The Jedi Council

We woke up fairly early today and went to the church I grew up in, in Webster, NY.  It was a good service and we were accompanied by a piano which was a really nice change of pace.  We came home and Heather and I took a brief nap as we were still exhausted from chasing three kids around the amusement park yesterday.  My brother and sister-in-law and niece showed up to the house and we had a great time talking and just having some fun.  We talked about everything from the war in the Mid-East to what “Mythbusters” shows we have watched.  It was good to reflect and we celebrated by dad’s birthday as well.  I felt bad that we had to book so soon.  It made me feel like a heal, but we had to get back to Binghamton for work tommorrow.  We decided to stop in Syracuse on our way back and see if I could make it into the “Games Workshop” store before it closed, but evidently the mall closes at 6 p.m. on a Sunday!  All well, so we decided to try “Altered States” which has now under new management and is called “How You Play The Game”.  When I got there, they had NO Lord of the Rings line from Games Workshop.  When I talked to the guys there, they told me they won’t carry the line anymore.  Bummer!  And I liked that little shop.  So, we left Syracuse with a little bit of an empty heart.  We stopped at Wendy’s and tried some new Vanilla Frosty’s and headed home.  We got into Binghamton around eight p.m. and went to get some work and check on my work schedule and came home.  We went downstairs and watched our usual T.V. shows.

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 53 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 53:  Shappa noted that the sky-mines were now starting to clear over the Magister’s mountain.  Obi-Wan asked if Anakin was still on the mountain.  Shappa reported that his ship was empty, but felt a disturbance from the pilot.  They both agreed that it was time for a rescue operation.  Shappa said he would do the best he could, but that his ship was not made for defensive maneuvers.  Obi-Wan worried about bringing back Anakin as damaged goods which may be worse than him dying, to the Jedi’s.  Shappa said that the mines are concentrating on the YT-1150, but Obi-Wan said Kwinn was one fo the best pilots in the galaxy.

Well, we had quite a day today.  It started off great.  We got on our way to Darien Lake early today and packed with everything we knew we would need.  We had everything mapped out and hoped that everything would go according to plan and it really did go pretty smooth.  We went out 17 to 390 North and then got off at the Mt. Morris/Geneseo exit.  We stopped at the McDonald’s in Mt. Morris.  We found out just how “processed” McDonald’s food is compared to Wendy’s food, but enjoyed the meal the best we could.  We then got on the road and continued on to the park.  We got there and it was a beautiful day!  It was perfect.  Not too hot and not too cold.  We rode a whole bunch of rides like the bumper cars and the pirate ship.  The most exciting part of the day for Austin and Ruth was their very first “big person” roller coaster.  They both rode “The Viper” with me.  They were so excited that they wanted to go right back on the ride again.  I was so proud of both of them and neither of them seemed very scared at all.  They were really great kids all day long.  In the afternoon we decided to head to the water park.  What a disaster that turned out to be.  Everyone decided to go to the waterpark in the afternoon.  “Hook’s Lagoon” was so underridden with kids that we had a really hard time keeping track of our three children.  So, we decided to head over to the wave pool and then to the other water rides in the park.  Well, no matter what we did from this point on, we waited in lines.  We waited forty-five minutes to go on “Grizzly Run” and then waited another forty-five minutes plus to go on the “Log Flume” (although I think it’s called “Thunder Rapids” now.  Anyway, just a lot of lines for everything, but it was still a fun day.  I think the smartest thing we did all day was not to eat any food in the park.  It’s just too expensive to do that in the park.  We didn’t even get anything to drink there.  Instead, we visited the water fountains several times throughout the day.  If we hadn’t handled it that way, we would never have been able to afford to go at all.  The only bad part happened at the end of the day.  Just as we were trying to leave the park, we got slammed with a pretty bad thunder storm.  People went running for shelter and acting like they were going to die.  Not my family!  We took our towels, put them over our head and headed for the car.  We got soaked in the process!  But, we’ve been in a flood, so we weren’t going to let a little rain stop us.  So, we got in the car, got it started and headed out, but because of the rain, so was everyone else and they were all heading for the NYS Thruway like we had planned to do.  So, I had us go south and we end-arounded our way to Attica and then got onto Route 20 and ate at the original “Tom Wahl’s” in Avon.  It was cool because I haven’t done that in a long long time.  We then got to my parents’ house by 10 p.m. and pretty much crashed.

