[lots of fireworks]
[and rousing band music]
[and confetti and balloons and stuff]
[insert long blathering extravaganzant intro a la P.T.Barnum here]
#1:
KatyJane has lots of pictures up from her visit to our Zoo. GO SEE THEM. Because where else can you find PENGUINS on the same page with a GRIZZLY BEAR HOLDING A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION WITH A RED BALL?
#2:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A friendly heads-up for fellow Trekkers:
DIANE DUANE IS HOLDING AN eBAY SALE AND AUCTION OF HER BOOKS AND SOME OF THEM ARE EVEN **AUTOGRAPHED**!!!
(For us Trek novel fans, this is of course like Moses offering some autographed copies of the Torah. Because I say so.)
#3:
Hello from Sunny Antarctica! #4:
(This item has escaped from the circus and is on the loose! [Not really but that makes things ever so much more exciting for you in the audience.] Watch out for...(blah blah blah))
#5:
This is for the LOST fans in the audience (some cussing, but I assume the show has lots of that anyway so...).