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Every year for the past five, I have gotten up on Halloween and put on my Captain Janeway uniform. On Halloween, I do not need to worry overmuch about jokes about jury duty.

This year, however, I went as a witch. This is partly because of the influence of Harry Potter (though I fear that I probably look more like Professor Umbridge than any of the other adult witches we've read about) and partly because I didn't feel like getting into a discussion this year of the fact that yeah, I'm a Trekkie and my mom is a Trekkie and my husband and I started dating in the midst of fighting over who should get to review Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home for our college newspaper.

My children, in turn, went out as some kind of fantasy ninja and a red-faced demon. They would have liked to have dressed up as Legolas and Boromir, complete with bow and arrow and sword and shield, but the school has a strict rule about no weapons in the Halloween parade, and what's the fun of being in Lord of the Rings if you don't get a cool weapon?

If I dressed as a Tolkien character, I'd have to be a hobbit, as I am far below the height requirement for elves. Also, the only thing Liv Tyler and I have in common is brown hair. But my husband did give me an Evenstar pendant as an anniversary present. Somehow I feel that this is even more geeky than dating because of Star Trek.

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How would you rate 'Fur and Loathing'? 9-10 44.2% - (123 Votes) 7-8 22.6% - (63 Votes) Wasn't able to see it 11.8% - (33 Votes) 5-6 8.6% - (24 Votes) 1-2 5.3% - (15 Votes) Didn't want to see it 4.6% - (13 Votes) 3-4 2.5% - (7 Votes) Total Votes: 278

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Today's Television Listings

• Tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS will show "Hurricane Anthony" on CSI Miami. Here's the official synopsis of the episode:

  The CSI team investigates when three people are found dead after a hurricane strikes Miami; Calleigh finds a woman shot to death in a house that was recently looted.

• Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS will show the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Jackpot". The synopsis of the episode states:

  Grissom visits a small Nevada town to investigate the death of a man whose severed head was found by a dog in some nearby woods; and Catherine receives an unexpected and unwelcome gift from her dad, which prompts her to visit him.

• Friday night at 11 p.m. Eastern Time, Spike TV will broadcast the CSI rerun "Boom". The episode summary is as follows:

  A bomb goes off in a office building killing one and injuring many more. The chief suspect is a security guard who left minutes before the explosion and has knowledge in bomb making. Nick helps his prostitute friend again. After giving in to his passion, she is found dead the next morning. Naturally, Nick is a suspect and to make it worse, Eckley has the case.

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