But, this is NOT bad news!  Nope, dont’ panic yet!  This blog and “The Jedi Council Speaks” are ending to make way for our new blog and the new podcast that is beginning through STAR Productions and now the 2 Guys Talking Podcast Network (http://www.2guystalking.com).  I’m happy to announce the beginning of “The Galaxy Cast” which can be found online at http://www.galaxycast.com.  This blog will continue on through that site as well as a new podcast.  Although the site is not fully functional yet, the site will be up and running soon, so head over there and check it out after today.  After today, this blog will no longer be updated, the site for “The Galaxy Cast” will be the portal for all that has gone on here.

Okay, so that announcement is over, I will talk about my day briefly and end it at that.  I got up late this morning (around nine o’clock or so) and Heather had told me that she had called her father early this morning and he was on his way down to help us out with the electrical problem.  They arrived at our house around ten o’clock this morning and we started going to work.  We worked for about two hours on the issue and we were just getting ready to go to Lowe’s to get the equipment to run a brand new line to the back of the house, when we discovered a pass-through box that had a loose wire along with an outlet in the hall.  We hooked it back up and miraculously we got the power back in the back portion of the house.

Unfortunately, many of our appliances were toasted.  Our cordless phone base is dead, Tara’s “Hello Kitty” alarm clock, and Heather’s radio I bought for her for Christmas about three years ago that I had recently resurrected was now toast.  But, we got the power back.  Her father left around noon or so and Heather and I headed to Staples in an attempt to find a new base to the phone, but we came up short.  We went to Radio Shack where they helped us and we came home and did some shopping online and found one at Wal Mart and did the “Site To Store” option.  At this point, I was hungry and tired.  So, I ate some lunch by about one o’clock or so and then headed downstairs and took a nap and then played “Call of Duty” for a little while.  I then recorded the last version of “Hovering Rocks” for “The Jedi Council Speaks” and then went upstairs and joined the family for dinner for Spiedie Subs.  I came downstairs and spent three hours trying to upload my podcast, but found out that mypodcast.com was having a problem and had been having it for about three days now.  So, I gave up and blogged and watched T.V. with Heather and went to bed and turned my clock forward.

SO, DON’T FORGET, THIS BLOG IS SHUT DOWN AS OF TODAY!  GO TO THIS SITE TO CONTINUE ON WITH US:

http://www.galaxycast.com

I got to work and things went pretty smooth today.  I was able to get the laptop cart and they worked fairly well today.  Things went well with my classes.  My sixth grade students started to watch Season 8 of American Idol today, my seventh graders finished their research for their podcast projects, and my eighth graders finished their research as well for their music video projects.  It went well and I was able to get a lot done today and I had a good day at work.

I got done with work and left and came home. I got home and talked with Heather for a little and then went downstairs and played “Call of Duty 4″ before dinner.  Heather called us upstairs for dinner and we all ate some dinner and I then went downstairs and played a few more games of “Call of Duty 4″ before Ian showed up and then we recorded for our podcast.  We got done and James showed up and we watched “The Clone Wars” together.

We got done and Ian and I did some more recording and then Heather came downstairs and told me there was a problem upstairs.  Apparently our problem with the electrical in the back half of the house has returned and there was no power.  Heather explained that she went to turn on the light in the bedroom and the hall light went out and everything went dead.  So, with some help from Ian, we took a look at everything and even pulled out my voltage meter.  We measured volts (nothing) and ohms (middle).  Then Ian had to go and I kept working.  I called my father in desperation around 11:30 tonight and he pointed out that I just blew up my meter by testing ohms with my breaker on.  Crap!  Well, I worked until about midnight and then did research online trying to find solutions till about two in the morning on Saturday morning.

It’s been a long weekend already and it’s only just begun!

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 1 of Chapter 26 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..Chapter 26 (Part 1):  The Jedi and his friend had returned to their suite as G’Mai Duris took care of what was left of their ball, as the party died down.  She was bidding farewell to guests when Caiza Quill and Sabit appeared who has each recently gone through their sex-changing moment.  Quill, exuding his pheromones, leaned over and told her that he knew she was trying to bring the Jedi on as an ally and said he would not let that happen and reminded her about Filian.  Filian was a X’Ting love of G’Mai’s hat had been killed five years ago by Quill, which she would never forget!  He told her not to weaken and then he dissapeared…..

