Oh yeah:

Shop cat is making it difficult to do work. He flops on the desk and demands, DEMANDS to be pet. The nerve! Who am I to say no. Especially when he purrs so readily.

The cat is saying to you, "It's like a tide; give in to it, boy. It's society's crime, not ours!"

Wow, this is a plate of shrimp.

I was one of several recipients of an e-mail on Friday that had "network" in the subject line, except the sender left out the "w". There was an immediate Reply All, saying "What's a netork?" Then two Reply Alls to that - "A dork with a net" and "An orc with a net". The last one was mine.

The Reply All to mine was some dude saying "Did you know 'orc' was a real word, and it meant fearsome enemy? This is because Tolkein was a professor of Anglo-Saxon."

So I geek-slammed him in email.

if Jaba was marooned on present-day Earth, what job would he take?

Vice President? Talk radio personality? My (ex)boss?

Or maybe he's already here, and using the name Karl Rove.

ETA: great-minding with -t

Lucas is a hack.

I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines. After that, not so much.

I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines.

Yeah, well...I have very strong opinions about storytelling and Lucas' legacy to scifi/fantasy *and* film.

I love Irvin Kershner, who directed "Empire Strikes Back" - and I lay all of its success at his feet - and Leigh Brackett who took Lucas' wackadoodle notions and turned them into a script.

I think "Star Wars" (bah - "episode 4 - A New Hope" was NOT in the credits when I saw it 4 times in 1977) is remembered and loved so much because it was NEW. Now, in contrast to "Empire..." and some other well-done space opera films (and TV shows), it's a little thin.

But does have some very good lines. :)

bah - "episode 4 - A New Hope" was NOT in the credits when I saw it 4 times in 1977

Hah! I've had long arguments with SW fans about this issue - no one seems to remember this.

And I saw it four times in 1977 as well. Plus once in 1978, at a theater where I'd seen it in 1977 (it played for more than a year there).

I've had long arguments with SW fans about this issue - no one seems to remember this.

Seriously? I despair.

I love Irvin Kershner, who directed "Empire Strikes Back" - and I lay all of its success at his feet - and Leigh Brackett who took Lucas' wackadoodle notions and turned them into a script.

SH, I was just about to say, Everyone BACK OFF Leigh Brackett. Love her work to itty bitty bits. Can I high-five you or is there some more ceremonial (or possibly more space-operatically pulpy) gesture you'd prefer?

I remember the first star wars. When the airlock blew and Darth Vader came through, I screamed and hid under my seat in the theatre. I didn't come out until about halfway through the movie.

I remember the first two Star Wars movies (by release date, not episode number) having some good lines.

That's because your brain has blocked out the first 45 minutes of New Hope where nothing happens.

(no one likes my geek cred)