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 52 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 52:  Tarkin was amazed at the number of ships the Sekotans had on the planet as he watched the battle aboard the “Rim Merchant Einam”.  Tarkin could only watch as many ships woud pull up alongside his starfighters, catch them in a tractor beam, and slam them into the ground.  Tarkin was happy that the starfighters weren’t getting them, but the sky-mines were.  They watched closely as giant movement in the jungle occurred.  Seinar thought they looked like trap doors but said nothing of this.  Then Tarkin found the Sekotan ship he was looking  for and it appeared abandoned.  Seinar asked if he planned on destroying it.  Tarkin said no and directed all of the sky-mines to chase Kwinn’s YT-1150 instead.  Tarkin said they were to take the Sekotan ship back to Coruscant.

Well, today was a completely busy day at work.  We would like to say we got slammed, but I think today was somewhere beyond slammed!  That was the bad news, the good news is that I figured out a way to serve those triples and doubles with the cheese inbetween.  Instead of bringing two burgers over on one spatula, I decided to use two spatulas.  Hey, why not?  I got three on the grill!  It worked great and made my hectic day just a little easier.  I know it’s not a lot to celebrate, but it’s the small wonders in life that keep my day going.  When I got done with work, I met Heather at home and we all went over and ate at Wendy’s for dinner.  I decided to try their new Mountain Cheeseburger.  It was actually pretty good.  Once we were done, the kids and I came home and worked on laundry all night long.  I’m hoping to break out “Star Wars:Battlefront II” for the first time tonight and get a chance to play around on the game.  Josh is supposed to join us tonight, pretty late and I figured he and I would probably talk for a little bit and then head to bed because he has a long, hot day ahead of him tommorrow, too.

Tommorrow we head to Six-Flags Darien Lake.  We’ll be there all day and then head over to my parents’ place in Rochester. We’ll go to church with them on Sunday and then come home Sunday night.  So, I will be incommunicado for he next two days, so don’t expect entries until we get back.  Then on Monday night is the release of TJCS #6 and I hope to get caught up on Blog entries but may not get caught up until later in the week.

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 51 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 51:  Jabitha led Anakin and Ke Daiv to where she believed the palace should be.  Anakin sized-up  the situation but determined he could not stop the Blood Carver from killing Jabitha if he so desired.  As Jabitha wondered about her father and the palace workers, Ke Daiv reminded them they were here for fuel, nothing more.  Jabitha was short from air because of the altitude as Anakin spotted a corner of he building.  As they walked toward the building Anakin looked back at his ship and realized they hadn’t even named her yet.  Jabitha then realized that she had been lied to about the palace, then turned to Anakin and said he had seen it.  Daiv got them back on track about fuel and reminded them about the sky-mines that were surely to find their ship or them.  Anakin said to Ke Daiv that they were willing to sacrifice him and wanted to know why.  Daiv explained that he accidentally killed his benefactor’s son with a stray bullett.  They reached the doorway and were about to enter when a sky-mine and a singular droid starfighter in the distance were spotted by Anakin.  As Anakin and Daiv continued to talk, Anakin’s anger began to build-up inside him.  Anakin yelled at the voices to stop and Daiv was offended and called Anakin “slave boy” again.  Anakin continued to fight this inner power as it welled up inside him.  Jabitha turned to see Anakin crouched down and the Blood Carver ready to swing his lance.  Then Anakin raised his hands up and said he could not hold back any more.

I got to work at my expected time today and my boss told me about a new process that Wendy’s is using now.  Wendy’s used to put the meat on the bun and put the cheese on top of the meat on a double and if it was a triple, they decided to put the meat on top and the bottom of the bun.  It was a pretty simple process and made the job for the grill guy pretty easy.  Bring over two or three burgers, depending on what was called for.  Well, this is no longer the case.  Wendy’s Corporate has decided that they don’t like that anymore, they want us all to start putting the cheese between the patties.  As simple as this sounds, it’s not an easy task.  Now, when I have a double, I’m supposed to bring the two burgers over, slide the top one off, let the sandwich maker put the cheese on the meat and put the second pattie on top.  Great concept, but obviously some manager somewhere wrote this down but never tried it!  I dropped over twelve patties today to try and make this concept work!  Mind you, before this point I have NEVER dropped a burger.  The hardest part is that I can’t touch anything with my hands because I touch raw meat with my hands and I can’t contaminate the meat.  Well, I tried all sorts of different techniques today and nothing worked!  It was totally frustrating!!  It was a slow day, luckily, so the dropping of the meat really wasn’t a big deal.

