I have a Spock ear.

In 2005, the Montreal Mirror described the hobby as the most joy to be had with the five-dollar bill since the illegal defacing of Laurier with Spock ears.

Today, she calls it her "little Spock ear," and her short summer haircut reveals that a crescent of it is still missing.

To a Star Trek lover, the "Trekkie" tag evokes the image of some idiot wearing Spock ears.

A "Trekker," on the other hand, is someone who sports Spock ears with paradoxical detachment while exploring cross-cultural dissonance with dispassionate reserve.

She said all that was left was for her to put on Spock ears and go to a Star Trek convention.

Like the fat guy with Spock ears who runs your local comic book store, he shifts perhaps too seamlessly from reality to science fiction movies.

Yes, it's been a while since Mr. Nimoy, 71, glued on the Spock ears, but he was Vulcanically handsome as he welcomed the first visitors to the 176-seat Thalia.

In his long association with Star Trek Phillips produced his 2000th Spock ear during production of The Motion Picture.

Where the hell did he get the Spock ears, anyway?