Funny story; at the local science fiction convention a couple of years ago we had three slave girl Leias show up, all very attractive, and since we have a slave auction it was decided that they would all be parcelled off together. The opening bid was fifty bucks and then a buddy of mine (who was in the other room and assumed it had already gotten pretty high), leaned in and shouted out a bid of 200 bucks, not thinking that would be nearly enough. But because of the huge jump and the nonchalant way he had bid the other bidders assumed that he was going to outbid everybody so they say on their hands so he got 3 slave girl Leias for 200 bucks. A bargain at twice the price.

Luckily he brought his camera. And got some... very nice shots.

"Dear Penthouse,

      I never thought that something like this would happen to me. I was at a rest stop on the interstate when a van full of Catholic schoolgirls pulled into the parking space next to me..............."

When its really your chicken you want choked!

Getting away from adolescent fantasies (or in Talley's case late 20's fantasies) and to Thanksgiving I will be having the usual two stops -- the first at a restaurant with the inlaws.  The second the more Rockwell like dinner at my parents house -- where traditionally and inevitebly -- my Dad will fall asleep in his chair watching "Christmas Vacation."  Sort of the unofficial kick off of the Christmas season in the Gibson Family.