<p align="right"><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">April
5, 2002</font>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">On
Sunday, March 17th, William Shatner and Leonard
Nimoy made an appearance at a local music store
called FYE in Century City, California and signed
copies of Mind
Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime.
For nearly two hours, they posed, they signed,
they smiled...for the press...for the fans...for
the store personnel...for the security guards...for
the staff.</font>
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 The
press turned out in exceptionally large numbers.
There were so many that they had to be escorted
into the store in small groups. </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Bill
and Leonard took the cameras and the flashes
all in </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">stride
and joked with each other between shots. They
seemed to be having a good time.</font>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">In
a moment of silliness, Leonard turned on Bill
and demonstrated his mind meld technique perfected
through the years (which upon reflection looks
more like the Vulcan death grip). Every photographer
that had the good fortune of being there for
those 10 seconds snapped away. As Leonard lowered
his hand, he turned to Bill and said, "That's
the one they'll probably end up using."
And he was right!</font>
<p align="left"> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FFFFFF">Enter
the fans, many fans, hundreds of fans. They
came in a steady stream, one by one filing past
Leonard and Bill with their copies of Mind
Meld and their prized memorabilia ranging
from photos to books to wall-sized posters to
Trek teddy bears. Bill and Leonard saw
a little bit of everything that day. Left, check
out Bill's new technique of juggling two different
colored markers simultaneously!</font>
<p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Halfway
through the signing, Lisabeth stopped by to
see her dad and Leonard and posed with them
briefly. </font>
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<p align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The
afternoon was a big success. Bill and Leonard
seemed to enjoy it as much as the fans. The
depth of their friendship was clearly visible
to everyone that had the opportunity to attend.</font>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">If
you still haven't seen Mind
Meld, you can purchase your copy online
here on WilliamShatner.com and while supplies
last get a free 8x10 behind-the-scenes photo
of Bill and Leonard. </font>
<p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF">Contributed
by Jane Singer and Sandy Moruzzi</font>
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<font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">O</font><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ur
first newsletter, The
Best of Times, is posted online. Each issue
features the latest news about Bill and his
activities, exclusive interviews, articles,
lots of candid photos, charity updates and much
more. The next one will be published in the
end of March.</font>
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Bill's appearance schedule within Bill's online
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