It was a very hot and humid day around here so I was exhausted and tired when I came home but got dinner together by myself because Heather had to get to work at four.  I made the kids tacos, refried beans, spanish rice, and watermelon (hey, it’s summer, gotta have that!).  We ate dinner, cleaned up and headed downstairs.  I started to paint some “rocks” for the Helm’s Deep set black for undercoating and we all watched “Big Brother” and “So You Think You Can Dance” and then I switched to the movie “K-9″.  Heather called around nine o’clock and said she would not be able to be home on time tonight because an employee called in.  Well, so much for going to bed with my wife tonight.  She got home around 11:30 and we worked on where we were going to eat between here and Six Flags Darien Lake and decided we would stop at the McDonalds at the Mount Morris exit.  We put our bed back together because Heather had torn our room apart to flea bomb the room again and went to sleep at 1 a.m.  So much for my getting to bed early tonight as well.

Well, time to talk about Chapter 50 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 50:  The sky-mines were forcing Shappa’s ship lower and lower in the atmosphere of the planet.  He let Obi-Wan know that the others landed ont he Magister’s mountain as he landed his own ship on a torn up part of the planet.  As they looked out the viewport, Shappa disparaged about the devastation and how the Potentium could let that happen to them.  Obi-Wan asked how far they were from the mountain and where Charza Kwinn was.  Shappa said one hundred kilometers and Kwinn’s ship shot below the clouds as they did.  Obi-Wan all the sudden felt that Anakin was at a crossroads and the next hours would decide is fate.  Obi-Wan closed his eyes and listened to Qui-Gon’s voice one more time.  The voice told him that The Force had failed him.  It allowed his master to die and now may let his apprentice die.  Then Obi-Wan remembered that the future is yet to happen.

Well, I went to my workshop today and really started to work on my blackboard site for my classroom.  I put in a background on myself and put up some info that both parents and students could read.  It was actually pretty fun to put together and it was great to be able to work on it.  So just click on Mr. C’s Class and check it out and let me know what you all think and if you have any suggestions.  It was a fun workshop and it was nice to get paid $20 an hour to do it.  The irony is that I made more money doing these six hours of a workshop than I’ll earn all week at Wendy’s.  Anyway, I got done with the workshop and got together with the other teachers that are writing curriculum with me and we agreed to finish writing the curriculum next week on August 1st and 2nd and I only thought it was fair that the other General Music teacher at my school be involved.  So, I called her and offered to have my wife watch her kids so that we could go to the workshop together.

Kids and I at dinner fairly early tonight and got to cleaning up and then had some Ice Cream at Suzy Q’s as a treat.  When we came home, I headed downstairs and started to finish painting my miniatures.  Once I finish that, all I have to do is create and paint some obscure rocks and the Helm’s deep set will be totally complete.  I PROMISE I will get it up on the Internet soon.

I did some final editing tonight and TJCS #6 is finally complete, so it WILL be out on time.  I’m pretty psyched about this episode.  It’s kind of a flashback to the originals that I did say in Episodes two and three.  More me and less interviews.  I know some people don’t like that, but those are the kind of shows I enjoy doing.  The next show will have plenty of interviews.  I’m trying to line them up and let’s see what happens.

Okay, let’s talk about Chapter 49 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 49:  Anakin brought his craft into a large arc around the mountain as he and Ke Daiv searched for a landing platform.  Daiv asked if it was a trick but Anakin pointed out that he already tried to and failed.  Jabitha asked if they were at the palace and looked for herself.  She couldn’t find the palace but saw part of the mountain destroyed and said that was new.  Anakin pointed out that she hadn’t been there since the attack and she said she was not permitted to discuss that.  Anakin noted it was hit by laser cannon fire and Jabitha almost reveals a secret but stops herself short.  They then spotted the sky-mines being dropped.  Anakin insisted they land somewhere and Jabitha pointed to a group of ruined buildings and started to cry wondering where her father was.

Okay, today was a rough day simply because I had to wake up early enough to go to my Blackboard workshop.  I went to bed at one and woke up at seven.  Wow, should’ve planned that one out better.  Well, I went to the workshop today and found it very informative.  I even got a workbook about how to use Blackboard so that I can walk away now and do some work on my own.  I just recently found out that my district plans on using Blackboard to replace Learning Village.  I’m glad they’re taking this step because I find Blackboard much easier since this is the program I used for Master’s School.  I got a pretty good start on my page today and look forward to getting some serious work done on it tommorrow when I will get the full three hours to work on my page.