I got to school and set things up for the day.  It was a good day.  My students were engaged and things went well in the classroom and I’m pleased to say that it was a successful day doing Music History.  It was a good day overall and I think even our PLG that I led this afternoon went well.  It was a good work day and I called Heather on my way home and talked to her on the cell phone on my way home from work.

When I got home, I was able to start working on some things around the house and get some of the things in the house organized. I then went downstairs and played some “Call of Duty 4″ until it was time for dinner.  I then went back downstairs and started working on the notes of the last episode of “The Jedi Council Speaks”:  Hovering Rocks #4.  My hope is to have that show out by this Saturday and wrap up the podcast for good.  I will also be wrapping up this blog on the same day.  There will be more information out about that on Friday and Saturday.  I then went upstairs and had a dinner of soft tacos and refried beans with the family and then came downstairs and started playing with a new program I have called Mixcraft by Acoustica.  It’s a really fun program to play around with and I hate to admit it, but it’s MUCH better than Fruity Loops and I’m looking forward to playing around with this program in the future.  If you haven’t ever looked at this program, check it out.  I got done playing around just in time to watch “Survivor”, “C.S.I.”, and a tape of “Hell’s Kitchen”.  I then wrote this blog and headed to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 5 of Chapter 25 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..Chapter 25 (Part 5):  Asajj closed her eyes as she thought through her plans.  In all irony, she did not hat the Jedi, but was upset that they became pawns of this corrupt system .  She thought bakc to the fact that she had been discovered by Master Ky Narec on the planet of Rattatak.  She was an orphan looking for parental figure in a war-tron world.  As he trained her, she dreamed of one day joining the infamous Jedi order.  Her master was murdered and she was enraged by the Jedi Order as they had abandoned her Master, which gave her the ability to be enraged with vengance.  When she attacked Count Dooku on an Outer Rim world, instead of destroying her, Dooku toook her in and trained her.  This made her absolutely loyal to her new master.  She had clashed with the Jedi many times, including Master Windu and Anakin Skywalker.  Obi-Wan escaped her twice, but not this time.  She swore this would be for pleasure and she woke up and smiled with an evil grin.

I got to work and got things set up for the day.  It was not a bad day at all.  My eighth graders all took their first tests on Jazz and then worked on the left hand for the keyboard in their first song.  My sixth graders were continuing to learn scales on recorder and now have three scales under their belt and my seventh graders started their first scale on keyboard this year.  I even had some positive interactions with my students today.  I had one student come to my room during one of my prep periods and told me that she was sorry about the way she has been acting in my class and is promising to do better.  At the end of the day, after getting asked some questions by a librarian, I ran into a kid I had years ago that was visiting the school from High School.  The student apologized to me for being a pain many years ago and said I was one of his favorite teachers from Middle School.  These interactions are the types of discussions that teachers live for.  They don’t happen very often, but when they do, they swell your soul up for a year’s worth of ego.  That’s good enough for me.

I got done with all of that and came home.  I got home and talked with Ruth about her NYSSMA solo and then Austin about his day and Tara about her day.  I then went downstairs and played “Call of Duty 4″ until it was dinner time.  After dinner, Heather took off with the kids.  She took the girls to Girl Scouts and dropped them off and then took Austin to the library to get some books for a research project and then brought the girls home.  While they were out, I got a lot done around the house including grading some papers, finishing editing some work on the new podcast and then playing a little of “Call of Duty 4″.  Heather came home and we watched “Knight Rider” together and then we watched a tape of “American Idol” and then I watched a tape of the comedies on CBS from Monday night.  We then headed to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 4 of Chapter 25 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..Chapter 25 (Part 4):  Asajj Ventress ran down the tunnel toward her chauffeur hovercar, tossing aside her X’Ting mask as she ran.  Fizzik asked if she had seen him and Ventress said of course and also said the Jedi almost sensed her.  She noted that the Quy’Tek Meditation that Dooku taught her had worked to block The Force.  She commented that the game with Kenobi is now hers.  As they got into the car, Fizzik asked about the danger of doing what she did.  Once they were in the car, she told him that life is full of danger…..

