I Still Have A Lot Of Candy Left Over

I hope you all had a happy Easter weekend. It was a little strange for me this year, as Mom pointed out that this was the first Easter in 24 years for which I wouldn't be home. Now, this kind of thing is going to happen more and more, I realize, as jobs and other responsibilities continue to multiply, but I'm still close enough to the home nest that it still bothers me now and then that the Fort is so far away.

But, three cheers go out to Gina and her family for inviting me into their Easter fold this weekend! Thanks, everybody, for giving me someplace nice and welcoming to go and to share in the happiness of the occasion with you all. It's part of the reason why I'm a darn lucky guy to have Gina put up with me, I guess. i really appreciated it.

Also, a side note on 24. First, I'm highly disappointed that Dave Barry wasn't able to comment on tonight's show as he has been in recent weeks, but that can't be helped. Second: If the writers kill off any more characters, I will be upset. I won't be sad or go over the top, because it's still just a TV show, but if they kill off more people senselessly, I'm going to have to assume that the writers have just run out of ideas, and the only way they can continue to raise suspense or advance the plot is through more deaths of characters that we've bought into over the last couple of years. So Heller, Pierce, Wayne, Martha, Buchanan--all of them plus whoever I'm forgetting--had better be alive by the end of the season, or else. Or else, I tell you!