I got home and Heather and I took a nap together.  It was cool to finally be at home together at the same time.  That really hasn’t happened since last week early in the week when both of us haven’t been totally drained.  We got out of our nap and then played some board games with the kids before Heather had to go to work.  It was outrageously humid today and it’s only supposed to get worse.  Heather and I talked about how we are going to get to Darien Lake.  Mapquest told her to take I-81 to I-90 to I-390 to Darien Lake.  I told Heather it would be quicker to take Route 17, and sure enough it is.  So, that’s the route we’re going to take on Saturday.  Heather then headed to work and I ate dinner with the kids and then went downstairs and did some more miniature painting while I watched my typical shows.

Time to talk about Chapter 48 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 48:  Shappa pushed his ship and started to gain ground against Anakin’s.  Charzwa Kwinn was behind them with many Sekotan ships to follow.  Shappa recognized Republic mine-layers ahead and he wondered if Obi-Wan knew anything of this and Obi-Wan did not.  Then Shappa said it was all no matter as it was the will of the Potentium.  Obi-Wan asked if the original magister was given Jedi training and Shappa said yes, but could not reveal his name.  Obi-Wan began to reflect on the Potentium that he had been instructed on.  Those Jedi believed that all Jedi were inherently good and their Force did not need guidance or training.  Obi-Wan also remembered that those  that believed in the Potentium had left or were forced out.  Then Obi-Wan remembered a young apprentice that left and renounced his training.  He asked Shappa if the first Magister was Leor Hal and Shappa said it was.  Then Shappa revealed that Hal recruited among the Ferroans because they were believers in basic goodness.  Then he revealed that the heir to Hal insisted on teaching the Far Outsiders about the Potentium and the he also shunned Vergere when she arrived and helped them build weapons for protection.  Obi-Wan suggested that the Magister is dead and that the palace may be empty.  Shappa became angry and said it was not true and that he would help rescue the boy, but that they would have to leave afterwards.  Then they saw sky-mines being dropped ahead.

Well, it was back to work today, this Monday.  I was scheduled to work from 10:30 till 4.  It seemed like such a long day.  My boss at work today was talking with me about trying to train me to do make sandwiches.  I told him not to bother.  My last day with them is on August 18th, three weeks away.  By the time they train me and get me on the line it will be one week till I leave.  No point in me doing it.  So, this week is kind of exciting.  I have a Blackboard class tommorrow and Wednesday and then on Saturday Heather and I are heading to “Six Flags Darien Lake” with the kids, coming back to my parents and then we’re going to stay with them until Sunday and then come home from our weekend excursion.  Then I was watching the news tonight and realized that “Sounds On The Susquehanna” our local Drum Corps. show is happening this weekend which means that I won’t be around for Josh’s show this weekend.  Figures, my busy life is taking me out of town the only weekend that my friend is coming into town.  So, I called Josh tonight, we haven’t talked in a while anyway.  Josh asked if he could show up on Friday night and I said that would actually not be a problem.  So, Josh will be here Friday night and will have practice fairly early on Saturday, which is okay because Heather and I wanted to be on the road early on Saturday.  So, it’s all good.

Tonight I came home from work, called Josh, then got dinner ready as Heather walked out the door.  We ate dinner, cleaned up and I headed downstairs for some serious TJCS recording.  I managed to do that between T.V. show segments and worked on getting that done.  The way I figure, if the show is not recorded before we leave, I won’t be able to get it out on time, so I’m on the time crunch.  That’s why my blogging has gotten so far behind.  So, be patient, I hope to be caught up before we leave for the weekend.

