Dr. Scientist's sixteen-year-old niece is visiting us tonight. This is the first time I've met her -- she wasn't able to come to the wedding back in April. She saw my over-stuffed bookshelf and we got to talking about books and stuff, ends up she reads some fantasy...

Actually, wait. The first thing I must mention is that she looks almost exactly like my wife. Same height, same build, same hair, same face. Little less chin, fewer freckles, and more of a tan, but that's really the only differences. Well, other than age, obviously. Anyway.

So she immediately asks if I've read Twilight.

Oh, no.

I try to be nice and polite about how, no, I have not read Twilight but I'm not really interested in giving it a try. She's Team Jacob, not Team Edward, so at least there's that. Makes me happy.

But then I noticed that I still have my Emergency Backup Copy of Storm Front, the first book in the Dresden Files. (I have this copy because, two or three years ago, I tried to convince Dr. Scientist to read the series. It failed. She kept the book for a long time, and eventually I wanted to re-read it. So I bought another copy. Naturally.)

So I lent The Niece my more beat-up copy of Storm Front. Hopefully, she'll get hooked and I'll have converted a new follower.

And that, dear readers, was my good deed of the day.

( Cut to not spoil. )

( My Thoughts... (dramatic chord) )

Aaaaaaand... we're back to So You Think You Can Do More Drugs Than Mia Michaels (Even Though You Can't).

Part One of a running series...

If you need to hit someone with a shovel, there is really not any reason to stop with just one hit. Keep hitting until your arms are tired or the person goes completely limp, whichever comes first. Pausing to admire your shovel strike merely lets the person you hit recover, and it's a safe assumption they will not be happy you struck them with a shovel. Furthermore, it's likely that the person you struck is larger and/or stronger than you, which is why the shovel was necessary to begin with, and a fair fight is not to your advantage.

I liked this week's two episodes better than the first two episodes from last week. It's still a bit cheesy, but I'm at least enjoying myself.

The fight scene budget must be incredibly small, though.

It's a special Street episode, if I remember this judge correctly from last season...

Seriously? That's who we're cutting?

Whomever disagreed and made that a split decision, I applaud you.

Mia Michaels says:

"I can do more drugs than all you fuckers combined. Eat it."

(Also: Cat looks hot tonight.)

This week's theme:

So You Think You Can Do More Drugs Than Wade Robson?