My work day went pretty well today.  I was able to do some fair amount of teaching and I think my lesson plans went fairly well.  I was surprised just how much information my students were able to soak in and I think that they are starting to get used to my schedule and expectations for class.  I had my last band rehearsal at lunch today for the concert that was tonight.  I am always happy to get my lunches back because when I work the lunch hour, I have about four hours where I do nothing but work and have very little time to actually eat my lunch.  To make matters worse, there is a book club meeting tomorrow and I’m not going to be able to make it because I have catch-up work to do and I also have some students to try and work with.  I made it through my work day and headed home.

I got home and Heather asked me if I would got and pick the kids up from their piano lessons so she could get dinner on the table on time.  So, I got back in the car and went over to the church to pick up the kids, but Austin somehow got the piano teacher behind (a LONG story) and Ruth only had about a ten minute lesson before we had to go.  We got home and had a dinner of homemade meatball sandwiches with homemade bread.  It tasted awesome!  We also found out that Austin has not been at his last two band lessons and then lied to Heather and I about it.  Hmmm…   I’m not sure what’s going on here, but I told him that this is unacceptable.

Shortly after dinner we headed to the mall for our “Music In Our School’s Month” concert and I helped the band director set up for the concert.  I repaired three instruments just before the concert and then helped tear down the concert.  I think we did pretty well.  The kids performed great and they drew a little bit of a crowd, which was nice to see.  The kids were happy and so were Rob and I.  I checked out GameStop before leaving and coming home.  We got home and I took a short nap and then watched “American Idol” as I worked on a few things and then downloaded a program to help me with recording.  I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but I’ll let you know what I think once I get a chance to play around with it.  I also solved my problem between Flock and WordPress and I am glad to say that I’m using Flock as my default browser now.  I like it SO much better than Inernet Explorer!  I answered some emails and watched “Law and Order:SVU” and then headed to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 3 of Chapter 25 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..Chapter 25 (Part 3):  After making some small talk, the Five Families retreated until tomorrow to let the guests enjoy their moment.  Duris led Obi-Wan onto the dance floor and asked if he knew a dance called the reel.  Obi-Wan said he did, even though deep down he really wished he did not.  As he prepared to dance with The Regent, he felt an odd disturbance in The Force and when he scanned the room, it brought him to a creature that was in the corner veilled by the shadows.  He could not get a read on the creature and wasn’t even sure if it were male or female.  He then went back to the dance and told Duris that it was time to experiment.  She laughed as Obi-Wan looked over his shoulder and noted that the Barrister was too busy with conversation to dance himself, which Obi-Wan found comforting.  He turned and got into position and in line and he began to enjoy the Cestus interpretation of the Alderaan Weaver’s Reel.  He knew his guests were watching him to see if he would adapt quick enough.  Obi-Wan had different obligations on his mind.  He wanted to figure out why he sensed a disturbance in The Force and who the figure in the shadows is.  As he got a sense of the creature, Duris interupted his focus and complemented him on his dancing skills.  Obi-Wan chuckled to himself because many don’t expect the Jedi to know how to dance, but they are trained in it and se warrior’s moves within a culture’s dance traditions.  He told G’Mai he was simply following her, as he realized that the figure in the shadows was gone.  Obi-Wan thought back to his days in the Jedi Temple when Yoda pointed out that a warrior that cannot dance is simply clumsy.  He noted that the disturbance in The Force he felt had faded as Duris pointed out to him that all the guests were watching him because they have never seen a Jedi before.  When he got a chance, he stepped away from the dance to try adn find the figure in the dark, but it’s as if the creature was never there…..

I got to school and got things set up for my day.  It will be an interesting day today as I was hoping to get through information pretty quickly.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get through as much as I had wanted to.  But, that is often to be expected when I expect more of my students.  It generally happens that way.  I managed to get through my day with my students and I realized at lunch that I didn’t watch “Celebrity Apprentice” last night, so I watched it on Hulu during lunch today.  I love the site Hulu.com.  It’s so cool!  I got done with my day and left school after talking to Rob and Sherri before leaving.

