Weekend lights

Some high, some low: After leaving work on Friday I stopped to donate blood. Not because it’s 9/11, but because it has been a while (I’m some variant of Type O so the vampires always call me and beg). Riddle me this: why does it take so long? 90 minutes I was there. Not much […]

Another milestone

People are always talking about ‘developmental milestones’ with regards to kids. Crawling, sitting up, first steps. First words. First time to say “no”, first tantrum in a public place. Later there is things like first date, first drive, first driving date (heh, see my Meatloaf Entry below, lock up your daughters!), first credit card, first […]

I got an e-mail from Yavin 4…

Dear friend, I am Princess Leia Organa only survivor of the royal family of Alderan. I am moved to write you this letter, this was in confidence considering my present circumstance and situation. I was falsely imprisoned upon the Imperial Battlestation when my planet was hideously destroyed and ended by the very bad sith Lord […]