Voyage

I settle into the captain's chair with the controls at my fingertips. With no destination in mind, I'll let the solar winds set my course. A motor hums as I recline the seat into the familiar and comfortable pre-launch position.

My eyes grow heavy and my body is beginning to relax into the semi hibernation needed for the trip, when a commotion interrupts the tranquility. A late arriving passenger is requesting to board, and no sooner than I accommodate him, another one arrives. Finally, the three of us are settled in and comfortable. Let the voyage begin.

“Honey, you're wanted on the phone!”

The dogs kick me in the crotch as they leap off my lap and start barking. I fumble for the recliner control so I can get out of the damn thing. Once I find the right button and the motor slowly lowers the foot rest I get to my feet and stagger to the phone, only to get a dial tone.

“I guess they hung up,” Carol says, “Maybe you need a space ship with an ejection seat!”

Still Lost

Still Lost in Lost

We started watching the old TV series Lost this summer on Hulu but when we got tired of the ads, (even on the pay version, Hulu Plus) we switched to Netflix. Even though it was a lot better without the noisy ads, Carol gave up after we had watched the first season's 25 episodes. She's not as much a science fiction, supernatural fan as I am, so I started watching two or three episodes at a time in the dim confines of the Den, or Computer Room, or as I like to think of it, as my Bat Cave.

I enjoy the good acting, writing and jungle scenery, and I became determined to watch every one of the 121 episodes. It actually goes pretty fast watching without ads.

The main characters, survivors of a plane crash on a jungle island, whose lives are intertwined in flashbacks, flash forwards and flash sideways, keep you guessing as to who are the good guys and who are the baddies. To further complicate things, time travel and alternate universes abound in the story line. Just when I think I've figured it out a little bit, the writers throw me a curve and destroy my theories. I have thought that they could all be in Purgatory, waiting to be judged for their past sins, or they could already be in Hell. Maybe I'll find out when I watch the last episode. Right now I'm up to season 6, (the last one) and I only have a dozen episodes to go.

What will I ever do when it's over! I may have to come out of the Bat Cave!