@Paul Baines: Hey, Paul, thanks for stopping by and commenting. Let me know when that history thing starts working out, because it doesn’t seem to be doing too well yet.

@lynne: Those things (along with the “new virus warning” emails) are just garbage. Not only do my friends think that they’re doing me a favor, they’re also including my email address in a massive list of people they’re sending it to. Has no one heard of BCC?

@Stacy: “I am the optimist to my hubby’s pessimism…He keeps me grounded, and I keep him believing in ‘magic’.” Therein lies the secret to a lasting marriage. Doubling up on either side would probably not work out too well.

@JeD Chan: Hey, JeD, thanks for thinking of me. I do appreciate it. Unfortunately, as I’ve had to say before, I really can’t accept the award. By my last count, I would have had to have done at least six posts with seven to ten linked nominations each. (That’s not meant as an indirect way of bragging, by the way.) I hope you can see where this might start losing me my regular readers. By the way, I do the typo stuff all the time. It’s just that I get to go back and fix it here.

@Jordan: Cool, I got a comment from a real magician. Welcome, Jordan. Thanks for stopping by. One of my favorite things about watching a magic show is the sense of possibility that you feel afterward. I wish that I could carry that for a longer period of time.

@ettarose: Personally, I find that the more I learn, the more amazing I realize everything is.

@Jen: To this day, I still feel thankful for the three years we had with our daughter who died of cancer. (She would be 15 now.) We knew exactly what was going on and had time to say and do the things we would have regretted not having done. I can’t even imagine losing a child unexpectedly. The real trick in living is not letting the pain fill so much of our vision that we can’t see the good things.

@kellyology: Absolutely agree with you. I’m glad you stopped by to comment. I’m really enjoying your blog as well. Someone needs to cover the other side of the coin.

@Aria’z Ink: You mean that isn’t real???

@Insanity Kim: Are you talking about the shows lying to you or the commercials between the shows?

@Dan Brantley: Improv is a whole different world of comedy than straight stand-up (he said with a straight face as if he’d ever done it before.) It’s a special talent in and of itself. The thing about accepting compliments is especially appropriate. We’re always our own worse critic.

@michellem: Thanks, michellem. I hope you’ll come back often.

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@stephanieebarr: Cool. I’m a huge SciFi fan. By the way, just for the record, I did know you were joking.

@dizzblnd: Amusement is where you find it–even if you’re the only one who can see the humor in it.

@Insanity Kim: I feel sad for anyone that thinks that they can learn science from any form of televised science fiction–not that I don’t love them–but in some ways they’re more fantasy oriented than Lord of the Rings. By the way, I think that there’s an episode of Nova that covers that.

@yanjiaren: I would hate to think that nothing matters. It seems to be a defeatist attitude. I don’t see how it can accomplish anything. I hope that I’m not offending your beliefs, but I tend to measure the worth of my life by what I accomplish. Now I’m getting WAY too philosophical here. Anyway, thanks for stopping by to comment.

@flit: Dang, I want to read them.

@nipsy: I don’t exactly spend every second being all happy. I need reminders now and then too.

@Justin: It sounds kind of like watching Star Trek. I do miss the Renaissance Faire. I haven’t been in ages. In High School I used to be part of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Lots of fun memories there.

I’d recommend you watch for the next episode of Ask the Rocket Scientist for that one

This week is Ask The Dragon.

Having read a bunch of Stephanie’s fiction, I can assure you that she is not at all a wet blanket

Her novels are awesome… and I’m sure you’ll find them at a bookstore near you at some point, dizzblnd ….I have no doubt at all.