I got home and talked with the kids a little bit and then went downstairs and played “Call of Duty 4″ until it was time for dinner.  I then went upstairs and joined the family for dinner eating and we had sloppy joes, boiled potatoes, and deviled eggs.  I went downstairs and watched T.V. until it was time to take Austin to Scouts and I dropped him off and came home.  I did some grading and worked on the newest podcast that will be released soon.  See, I will be stopping “The Jedi Council Speaks”, but I will be starting another podcast that Ian and I will run together with some help from some other individuals.  I’ll leak more information here as it becomes available, so stay tuned!  Heather went and picked up Austin from Scouts as I was completely embroiled in “24″ which was on tonight and was completely AWESOME!!  I’m totally addicted to the show now!  I then watched “C.S.I. Miami” and then went to bed with Heather.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 2 of Chapter 25 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes……Chapter 25 (Part 2):  As soon as their car arrived, they could hear the music.  Many hundred guests of varying species were already at the party wearing X’Ting masks.  Obi-Wan noted the few members of actual X’Tings in the crowd.  As Kenobi and Snoil entered, many of the guests bowed and moved aside as they passed.  The upper class was socializing this party that was highlighted by fast-paced music that demanded fancy footwork.  As G’Mai Duris caught the attention of Snoil and Kenobi and everyone stopped dancing and applauded their guests of honor.  Obi-Wan knew that everything on Cestus had double meaning and he wondered if this was a way to show that even worlds on the Outer Rim have some form of sophistication.  He observed these Cestians as they showed him their lovely, but fragile society and he hoped he could develop an appropriate tactic.  Duris came over and told Kenobi that it was a pleasure to have him here.  Obi-Wan said he could not come this far and not participate in their famed hospitality.  He noted that the Regent seemed to glow in a social gathering such as this.  Dignataries all started to line up behind G’Mai and one asked to be introduced and G’Mai introduced Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Barrister Doob Snoil to the heads of the Five Families.  She introduced them to Debbikin of research, Lady Por’Ten of energy, Kefka in manufacturing, Llitishi of sales and marketing, and Duris’ cousin Caica Quill of mining.  As each was introduced, they bowed toward their guests of honor…..

We finished with church and the kids stayed behind to do Youth Group while Heather and I went out for a dinner at “Olive Garden” and had a very nice dinner/lunch together at the restaurant.  I’ve figured out what I like about the “Olive Garden” restaurant, it’s the fact that it has that old-time Italian feel that the whole restaurant has.  We came home and were exhausted and took a nap.  After our nap, Heather went and picked up the kids.  I got up from our nap and went downstairs and played a little bit of “Call of Duty 4″ for a while this afternoon.  After playing online for about an hour and a half or so, Tara begged me to fix her Barbie sets again.  So, I decided now was the time to permanently fixed them and I replaced all of her cardboard parts with parts made of thin sintra.  It was really easy to do and made them much more sturdy.

I got done with that and started grading papers and working on things online.  In particular, I’m trying to figure out why Java won’t work with Internet Explorer 7.  I’ve tried everything under the face of the earth, but none of it is helping, so I decided to update to Internet Explorer 8, and that didn’t solve the problem either.  So, out of desperation, I downloaded a program I know about called Flock and it seemed to solve the problem.  Of course, I can’t use Flock as my only browser because for whatever reason, it won’t allow me to log in to wordpress.  There’s always something.  Heather and I watched “Amazing Race” and “Big Love” which is getting overly dramatic now.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 1 of Chapter 25 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes……

Chapter 25 (Part 1):  Obi-Wan’s dress robes were like any Jedi robes but were made of demicot silk.  Snoil’s shell and skin were all wiped clean and free of mucus and were buffed dry.  As they were preparing a pair of boxes arrived with masks in them that would make Obi-Wan and Snoil look like X’Ting themselves.  Before they left, the man complimented each other and Obi-Wan wanted to make sure the Barrister understands what is at stake.  Snoil explains that he knows this is not a ball, but a political event.  Snoil then looked at the masks and said although this is a Hive ball, and the Hives have no real powers, then apparently they love making offworlders think they do.  Obi-Wan put on Snoil’s mask for him and said perhaps they should join the fun…..

It is with a little bit of sadness in my heart that I announce to all of you the end of an era.  THE JEDI COUNCIL SPEAKS WILL BE NO MORE AS OF MARCH 7TH.  That’s right, as of next Saturday, the podcast and this blog will be no more.  But, that is followed by good news.  There will be a new blog and a new podcast.  SO, I LOOK AT THIS AS NOT AN END, BUT A NEW BEGINNING, AND PAY ATTENTION HERE AS THERE WILL BE LINKS AND CHANGES SOON! 

