A Chinese Proverb

"Only he that has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep."

I am Chinese-American (although New England & Illinois by family and Irish by marriage), so I had to throw out a little bit of "culture" to start the week. I hope your week goes well--and may you not be as clumsy as I sometimes am! LOL

Mr. Spock Rules!

OK, so here's my daily fix of Star Trek. I just found out the legendary Mr. Leonard Nimoy (who played Mr. Spock in the original series for my non-Trekker readers) will be at the Official Convention in Vegas in August. I may not get to meet him in person, but at least I'll see and hear him during his on-stage appearance. All is right in the world of sci-fi fandom.

Biological vs. Adopted

There was an interesting discussion thread on the website: http://www.pittwatch.com/ (which is a site with Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie news) about their family. They have one "biological" child and three "adopted" children, and the topic focused on the media's preoccupation with what some cruelly call "real" kids vs. "not." Here's my 2 cents. Being an adopted child myself, I never felt like I was loved any less than my brother, G, who was a "biological" child. In fact, I always felt that my parents, R & C, got to "choose" me, so I felt special. To me, I have no sense of being "pure blood" because I think families are created by love. This might be a cliche, but it's true: anyone can have a child, but not everyone can be a parent. And G and I were lucky to have good parents. Once again, it just shows how ignorant the media can be. (By the way, whenever I reference someone, I'll be using a first initial instead of their name to protect their privacy.) Thanks for listening to my rant about this. I'll go get a sugar-free chocolate cookie now and calm down a bit. LOL

Awesome Star Trek News

Cool! I just found out that Brent Spiner (Commander Data on ST: TNG) will be at the official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas in August! He joins a terrific list of guests including Avery Brooks (Captain Benjamin Sisko), Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura), and Connor Trinneer (Commander "Trip" Tucker)--who is one of my favorites. It's going to be a memorable vacation indeed. My better half gets to play golf, and I get to be a sci-fi fan.

Movies to See

Our most recent movie recommendations. You may not laugh uncontrollably, but they will at least put a smile on your face and give you a giggle or two.

Over the Hedge
Music and Lyrics

Sorry, have to give a quick plug here. Thanks, Netflix! (and also to Uncle Ed & Aunt Kay for the terrific gift of a subscription last Christmas).

A New Beginning!

Hello all,

Well, I had to change my webpage location since I now have a new (monthly) car payment to feed! My poor old Ford Escort "died" a horrible transmission death, so now I have a shiny Chevy Cobalt to get me around instead. I'm thankful to the web since I'm really bad at writing longhand in a journal book and I type much faster. And sometimes, you just have to write your thoughts down, even if they'r rambling or don't make too much sense. More random stuff to be written later! But this is a good start. Thanks to my friend Liz, who told me about this site in the first place. It just might be a great avenue of therapy!