#brain droppings

Stay safe, friends, and don’t forget your booties because it’s cold out there.

Early in spring when I first met Linus, he asked me not to ridicule him because he likes to “live simply,” as he put it. Running the farm is hectic, and by summer I was already sick of the pressure. In the middle of fall, I finally acted on my desire to spend a day with Linus living the simple life. Of course I had to start the day by watering my plants and emptying my tappers before I left the farm in search of Linus. I found him around 10am staring at the wall to the right of the bathhouse entrance. We stared at the wall from 10am-2pm. Maybe he’s looking into the window? Is he a perv? At 2:10pm he got a little question mark above his head and promptly dipped from this location. At 3:00pm we arrived by the lake side. I slowed my walking speed to match his. Sebastian smoked a cigarette a few feet away until 4:00pm. That’s enough nature for him today. The lily pads bob methodically. Linus’s shoulders move with his breath. Mine don’t. We left the lake at 6:00pm and got back to his tent at 6:30pm I watched him all night. He never went to sleep.

"Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police!"

Think about it. No one ever addresses Vader as “Darth,” other than Obi-Wan in A New Hope. Everyone else, from the lowest Imperial to Sheev himself, addresses him as “Lord Vader” or “my lord.” His title is Lord, not Darth. Lord Darth Vader. So, what’s with the Darth then? Well, it’s still just part of his Sith name, and the current Sith tradition is they all take it as part of their name. Darth Maul. Darth Tyrannus. Darth Vader. It’s like when Catholic nuns have “Mary” as part of their name. So it makes total sense for Obi-Wan to call him “Darth.” He’s sort of mocking his Sith name, not using a title in a weird way. Yes, at the time Star Wars was made it was his literal first name, but I think this works. A Sith’s title is Lord, and Darth is part of their traditional Sith name.