Okay, with that said, I went downstairs and watched “Saw IV” and although it’s not as good as the first two “Saw” movies, I think it’s a step back in that direction and now I’m excited to try and see “Saw V” and see how that movie stacks up.  I got done with that and ate some lunch (because those movies amp up my appetite {sarcasm}).  After that I spent most of my afternoon playing “Call of Duty 4″ and I have to say that I’m having a ton of fun playing the game and getting my prestige back up.  I’m up to level 41 by the end of the night tonight and I’m excited at the fact that I may get to level 55 soon.  Later this afternoon I continued catching up on my blog and then went upstairs and ate dinner with the family.  I came back downstairs and played the game some more until Heather came downstairs and joined me.  We then watched the movie “Red Belt” and then “Definetly, Maybe” and then went to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 2 of Chapter 24 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..

Chapter 24 (Part 2):  Obi-Wan knew he had to step in and interupted asking if she thought The Republic would simply allow her to continue to produce these killing machines.  He told her there was only one way this could end.  With NO JK’s ever leaving this planet, EVER.  H enow knew, THIS was why he would make a horrible politician.  She was angry and told Kenobi that they had no right to threaten the people of Cestus.  She told Kenobi that with The Republic’s track record of crushing their economy twice and killing thousands in a related drought that they had no right to ask them to stop producing droids unless the Chancellor was illing to put out funds equal to the loss.  Obi-Wan thought to himself that this statement sounds like blackmail.  Kenobi said he was not here to threaten the people of Ord Cestus, but to be a voice for The Republic and that he understood the Regent was here for her people.  She reminded Kenobi that she was here for all the people of Cestus.  Then Obi-Wan cut her off and said that he and The Republic fight for an entire galaxy and that The Republic would not allow their troops to be killed by these droids and it was up to her i fthat meant the destruction of her world or not.  She then told Kenobi that before The Republic decides to destroy them, they should get to know them better and invited them to a Hive ball that is to be held in his honor and suggested that an informal setting would be better for this discussion  Obi-Wan apologized and said he has nothing but respect for the Cestus people.  Duris said she understood that they are both simply doing their jobs, but that they can still be civil and Kenobi said indeed and bowed.

I had left early for work because of what I wanted to do at work today.  I got there early, or at least tried to, to try and get things going.  First, I had to deal with grandma on my way to work who decided to go ten miles an hour on the way to work on the only road between work and my house.  Then I got to work and found the WORST truck driver to drive a truck.  He tried to back into the school docks for about ten times before I got annoyed and simply parked as far away from the docks as I could because I couldn’t trust the guy anymore!  I got out of my car and raced into the school to set up my room.  Put everything down in my room and went up to the room with the Apple Laptops to get the laptop cart I had set aside.  Well, it wasn’t there.  So, I had to have a teacher paged and we finally found the cart.  But, then I found out the cart had a different lock than I was used to and required a key.  However, the secretary in the office that had the key wasn’t in this morning.  So, I had a cart and no way to get into it!  So, I asked the other secretary in the office if it was okay to use another cart and she okayed it.  I took another cart and moved it to my room.  This cart, however, had a different combo than was on the cart.  I had to call another teacher who helped me out and I got the cart unlocked about one minute before class was about to start!

I got through my classes today and handed out Two-Week Reports.  It wasn’t a bad day overall.  My eighth graders started their research for their classroom music video projects.  My sixth graders started to finish out Season Seven of “American Idol” and my seventh graders started their research for their podcast projects.  I got through my day and returned all the carts and got on my way home.  Once I got home, I started goofing around with the kids and we talked about our days a little bit.  Heather and I talked about what we had planned on doing over the weekend.  In particular, how we were celebrating our anniversary on Sunday by going out for a lunch by ourselves.  Then I went downstairs and started to play some “Call of Duty4″, and got invited by some kids at school again.  But, this time, they turned on the radar.  I equate this to cheating.  Anyone can hunt someone on a map that they know is there!  Yeah, then it just becomes what I refer to as an “ack-ack” game.  you know, one where all you’re doing is unloading bullets and nothing else.

I got annoyed and went back and played online for a while and then ate some dinner with the kids and Heather.  I went back downstairs and played the game a little more until Ian arrived.  We watched the first episode of  “The Clone Wars” and then recorded a little bit.  I will say this, the future of “The Jedi Council Speaks” is in high doubt.  To the point that I have decided to make a final decision about it tomorrow and make an announcement by the end of next week.  We had a ton of fun recording and then James showed up and we all watched the latest episode of “The Clone Wars” and I have to say that I liked this episode.  It wasn’t half bad!  I got done watching that and showed James “Call of Duty 4″ and then he left and we all went to bed to get ready for tomorrow.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 1 of Chapter 24 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..

