Neil Gaiman linked to this: (Uncomfortable plot summaries) [link]

They include:

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Teenage serial killer destroys town in fit of semi-religious fervor

FIREFLY: In an analogue of the post-Civil War west, a white man on the losing side bosses around a black woman.

SERENITY: Men fight for possession of scantily clad mentally ill teenage girl.

LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property.

RAMBO III: The United States provides arms, equipment and training to the terrorists behind 9/11.

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE: Religious extremist terrorists destroy government installation, killing thousands.

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI: Handicapped mass murderer kills septugenarian, is lauded.

They also died young and wrinkled.

Like raisins?

After years of working in the Loop and taking the Red Line home, I finally have printed out the Cubs schedule and highlighted all the evening home games so that I can plan ahead. I almost had to choke a bitch on Tuesday.

I hate hackers. And Tino.

I made steamed mussels in butter, garlic and white wine for dinner with grilled corn on the cob basted with butter & brown sugar. YUM!

Now I have to roll myself into yoga class.

Somewhere, Tino is feeling horrible, and he's going to rag on his girlfriend for no good reason.

Owen and I both have Edward Cullen complexions and burn in minutes. DH and Liv have a bit of olive tone and can stay out a bit longer.

Just had an incredibly frustrating half hour wherein mac and babysitter were not where I always meet them, mac's afterschool says he had not been picked up yet and the babysitter was unreachable and her family did not know for sure if she had gone to get mac, only that she had gone somewhere.

Turns out he HAD been picked up and they were on the train en route, just running a bit late.

Because I had gone above ground to make phone calls and await phone calls, it was way later than normal when I went back down to check again. By that time mac was getting worried because he had expected me to be there waiting.

Gah - worried noodles all around.

Oh and I called back the afterschool to let them know their computer system of seeing if kids are there or not is unreliable and when a parent calls they should also have someone check with the room teacher. The desk attendent failed to understand my frustration, so I guess I'll be calling the Director tomorrow.

Yeah, misplacing kids is something they should not be doing.

One of my friends took her kids down to launch and met Megan McArthur's mother. Said she was a very proud mommy.