Madam Artist Logan, Mr. Atoz, the Librarian, Sydney Brown, Amdnarg Toh, Dr. Roger Korby, Rascal Stallion, Jeffrey Logan, The Dude, distinguished guests and fellow readers:

This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour - when decisions are hard and courage is tested. We enter the year 2007 with large endeavors underway, and others that are ours to begin. In all of this, much is asked of us. We must have the will to face difficult challenges and determined enemies - and the wisdom to face them together.

“Well, you see, if I would not have killed her the situation would have been even more complicated.”

It wasn’t that he was not in love with her. I think the relationship’s passion level was comparable to that of a rabid German Shepherd to an Irish goat. So, why the inexplicable action? What is it about the opposite sex that evokes such passion- a passion which was once expressed by actions of love and selflessness, but now is revealed by evil plots and desires?

(The U.S.S. Enterprise receives a distress signal from 20th Century Earth. Kirk and Spock beam down to where the distress signal has originated. The coordinates match a small bar outside of Brainerd, North Dakota. In order to blend in with that society, Kirk and Spock dress in clothes of that region and time period….turtlenecks and wool coats. Spock, of course, has to wear a stocking cap to cover his ears.)

The dank hallway reeked with the musty smell of air that has been still for too long. Shredder’s nose told him these passageways under the palace had remained vacant for a very long time.

The Shredder crept along undetected through the palace until he found himself at the door of Commodus’ bedroom. He silently dispatched the two guards and opened the door. As Shredder crept inside he was horrified to find Commodus not only awake but fully armed and dressed in his armor.

Snyder and Sylvester Soggie were mysteriously transported to the magical world of Oz. As wonderful as it was they desperately longed to go home. They begged the Wizard of Oz to send them home and he promised he would do so if they only completed a simple task for him. All they had to do to return home was kill the Wicked Witch of the West. This is where our story begins.