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 47 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 47:  Anakin truly beame in touch with his Sekotan ship and got together communicating with it.  Daiv says he didn’t kill Anakin’s master and is an assassin given orders to kill a Jedi named Skywalker.  Then he introduces himself as Ke Daiv.  Daiv said he knew that they kept great reserves of fuel in the South from a war.  Anakin tried to use a Jedi mind trick on hime while keeping up a conversation.  Daiv revealed he was from a race of people defeated by the Lontars.  Anakin asked why he didn’t get a Sekotan Ship and Daiv said he was rejected by this seed partners.  He also reveals that he wanted to be free, much how Anakin felt.  Anakin kept concentrating to hold his mind control.  He offered to take Daiv back to Coruscant in his ship, but Daiv says they are from distant clans.  Anakin says they have a lot in common and reveals he was once a slave too.  Daiv says he is a slave to disgrace and then tells Anakin he’s too young to understand.  Daiv instructs anakin to make his ship go faster.  Then he threatened Jabitha and ordered Anakin to move faster to the Magister’s mountain.  Anakin noticed the seeds were communicating with him, but it wasn’t the seeds, it was really Vergere.  She says she is leaving with a people that provoked a war on the planet and is going to study them to avoid a bigger war.  She says the Far Outsiders are beings ignorant of The Force.  She fears they pose a great threat.  The she reveals that she has witnessed the birth of an amazing being on Sekot.  Anakin was interupted by Daiv slamming his Lance over the dashboard and asking him what he’s staring at.  Anakin asked him to just let him fly.  Anakin began to realize the survival of the Jedi may be at stake.

Well, yet again Heather and I had every intention of going to church, but the alarm rang at 7 a.m. and we both were just not in the mood.  Heather realized this morning that she has worked over five days straight on the closing shift and has four more to go starting with last night.  That’s insane!  No wonder we’re both exhausted all the time!  Well, we got up around 10 a.m. and spent some time reading with the kids this morning.  We ate breakfast and lunch together and then Austin and I headed downstairs to watch the Nascar race taking place at Poconos.  That was completely insane!  I can’t believe the number of stupid accidents that Tony Stewart caused today either by doing them himself or causing other to be pissed off at him enough to deliberatly cause another accident.  This guy should be banned from Nascar driving for three of four races.  He’s going to get somebody killed!  Heck, even Earnhardt, who was called “The Intimidator” didn’t push people around the track that much!

Anyway, Heather took a nap again and I got dinner ready.  We ate dinner downstairs tonight since it was so hot and we vegged out there the rest of the night.  I continued to work on notes for TJCS #6 and then started recording the first segment tonight before 9 p.m.  At 9, I watched my ususal shows on HBO:  “Deadwood” and “Life with Louie”.  I taped them for Heather as well and went to bed late again tonight.  It’s getting exhausting Heather being gone all this time.  I sure hope she starts getting off these closing shifts soon or my ass is going to be kicked during the school year.

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 46 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 46:  Tarkin and Seinar are in Tarkin’s quarters aboard the flagship “Rim Merchant Einem”.  Tarkin notes that Seinar messed with the droids and wonders if Seinar didn’t trust him, but Seinar quips back  no more than Tarkin trusted him.  Tarkin wondered if Seinar did something wrong with the droid starfighters that left for the planet.  Tarkin asks where Ke Daiv is, and Seinar says he was sent to the planet to try and secure a Sekotan ship.  Seinar asked if Zonoma Sekot was going to be invaded.  Tarkin said that the ships were in place and thanks to his contacts with the Chancellor, it would be legal.  Then Tarkin revealed that he believes this planet could make enough ships to help with a rebellion.  They then zoom in on the spaceship chase on the planet and recognize a YT-1150, which they plan to incapacitate.  Then Captain Mignay interupts and shows them pictures of dozens of Sekotan ships emerging from the forests.  Tarkin orders the release of the starfighters and sky-mine layers.  Seinar actually began to feel sorry for the Sekotans.

Well, today was a lazy, lazy Saturday.  We slept in fairly late and got off to a late start this morning.  Once we got up, I went outside and mowed the back yard and the second property.  Heather had done the front of the house earlier this week, so it saved me time from having to do that.  That made me exhausted and almost dehydrated, so I came in for lunch and some serious hydration.  We then decided it was just too hot to be upstairs and went downstairs to our nice cool basement.  It was nice to just hang out down there and veg for a little bit.  Heather went back upstairs to sleep in the bed for a little because she had to work tonight.  I worked on dinner and by the time Heather got up we had dinner together and she left for work.

I went downstairs and worked some more on painting my miniatures.  I also recieved another model today that Games Workshop had owed me from earlier this year because it was missing pieces and they promised to replace it.  So, I have more models to paint than I planned on, but that was okay with me.  I also received today two packages of Dwarf Warrior models which I plan on painting the beginning of next week while I finish my Helm’s Deep set.  After staying up fairly late working on TJCS notes for Episode #6, I went to bed at one in the morning on Sunday.  A pretty lazy day overall.