Chapter 24 (Part 1):  Palpatine had referred to protocol as the oil that greased the wheels of diplomacy.  Barrister Snoil exchanged pleasantries was the Regent and three of her advisors retired to Dursi’ office.  As Barrister argued a point, one of Duris’ own advisers, named Shar Shar, presented her with documents on a screen and whispered in her ear.  She asked the Barrister if he was aware of the case of Gadon Three.  He said yes, but asked for some clarification from the Regent.  He explained that the case involved some Kif Miners, who fifty years ago started selling ores on the open market and managed to find their way into the hands of the enemies of the Gadon regime.  It was decided that the intent of the sale was innocent, therefore making the miners not responsible.  Obi-Wan closed his eyes adn knew this case well because it was one that had been a bad play by the Republic becasue they were mirroring the concept that was going on in a world tha thad vital raw materials.  Now that case back-fired and Obi-Wan’s headache was beginning to return.  Kenobi began to think to himself as the Barrister and Regent talked talked of trades, treaties, and regulations…..

The babysitter showed up on time, and I was off to work and the kids were on their way to school.  It was an interesting day, to say the least.  I went over the history of Jazz and then had the kids watch the second segment in the Ken Burns video series with my eighth grade students.  My sixth grade students went over the Middle Ages with me and the impact of music on the world during that timeframe.  Finally, we went over the beginning of the Baroque Period with my seventh grade students and they were fairly well behaved after Tuesday’s chaos class.  The best part is that they started to correct themselves.  We also had a great PLG today talking about motivation and students.  We talked about past events for us that motivated us to do something good or bad.  We all discovered that students will react negatively to teachers who have a negative attitude toward their students and students will excel in classrooms where the teacher tries to be positive with the students.  We also discovered that when the expectations are high, is when students achieve the most.

I got done with work and came home to get to spend some time with the kids.  Austin told me his trumpet lesson did better and actually admitted that I may have been right all along.  Ruth thanked me for the help with her Science homework because I was right in my answers.  Tara told me about the “Daddy/Daughter” dance and the cool thing is that it is about hollywood and you’re encouraged to dress like your favorite actor.  Well, Tara was excited because this could mean that we can dress as our Star Wars characters at the event.  I know, just another reason to put the costume on, right?!

I went downstairs and played some “Call of Duty4″, when one of my students invited me to play them in a one on one game online.  Well, I joined, but had warned them that I am pretty viscious when it comes to the game.  I pretty much beat the student two to one, for every one kill he had on me, I had two on him (sometimes more).  It was fun, but I know that tomorrow I’ll get some ribbing for it in class.  We all ate dinner together and I came downstairs and graded some papers and then did Two-Week Reports to hand out tomorrow.  I finished with those just in time to watch “Survivor”, “C.S.I” and then “Hell’s Kitchen” on tape and then Heather and I went to bed.

Okay, so let’s talk about Part 7 of Chapter 23 of “Star Wars:  The Cestus Deception, A Clone Wars Novel” by Steven Barnes…..

Chapter 23 (Part 7):  A medical droid made an assessment and then told Trillot what had happened.  Ventress looked at him and told him that he was not dead.  Trillot thanked Ventress for not killing him and Fizzik wondered if Remlot’s days of being a bully were now over.  Fizzik also noted that every person in the room now respected Ventress that much more.  It’s almost as if she scripted it that way.  Trillot told her there was another development and it had to do with the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi.  Ventress looked like she was in a fury and told Trillot that Kenobi must die.  Trillot begged her to not get side-tracked as they may not have more time.  She cut-off the X’Ting and said that she did not aske his advice and she believes that his here for the same business as she is and figures that she needs to kill him first.  Trillot said he brought her here to meet with the Families, but she said she’s sure that Obi-Wan will subvert them and may already have a spy among them.  Trillot then said that the Five Families know a representative is on the way, but they don’t know who.  Ventress said this was perfect.  First, she would kill Kenobi and then meet with the Five Families.  Trillot responded positively, but viewed this woman as an indecisive viper.  Fizzik began to wonder if he would have to work for Ventress one day.