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The past year can be summed up in one word--loss. One dear friend passed away into eternity and another dear relationship changed jobs and schedule and left me lingering in the dark hours with time on my hands and an empty place on the keyboard. I really need to avoid chat room/forums where I develop friendships with people I'm never going to meet in real life because I get too attached and spoiled by the attention then feel abandoned when inevtably life changes enter into the scheme of things. Probably why Logos won't take the next step. Sigh.

Lately been (finally) back to reading the Bible. It beats even attempting to answer anyone on the Religious forums here as the made up their minds already precludes my attempts to point out without faith no attempt to understand the Bible is of any use.

But not to worry also reading junk literature as well. Been reading Secret Agent X pulp adventures the past couple of months and polished off numbers 14 and 15 in two days. He is entertaining and definitely a product of the 1930s. But The Shadow is still king.

Avengers anyone--89 to go. Out of 503. Still waiting for Marvel to renumber the current runs to reflect a more accurate figure.

Now for a short AAA story. Every once in awhile a driver will make all the wrong decisions and no defense can possibly be made on thier behalf.

This is one of them.

A member is on the interstate needing a tire change. In about 20 minutes she is going to need even more then that.

She also has her boyfriend with her which may have contributed to some of the tribulations ahead.

For some reason out hardy protector of the roadways wanted the car moved perhaps just a bit off the side of the road--taking care not to cause any more troubles with the tire. The boyfriend presents out driver with a key to the ignition.

Which is bent.

Noticeably. My involvment in this young ladies life is about to begin--though on the perimeter part of it.

A driver with more experience would have politely handed the key back with a warning of its defects and suggested the boyfriend start the car.

This driver takes the key and unsuccessfully puts it in the ignition. Won't work.

Now many a movie and TV show let alone comicsbooks would have a hammer taken to it in an exaggerated manner. Which is exactly what this driver did.

To only his surprise the key breaks.

The member goes immediately into Harpie mode.

And stays there. For the next two hours.

To our credit we get the one driver out of there since he was only in a service truck and we send our own fleet tow truck out there to take her home. We do have the driver PAY for the locksmith to come out and solve the broken key problem. While that is being waited on the tow driver changes the one tire and takes her to Mommy's house. She is complaining all the way.

Hits the ceiling when she discovers a two hour wait for the locksmith who takes pity on our driver and only charges $100. My partner has to listen to her while I check in with the locksmith and at about the 2 and half hour mark has her new key.

But NOT the pizza she wanted AAA to pay for while she was waitng.

Some lines really do need to be drawn in sone.