Time to talk about Chapter 45 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 45:  Shappa tells Obi-Wan that Sheekla is injured and Gann is in shock.  The architect lifted up his lightsaber and Obi-Wan took it from him.  Gann insists they must go to the Magister to enact defenses.  Shappa asks Obi-Wan what he needs and Obi-Wan says a ship to follow Anakin.  Shappa offered his own ship.  Gann asks about the planet’s defenses and again acuses Obi-Wan of bringing the invaders upon them.  Shappa defends Obi-Wan saying it is not the Jedi way of things.  They get into Shappa’s ship where he finds Anakin’s ship already well ahead but needs fuel.  Obi-Wan asks where they can fuel and Shappa says Middle Distance, Far Distance, or the Magister’s Mountain.  Shappa asked why Anakin was so special.  Obi-Wan avoids the question by talking about aide from Charza Kwinnthen Shappa asks why they are here.  Then Obi-Wan reveals they came to get Vergere and Shappa tells him he was going to design her ship.  Shappa told him they left with the Far Outsiders and Obi-Wan asks who they are.  Then Shappa said they came two years before Vergere and lurked outside the system.  They asked a lot of questions and also seemed to build organic ships.  They soon discovered the Far Outsiders wanted all their secrets, so they began to defend themselves.  Then Vergere arrived and offered to be a diplomat.  Shappa asked if Obi-Wan had seen the planetary scars and said their weapons were powerful.  Then Shappa communicated with his ship and told Obi-Wan that Anakin was alive and talking to his captor.  Obi-Wan was shocked but Shappa said they install trackers on all their ships.  Obi-Wan suggests that the planet is defenseless but Shappa smiles and says he is wrong.  Shappa said they drove out the Far Outsiders but skirted the question about what did it.  Obi-Wan opened a comm with Charza Kwinn.

What a frickin’ day at work.  We got severly slammed with customers and right when we were dealing with the second bus for the day, the district manager, Brian, had to show up.  Brian decided it was time to pick on the grill guy, but what he didn’t know was that the grill guy was intelligent enough to play back.  He started saying that I was grilling too much meat and that I was loading up the grill too quickly and with too much meat.  I insisted that I knew how much meat we were going through and have yet to sell a burger pattie that wouldn’t meet Wendy’s standards.  So, he watched me (over my shoulders, mind you!) for twenty minutes.  He got very frustrated after that time and realized that I really did know what I was doing.  The only thing he critiqued me on was the fact that I didn’t wipe down the front of the grill while I was working.  You know, the part of the grill that no one sees, the part that is in front AND underneath!  He started giving me orders about what I should do next, so I decided to give this guy a taste of his own medicine.  He began to partonize me when my boss asked for chili meat (patties that are slightly over-cooked for the chili) and I loaded up the grill.  So I started patronizing him, and the other workers got what I was doing, but this guy didn’t get what was so funny.  I simply did what Brian asked of me and responded by saying, “sir, yes sir!”  After a while other employees thought it was completely funny but Brian never got the joke.  You gotta love a district manager that has his head so far up his ass that he can’t figure out when he’s being partonized.  The guy was a jerk and I hope I never see him again!

Anyway, I came home and Heather decided it was time to veg. out downstairs since it has been so hot around here lately.  We went downstairs and watched some of the shows she hadn’t seen throughout the week.  We then went upstairs and got dinner together and went back downstairs for the night.  We watched some reruns on the T.V. and I continued to work on notes for TJCS #6 and catching up on my reading for the blog.  It was kind of a lazy evening, but we needed it, and I especially needed it because today was one long day at work!

Okay, time to talk about Chapter 44 of “Star Wars:Rogue Planet” by Greg Bears…..

Chapter 44:  Raith Seinar looked out as twelve of Tarkin’s fleet ships arrived.  As far as Seinar knew, he may have lost his chance to steal a Sekotan ship.  Seinar ordered Kett to get with Tarkin and coordinate his arrival.  Seinar also said he would be stepping down as commander.  Kett said that he already had orders from Tarkin and that Seinar is under arrest.  Kett also says that Tarkin demands the droid memory codes.  Seinar responds by saying their burned in and any attempt to remove them will enact a self destruct.  Kett asks if there’s malignment between the men to cause this to happen.  Seinar suggests this was planned from the beginning and says he’ll be in his quarters.  Tarkin greets him in the hall with Republic guards.  Tarkin lets Seinar know that the Senate knows of what has happened and so does Chancellor Palpatine.  Seinar suggests Tarkin told them, then offers to talk about it in his quarters.  Tarkin refuses, and says they’ll talk about it on his ship.