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I had wanted to find something interesting to celebrate Mr. Nimoy's 78th birthday a few days ago, but came up with nothing. This morning, I stumbled across this from UGO. And how fitting, 78 things we love about Leonard on his 78th birthday :)

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The entire United Federation of Nerds celebrates the birthing date anniversary of one of its finest. Indeed, if we were to elect an Ambassador to the rest of society, who would it be other than Leonard Nimoy? We love Leonard Nimoy with every illogical fiber of our carbon-based being.

As he is turning 78 (March 26!) we thought we’d declare 78 instances of love for the man. (TrekMovie did something similar with Shatner last year, but a good idea bears repeating.)

And, yes, we are aware that we do an awful lot of confusing him for the character he plays – sue us.

With that, let us commence: 78 Things We Love About Leonard Nimoy!

78 –

Saying “Ah, yes, one of your EARTH emotions” in his first scene with Shatner in Where No Man Has Gone Before.

77 –

Allowing the quote “Pure Energy” from the episode Errand of Mercy to appear on the Information Society song “What’s On Your Mind?”

76 –

Reaching Adam and Dr. Sevrin by being “Not Herbert.”

75 –

Blinding himself (albeit temporarily) by exposing himself to ultraviolet light to destroy the Denevan neural parasites.

74 –

Telling Leila Kalomi that Mr. Spock does have another name, but she couldn’t pronounce it.

73 –

Mind-melding with Kirok.

72 –

Yelling THE WOMEN!! in The Cage.

71 -

Responding thusly to the concept of one Universe hosting two Lazaruses: “Annihilation, Jim. Total, complete, absolute annihilation.”

70 –

Jamming out on his Vulcan Lute as Uhura sings, “Oh, On The Starship Enterprise” and “Oh, Charlie’s Our New Darling.”

69 –

Bashing the computer telescreen in his quarters into mush whilst entering Pon Faar.

68 -

Bequeathing a whole boatload of money to the New York art cinema The Thalia, hence giving birth to the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, and keeping that sucker in business.

67 –

Maintaining a complete level of even-headedness and scientific fascination when existing solely as a disembodied brain powering an underground female colony. (Season Three, Episode One.)

66 –

For not only eating animal flesh but enjoying it in All Our Yesterdays.

65 -

Explaining that his last name is pronounced “niMOY” in the DVD bonus features of Star Trek III: The Search For Spock.

64 -

Pain! Pain! (translated from the Horta-ese)

63 –

Braving the death of his Sehlat I-Chaya during his Kahs-Wan. (TAS canon in effect, boyeeee!)

62 –

Calmly presenting himself for Court Martial in The Menagerie.

61 –

Short circuiting Landru….with Logic!

60 –

Acting as a Space Bob Costas during Arena.

59 -

Doing a series doe-si-doe with Martin Landau (Star Trek/Mission: Impossible/Space: 1999)

58 -

Setting up Shatner with the easiest, lamest joke in the world in The Final Frontier: “I do not think you realize the gravity of your situation.”

57 –

Writing I Am Not Spock.

56 –

Clearing that up years later by writing I Am Spock.

55 –

Resisting Kor’s Klingon Mindsifter on Organia.

54 –

Assuming the identity of Spocko on gangsteriffic Sigma Iota II.

53 –

Overseeing Saavik’s Kobayashi Maru.

52 –

Serving Mayor Quimby a solid diss when it was clear Quimby didn’t know who he was.

51 –

Abstaining from giving Kirk a backrub on the bridge, but exchanging glances after Kirk says, “Push. Push harder. Take it in there, Mr. Spo—“

50 –

Wearing a shower curtain whilst beaming down to Psi 2000.

49 –

Wearing a “#1 Vulcan” T-Shirt at the Las Vegas Convention in August 2007

48 –

And then Giving Zachary Quinto the “#1 Vulcan” at Creation’s Grand Slam XVI in March of 2008.

47 –

Telling Kirk, deep within the Genesis Cave on Regula, that he is doing things “by the book.”

46 –

Appearing opposite Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir’s husband in A Woman Called Golda.

45 –

Mind-melding with V’Ger.

44 –

Getting blasted in the face by Happy Spores in This Side of Paradise

43 –

Wearing a goatee in the Mirror Universe and inspiring Flexo, nice Cartman and a prog rock supergroup.

42 –

Figuring out that the floaty swirl of gas that framed Scotty for murder is really Jack the Ripper. Or something.

41 –

Telling McCoy to shut up and let Vaal rule on Gamma Trianguli VI.

40 –

Appearing thusly to one in “interspace.” (See below)

39 –

Clearly displaying emotion upon discovering Dr. McCoy’s ruse in Amok Time.

38 –

Getting rave reviews on Broadway for Equus.

37 –

Photographing sexy religious women in “The Shekhina Prokect”

36 –

Being one of the first guests on “Shatner’s Raw Nerve.”

35 –

Wearing his Tholian Web space suit.

34 -

Being so frickin’ scary in Invasion of the Body Snatchers

33 –

Telling Kirk that “only Nixon could go to China.”

32 –

Doing “Spock vs. Q” and “Spock vs. Q: The Sequel” with John DeLanice.

31 –

Breaking with canon and telling Droxine about Pon Faar in The Cloud Minders. Because when a woman is as hot as Droxine you break canon, dammit!

30 –

Overcoming alcoholism.

29 –

Mind-melding with Gracie, the whale.

28 –

Singing “Where Is Love?”

27 –

Singing “Proud Mary”

26 –

Learning to swear in 20th Century San Francisco.

25 –

Appearing as the Chauffeur in the Bangles video for “Going Down to Liverpool.”

24 –

Being in Futurama TWICE!

23 –

Doing a transitive property mind-meld with Sarek via Picard.

22 –

“I burn, T’pau. My eyes are flame. My heart is flame.”

21 –

Appearing with Shatner in a Priceline ad.

20 –

Voicing Galvatron.

19 –

Turning Jadzia Dax on in Trials and Tribble-ations.

18 –

Letting his voice get all echo-y and loud when his body is borrowed by Henoch.

17 –

Faking a “Vulcan Death Grip” in The Enterprise Incident.

16 –

Recording Alien Voices’ audio book of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, which made a car ride from NYC to Providence quite awesome for me once.

15 –

Staying underground on Romulus in Unification II

14 –

Bilbo Baggins.

13 –

Allowing BBW lovers a chance to feel arty with his “Full Body Project.”

12 –

Recognizing that while achieving Kohlinar may the greatest achievement for most Vulcans, but it may not be right for him.