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Sorry folks, no new Snippet today as it’s been the day of travel to get home after Thanksgiving (if you’ve ever done that you get it). Regularly scheduled postings and updates resume this week so stay tuned…

Family comes first, as we all know, so I’m taking the week to spend with them. Rest assured, I’ll still be viewing and reading things so I’ll come back swinging from vacation. In the meantime, everyone can rest easy and enjoy themselves this Thanksgiving. Don’t forget what I posted last Wednesday.

We come back to our retrospective of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe in its most troubling period, where writers thought that Star Wars wasn’t taken seriously enough and needed to be edgier. If you follow comic books at all, you know how very wrong this can go. Let’s dive into the darkness.

Star Wars Expended Universe: The Dark Days

Well, this is garbage. I should be in LA with my family right now, but my flight decided to get delayed by four hours, so I’m stuck in the airport with nothing but the Internet. Also, I’m pretty sure the Jamba Juice and all the other restaurants just closed, so I have even less. At the very least, I’ll give you some Scribbles so I can say that I did something worthwhile with my wait. As always, enjoy.

Braise, glutton, fourteenth
The asteroid was hurtling straight for Earth…
I don’t know…

Oh, and stay turned tomorrow for my third Expanded Universe article. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to do any work this Thanksgiving week, but I’ll see what I can do.

Here we are. Finally, the end of the Road to Genisys and the final film in the Terminator franchise. I’ve sat through the good and the bad and have truly come to love this franchise. Well, okay, I mostly love the first two. With all that said, let’s dive into Genisys and see how our loyalty has been repaid.

Terminator Genisys

Well, this has been a hell of a week, hasn’t it? There have been horrible attacks in France, Beirut, and Nigeria, disasters in Mexico and Japan, people are coldly closing their boarders to Syrian refugees, Anonymous has declared war on ISIS (who I’ll call Daesh from now on, because that’s what they are), and Salt Lake City, the Mormon capitol on the U.S., just elected its first openly gay mayor. So yeah, lots of upsets, both good and bad (mostly bad, given the amount of lives lost). It’s certainly a lot to think about around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, which are associated with peace and harmony, which we’re definitely in short supply of.

Something else these holidays are associated with? Giving to those in need. Now more than ever, there are people who have less than what people are able to live on. So this season, I implore all who are reading to give anything they can. Invite someone you know can’t afford food to Thanksgiving, even if they’re homeless. Donate canned food to food drives or volunteer at soup kitchens or the like. Donate gifts to Toys For Tots or any other type of charity or white elephant. If you see someone shivering in the cold, invite them in and help them warm up. And yes, this applies even if the recipients are Syrian refugees. The day we start picking and choosing who deserves our charity and kindness is the day we have truly lost the spirit of the holidays.

I know you guys are itching for me to review Spectre, but that will come in time. In the meantime, see my thoughts on the latest true story brought to life… which kind of sounds like an oxymoron when you think about it.

The 33

You know the drill. It’s Friday and I’ve got a lot of bite-sized stories that I’ve just got to get off my mind. I’m trying a fun little exercise with the last one, so as always, enjoy.

Write about a white coat with a stain on it
Heaven, nuts, strawberry
Tell a sci-fi story in six words

Could it be? Could I actually be reviewing a legitimate classic for once? Well, let’s enjoy the moment because Terminator Genisys is coming next week.

Witness

Leaves from the vine

Falling so slow

Like fragile, tiny shells

Drifting in the foam

Little soldier boy

Come marching home

Brave soldier boy

Come marching home

Listen to the song here.