January 02, 2007

Veni, Vidi, Vici: The Return of the Sith Master

A disturbance in the force has brought me home, once again. Don't believe me? I find your lack of faith in the force disturbing.

I'm especially grateful for my many co-bloggers who made December the best month ever for The Jawa Report! January was looking like it might top our December record-breaker, but now that I'm back I'm sure traffic will plunge to its normal lows.

California was fun, but for some unexplicable reason it's good to be back. In my own home. In my own bed.

Best part? Catalina Island. Spent five days there with my family. A blast, as always. If you live in LA, you really need to spend a few days in Avalon. Now is the best time of year--the offseason. And it was 75 degrees or higher 4 of the 5 days we were there.

Oh, and it's lobster season. I just found out that you can legally net lobster--after all these years of getting them the old fashioned way. In the water. With my hands. At night. In the dead of winter!

My return is especially glorious this year given USC's pounding of Michigan! I know a lot of you want to blame George Lucas, but I just can't bring myself to laying this at his feet. As we all know, Lucas only works for those pansy Jedis. USC is clearly a Sith team.

The only thing better? The Boise State victory over Oklahoma! Incredible. Truly the best game I've ever watched live. Ever. UPDATE: Allah has vid, but he didn't see the game. L-O-S-E-R. [I wonder if he has vid of Nebraska losing? Vin, as you know, is a Cornhusker.]

As a special bonus, Flea sends this vid of Jawa vs. Nazis. I know a lot of you are going to want to give credit to the Jawas for helping Indie out of a sticky situation, but your take on this vid is all wrong. The Jawas were only in it for the Ark of the Covenant. They had a mutual interest with Indiana Jones. And like I've always said, you can work with Jawas--mutual interests--it's those pesky sandpeople (Tuskens) you have to watch out for.

The salmon have truly returned to Capistrano!

UPDATE: Rustymania, the video!