May the Fourth be with you, and so on, and so forth.....

Local 501st members

All of Nerd-dom will heed the cry, all of Geek-dom will don their attire....

May 4th, 2013--- only the 3rd (?) annual event for every Star Wars fan---- the one day every fan flaunts their lisp collectively and proudly--- "May the Fourth be with You!" Of course, I may have intentionally emphasized the "th" just for that explicit purpose....

Though I enjoyed the 3 original movies, which, I guess are really, movies 4,5 and 6.... I have always been a Trekkie at heart. Not that there's anything wrong with Star Wars, I just cut my teeth on re-runs of the original Star Trek series growing up, and that's where my heart lies.

Even Sand People like posing

However... let me say that again... HOWEVER, I am a huge sucker for puns and an even 'huger' sucker for a good cause--- so, when you bring out the Star Wars costumes to promote literacy on a day that twists the original line from the series, I can't help but get excited.

Stars Wars Day has been growing in our little neck of the literary world, and though our corporate offices pushed for a Star Wars Read Day last year, it really came into its own this year--- I don't know if we have more Geeks in power, or if they've finally realized that we Geeks will spend the money if you bring the right stuff out....

I love working for a bookstore, have loved it for the last 10 years, but, there are times when I love being a bookstore manager more than others--- like, when we're allowed to "play" in the name of literacy, and we won't get chewed out for bringing our toys to work.

Jawa finds picture of cousin? er, uncle? er, sister?

Yes, I'm very aware that the bottom-line is still very important for those in charge, but, to be given free-rein to 'enjoy' the selling, makes the profit-hunting a bit more bearable.

We were EXTREMELY lucky this year, that some members of our local 501st unit came out, with some of their friends--- they had a blast, playing with our customers, playing with our products and playing with us... it was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday at work.

You WILL read and you WILL enjoy it....

Promoting literacy is what it's all about, when you get down to it... when you take away the dollar signs, when you take away the fancy gadgets... all we want to do as honest and humble booksellers is to put a book into a child's hand and wait on tenterhooks to see if they come back next week for another book.

And, if it takes an Emperor's Royal Guard or a Storm Trooper and his Imperial TIE Fighter Pilot friend to bully you into reading.... so be it!

Storm Trooper NOT amused by toy Enterprise

Live Long and, er, those were the droids you were looking for!

Read or else!!!

A to Z reflections....

Another A to Z challenge comes to an end--- another collection of posts and poetry have been written, another deep breath of relief is released. For my fellow bloggers that survived as well, it's another 'challenge-completed' notch carved into the writing desk. I've come to enjoy my yearly foray into the world of all things alphabetical. This was my third year, though it was only the second year I had a workable theme (which made the challenge substantially easier than the first year I attempted this challenge.) And, though my first year was difficult because my focus was so scattered, I found this year was more difficult because I lost the enthusiasm that came with the first year excitement----excitement which helped me plug along until the end of the challenge. Year 3 was a success in the sense that I completed the challenge, though, this was the year that almost wasn't---- Somewhere about a third of the way through the challenge, I seriously considered

Remember and Return.....

I've settled my heart in the memory of your sigh, the subtle caress of your lips. I've eased my mind's worry in the warmth of your smile, the soft embrace of your kiss. But, the time of our parting has been of a length, that I scarce can recall your words' sound. And, I fear in the depths of this consuming absence, your passions withheld, your spirit's now bound. I have not the strength to fight such a foe, as wild and untamed as the sea. I have not the will to stand at your door, and demand your decision to be, As one or the other, the sea or my love, I know I would fail to win thee. My only request, when you've ventured enough, Remember! And, return unto me.

A-Z Reflections, year 4....

A-Z blogging challenge for 2014 has come and gone, seemingly without my realizing it. And, though I fell behind once or twice toward the end, I finished this year's challenge right on time. Really, I can't believe it's already over. I feel like I just finished my post for letter A... Year 4, for this blogger, was a far cry from the tortured state of despondency that was most of Year 3 -- I'll not mention the irony of this year's focus on death being easier to blog about than last year's foray into supernatural creatures, we'll leave that for my therapy sessions *ahem* As always, A-Z brought with it, not only 26 days of unbridled and far-reaching knowledge (disguised as entertaining and thought-provoking blog-posts), but a chance to connect with new faces while reconnecting with familiar faces--who had perhaps drifted away--from A-Z's past. I am always amazed by the ingenuity and inspiration that comes from lumping a couple thousand folk

From the Inkwell, From the Vein.....

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