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I'm De-Cluttering Not Re Cluttering

11/15/2020

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About My Avery Brooks Collector's Plate
 I’m a big Star Trek Fan and Captain Benjamin Sisko from Star Trek Deep Space Nine is one of my favorite characters. I love that his name sounds like a drink you could order at the bar: “I’d like a Captain Sisko on the rocks, please.”
 
And just so we’re clear: If Avery Brooks – the actor who played Sisko – ever called and invited me out for say a raktajino (Klingon coffee), I’d say: “Aye Aye, Captain. See you at Quarks. [STAGE WHISPER] Wear the uniform.”

And so I was dismayed when my Captain Sisko Star Trek Commemorative Collector’s plate got broken. I’ve had it for years but I don’t think I ever had any intention of selling it. I just wanted it and enjoyed having it. But now, as a collector’s piece, it’s worthless. 
 
When I posted a picture of my broken plate I was touched by how many people, knowing my love of Star Trek in general and Captain Sisko in particular, expressed their sincerest apologies, regrets, and condolences.  
 
Some people suggested I just buy another plate and even sent me links to do that. But while The Federation doesn’t use money, Amazon does. $75? I think not. 
 
And that’s also antithetical to what I’m trying to accomplish here with what I’ve come to call The Let Go. That means I’m de-cluttering, not re-cluttering.
 
Some people suggested that I glue the plate back together and keep it for its sentimental value. First of all, I don’t have a good history with glue. It’s not my medium. I’ve also decided that I’m not in the junk repair business. Because I’ve got a garage and attic full of things that My Dad was going to repair. He just needed a part, or some tape or some time.
 
So. No. 
 
Some people sacrilegiously suggested that I repair the plate and use it as an actual plate. Let me tell you something: I’m not eating off of Captain Sisko’s face! This isn’t Aliens! This isn’t To Server Man! Be serious. 
 
But on the real: When your house, your home, your space is full of things, keeping broken things for sentimental reasons is not always a good thing. Ergo: The Let Go. There’s a place for everything and everything has a place. Sometimes that place is in the garbage. 
 
I have to draw the line somewhere. And in the words of Captain Jean Luc Picard: The line must be drawn here, this far, no further. 
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    Leighann Lord is a veteran stand-up comedian, author, and podcaster. 

    She has written several humor books including: Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget and Real Women Do It Standing Up: Stories From the Career of a Very Funny Lady, which has been called “Witty and unexpectedly vulnerable.” Both titles and more are available on Amazon.

    Leighann was the creator of the weekly humor column, The Urban Erma, which was the longest running column in Stage Time Magazine. She has contributed to The Huffington Post and wrote for the pilot of The Chris Rock Show. She is the creator and host of the People with Parents podcast, where she shares personal stories about the role reversal between adult children and their aging parents.
     
    Leighann earned her BA degree in Journalism and Creative Writing from Baruch College, City University of New York, her honorary PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southhampton University, and is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America, East. In 2019 she received the Humanist Arts Award from the American Humanist Association. 
     
    Leighann is also a firm supporter of the Oxford Comma.

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