Ms. Mckinley was so gracious to me as an impressionable 12 year old. I've saved her typewritten replies to my fan letters in my most precious possessions. She is not only a great writer, she is also a lovely person. Read the Blue Sword too, I think I like it even better now than The Hero and the Crown.

How's that fabulous post-operative infection going to go? Nothing's sexier than oozing surgical wounds.

AWW! I love how all the kids get included in the celebration.

I remember Star Wars being awesome and making my mom put my hair up in Leia buns while I flew the Millennium Falcon. I also remember being HORRIFIED at the transporter disaster in the first Star Trek movie which they screened for us at elementary daycare during nap time. I still have not seen it all the way through…

@FartyMcPooPants: The only thing that makes me mad is that there are five tracks that apparently only on the import version of the soundtrack. *grumble*

I really want you all to know about Mike's Comics [www.mikescomics.com]

@CaptainCone: Oh I'm stalking the thread anyways. :)

@WookieLifeDay: I've been very impressed with it. I've got a pretty large collection of soundtracks and this one is a worthy addition.

@collex: The Batman/Planetary crossover was one of the best that I had read at the time. I'm going to dig it out of the bookcase and give it a re-read.

Shades of Fred Astaire dancing with a vacuum cleaner... Keep it classy George.

@najmah: That would be great to see. I love people's sketches.

@najmah: That would be great to see. I love people's sketches.

@Nikki: AMEN. How could I forget the post-partum depression? That overwhelming feeling of shame and hopelessness... One child for me thanks!

@jennybean79: I've been told that I'm no longer allowed to talk to the soon to be first time mothers in our office as I scare the crap out of them. Whatever, I want them to be able to ask any bloody, crappy or painful questions they can because rainbows and unicorn dust DID NOT pour out of my distended vagina.

@elephantom: He held my foot when I split open like a bag of Cheetos, so he was in no hurry to experience that again.

@mgallagher713: Nope! It never was mentioned once.

After having a child I decided that I too am afraid of pregnancy and that only one kid was a great idea for me. I was a horrible pregnant woman. Everything that could swell, leak, get false -positive tested or go wrong did.

@eri401: Makes sense from what I've seen so far. That's a terrifying and brilliant film that should have a larger audience.

@Delilah: Exactly. Let's go ask the female rugby players what they think of the "Oh no! The girls might get hurt!" argument. Any time you play a contact sport you take a risk and in my personal experience the seventh and eighth grade girls' basketball teams play harder and dirtier than their male counterparts of…

@todbodman: It's on there, for preorder for $9.99 25 songs [itunes.apple.com] see if that link works.