I saw Star Wars III last night while sitting on a comfy leather sofa at the Moolah.  I will just say it was very good (better than I and II) and I am looking forward to seeing it again next weekend… mainly because I want to take my mom to the Moolah and that’s the only movie it’s playing, but also because it was good and I enjoyed it and I’m sure I’ll understand it better the second time around. 

See, unfortunately for me the whole Star Wars saga, no matter how many times I’ve seen or talked about it, seems to evade my brain’s attempts to hold it in long term memory.  Luke and Leia, Obi Wan, Darth Vader – I can remember them and I know who is good and who is bad…. but then you through in Jabba the Hutt, Darth Sidious, Boba Fett, Count Dooku, Emperor Palpatine, or General Grievous and I get all confused (I had to go to IMDB.com and look up those names because I can’t even remember them..).  Who are they?  Do we like them?  If not, why not?  Were they always bad (or good)?

So confusing it is. (That’s Yoda.  I know Yoda.  He’s cool.)

My new neice was born May 12, 2005  —  7:09PM  —  6lbs 15oz  —  20.5in
She joins mom and dad (April and Jason) and siblings Jacob, Hailey, and Hannah

Yesterday AJ and I went to "GOLF Headquarters" and hit a bunch of balls at their driving range.  I had only done this once before (a couple of years ago), and I really enjoyed it then so I was looking forward to doing it again.  We had a great time, and so today we went back and played their 9 hole par 3 course.  It was awesome! 🙂  I have some pictures below.  (At the bottom I am holding up 4 fingers because I scored a kosher par 4 on that hole – oh yeah!)

My new niece was born yesterday evening… I don’t have many details, but I know she’s doing well (as is my sister) and I think her name is Alexandra.  🙂

Happy Birthday Allie!

It’s hot now.  And humid.  And I know it was just very recently that I was complaining that it was cold here, and so dry.  But that’s the way things go in St. Louis.  I think we had our ~2 weeks of nice spring weather, but it’s hard to notice them when they are interspersed with weird cold rainy days.  I enjoyed a few "Seattle" type days in the past couple of weeks, but now we’ve entered summer with a vengance and it’s time to start moaning about the heat and the humidity.

Supposed to be 90F today.  50% humidity all day, then it increases to ~75% overnight.  And there are T-storms predicted.  Which means that any local TV shows that I have recording tonight will be interrupted by the weather woman telling eveyone that it’s raining – with some thunder even – and they probably shouldn’t venture outside lest they get wet, or scared, or hit by lightning.  They do this every time there’s a thunderstorm and I don’t see what difference it makes.  Tornadoes, sure.  Hurricanes, sure.  I can see how warning and things might help.  But c’mon people, it’s a thunderstorm.  And I want to watch American Idol or Alias or House or whatever in peace.