours that takes you from Hollywood to Vegas, making stops along the way at a ton of Star Trek sites, all the while getting the inside scoop from , Larry Nemecek  the insider of insiders. You get all that fun, plus you get to meet the man behind the Gorn mask, Bobby Clark.

As you know, The Shat is a man of many talents. He's an actor, a director, an author, talk show host, avid turkey fryer, and now he's going to guest host the long running BBC comedy panel show Have I Got News For You! This will give him a good chance to practice his English..... cue the rimshot!

Our good friends at the Geek Fights podcast have something very special to celebrate by hitting their 100th episode. They don't simply take it in stride, no! Mike, Damon, & the full cast of geek fighters lay out a battle royale of the "best of geek fights". What does this entail, you ask? Oh, I don't know, maybe awesome fights pitting Empire Strikes Back against a Bat'leth or Tyler Durden vs Kermit The Frog, just to name a couple. There's plenty to go around in this epic 3.5 hour+ podcast. So, basically it's every winner from every Geek Fights episode sprawling out for your listening pleasure. This is one you won't want to miss. Oh, and we're in there somewhere too. Check out the full info and links below.

As we reported earlier, Trek Nation made its international debut today at SCI-FI-LONDON. On top of that, we just received word that Trek Nation will be heading for its North American theatrical debut at this year's San Diego ComicCon. If that wasn't enough, the showing is completely free, doesn't require a ComicCon pass, and will be immediately followed by a Q&A session with Rod Roddenberry. Can I say it for all of us?... That's pretty freakin' cool! The event will be held at the historic Birch North Park Theatre on  July 12th followed by the aforementioned Q&A session, plus a special meet-and-great at West Coast Tavern. As always Roddenberry Entertainment wants Trek fans to show their love and come dressed in full regalia. So all you Borg, Vulcans, and even Pakleds get suited-up for this special event.

If we know one thing about LeVar Burton, it's that he's passionate about child literacy. This June, you can catch LeVar at the Bronx Zoo as a part of its Animal Tales Extravaganza Weekends. He'll be on-hand for a special story time / meet-and-greet June 16th & 17th at 1:00 p.m on the Asia Plaza Stage . LeVar will be there to share some of his favorite stories and host a demonstration of the new Reading Rainbow iPad book discovery and reading app.

We're not for posting every rumor about the upcoming J.J. Abrams Star Trek sequel, but we found this pretty darn interesting. According to MercuryNews.com (San Jose Mercury News), J.J. & Co. are filming scenes for Star Trek 2 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (in Livermore, California) this week.

Famed television and film composer Joel Goldsmith died of cancer at his home on Sunday (April 28th), he was 54. Know for his Emmy nominated work on Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, andSGU, Joel also worked closely with his father (Jerry Goldsmith) on several projects, including the soundtrack for Star Trek: First Contact. One of our favorite Star Trek scores.

I fondly remember watching the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager back in January of 1995 with high expectations. I would dare say that my expectations were too high. I remember thinking; there's no way that this will be as good as TNG or DS9. After watching "Caretaker", I was left with one thought. Holy crap, Captain Janeway is awesome! Fast forward 16 years later and I got to experience Kate Mulgrew's appearance on stage at Vegas Khhaaann! 2011. I left the panel thinking; Holy crap, Kate Mulgrew is awesome! With that said, we'd like to wish a very Happy Birthday to the awesome Kate Mulgrew who, in turn, made Captain Janeway so awesome.

As a child of 70's & 80's, I've had an amazing fascination with the space program. From drawing pictures of Space Shuttles in my kindergarten class to visiting Space Camp shortly after the Challenger accident, it's played a significant role in my formative years. I guess that's really where my love affair with Star Trek began. I have to say that today is rather bittersweet. The internet has been buzzing with talk about the end of the Space Program, as we know it, for some time. Though, today it finally hit home for me. I watched the first shuttle, Enterprise, arrive at its new home. Greeted so graciously by one of my heroes, Mr. Leonard Nimoy. Sure, the Enterprise has been a museum piece for sometime, but its transfer to a new resting spot means that the active shuttle fleet is no longer in service. It's sad really. With a touch of bitter there's also the sweet. Leonard gave an awe inspiring speech that's sure to go down in history, at least in my mind, as one of the greats.