Friday Fragments is hosted by Half-Past Kissin’ Time.

*I’m turning into my husband. I’ve started playing Lord of the Rings Online. And I drank a Dr. Pepper last night.

*I’m thinking of changing my tag line from “Hand me another Diet Coke” to “The Non-Mom Mommy Blogger.” What do you think? I read mommy blogs. Mommy bloggers read me. I’m often mistaken for a mommy blogger. I’m the only non-mom blogger in the Cinnamon Burst Cheerios video.

*Yes, that’s right. The high here in South Jersey today is 67 degrees. I am wearing this lovely short sleeved tee shirt that my parents gave me for Christmas.

*David’s psoriatic arthritis is fairly stable right now. Not much to report there, which is part of the reason why I haven’t been blogging very much lately. Does anyone have any questions about psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, TMJ Disorder or caregiving? I’d love some blogging inspiration! Another reason why I haven’t blogged a lot is because I’m working away on my novel. I’ve started on my second draft!

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You know you’re a geek when…

1. A co-worker mentions craving a Twinkie after watching a movie and you say, “Oh, you watched Zombieland?”
2. You can’t name the seven dwarfs, but you can name the eight members of the fellowship of the ring.
3. People tell you (as an adult) that you should be princess Leia for Halloween.
4. You select your flatware because the pattern reminds you of LOTR.
5. You knew Juliet couldn’t possibly live on LOST because of V.
6. You can quote Patrick Stewart’s monologue introduction for TNG. “Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise…”
7. You enjoy conversations with your spouse about Star Trek’s errors with the Universal Translator. If it was really a universal translator, people wouldn’t have accents and Warf couldn’t say, “Kaplah!” because it would be translated. Don’t even get me started on the transporter.
8. Your husband’s supervisor declares you a Level 4 Geek. (Yes, that really happened to me. He asked me what LAN stood for, among other things.)
9. You know the date when the New Moon movie comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray.
10. You saw The Two Towers five times in theaters (Three of those were dollar movies! Don’t judge me!) and the midnight premiere of The Return of the King.
11. Someone says, “Hey my computer won’t-” and you cut them off with “Did you try rebooting it?”
12. You marry a guy who dressed like Darth Vader the night Episode III premiered and dueled Jedi friends in front of a theater audience (People took pictures with him and his “realistic” light saber).

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I love books! Here are some of my favorites.

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis (Yes, I am a nerd.)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker (Perfect beach read)
Anything by Jane Austen
Anything by Nicholas Sparks
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
The Canadian West Saga by Janette Oke
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
The Mark of the Lion Trilogy by Francine Rivers
Christy by Catherine Marshall
The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
All of the Anne of Green Gables Books by L.M. Montgomery
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Very convicting.)
A Wife After God’s Own Heart by Elizabeth George

So, what are your favorite book recommendations?

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I proudly proclaim: I am a sci-fi/phantasy nerd! Star Wars, Star Trek, Twilight, Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia are some of my favorites.

If you’re not a science fiction buff, you probably don’t know that it is uncommon for fans to like both Star Trek and Star Wars. Usually, people are a fan of one or the other. David and I are the rare fans of both.

Anyway, David and I have lots of conversations about Star Trek and Star Wars. Here are some of the highlights. Spoiler Alert: Don’t read the following if you haven’t watched Star Trek and Star Wars.

*In Star Wars, why are they so technologically advanced, yet so far behind other galaxies in medicine? Why don’t they have epidurals if they have such fabulous prosthetics?

*In Star Trek, there are multiple issues with the universal translator. For instance, if it universally translates, why do people still have accents? And why doesn’t it translate when Warf says, “Kaplah!” or any other Klingon words?

*Why the heck did Leah kiss Luc if she had “always known” that he was her brother?

*Don’t even get us started with all the parallel universes in Star Trek. Too many episodes and generations for the non-science fiction fan to keep up with.

*The issue of people walking into walls inside the holo-deck can be explained away by a treadmill effect, but you can’t explain how in some episodes they manage to get all the officers inside a single holo-deck. If there were really that many people in there, they’d all be able to see each other, and you wouldn’t have the officers looking for one poor trapped crewman.

*In Star Wars, they use land speeders and other vehicles which are basically hover craft. So, why do these hover craft vehicles continue to hover when they are turned off?

*If Yoda thought Anakin was too old to be trained, why in the world did he train Luc? He was waayyy too old.

Why yes, I do know the words to the American Pie parody, The Saga Begins. My, my, this here, Anakin guy, maybe Vader someday later…

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