Ya know, it's a long shot, but I've gotta try. I'm seeing if anyone has any medallions from the CIV collectors' panels that they'd be willing to part with. These were those super-cool medallions given away free during the various panelled discussions at Celebration. I'm really wanting the Stormtrooper medallion, but any would be great, as well, to possibly ultimately trade for the Stormie version. Here's what the medallions look like:

Medallions

And in case there's any doubt as to how much of a nut I am for Stormie stuff, here's a link to my nutcase. 

Thanks for any help!

Yeah, that same station that had $3.64 a gallon last week, was at $3.57 yesterday.

Needless to say, I filled up. Also needless to say, with my luck, the price will be $3.50 today. 

Yeah, thanks for jinxing it, Jesse! 

I'm really surprised at how Detroit is handling Anaheim, and just slightly surprised at the Ottawa/Buffalo series. Of those four teams, I was really thinking it would be a Ducks/Sabres finals. I supposed for ratings, though, a Detroit/Ottawa finals may have a better draw. 

Now, how are we supposed to know that?

Your strategy was the same as mine. Thanks for the tip! I just may be able to sleep tonight.

Well, unfortunately the Sharks are gone...again. I knew that as soon as they lost game 4 (tied in the last seconds, and lost in OT), that they were toast. It was just too much of a momentum swing. Good going to the Redwings, though. I really think the Ducks will take it all, now.

Just purchased several figures from Ricardo, and everything went great. Definitely a great deal, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy anything from him again! 

Yeah, it's really coming together. I just checked, and it looks as though my four stormies were put to good use! 

Whenever I read of a tragedy such as this, I immediately get this sickening dullness in my gut. I try to resist the urge to watch, listen to and read all about the horror, but inevitably I'm drawn back. I want to know what could possibly motivate someone to be so hateful. Was it one event? Was it a horrible childhood? The loss of loved ones? And these are all aimed not by just simple curiosity, but instead by a need to prevent anything like this from happening to the people around me.

From what I've read, this troubled shooter wrote about his hate toward women, rich kids and religion, specifically Christianity. Also, all the descriptions of this guy say he was just socially inept, scary and disturbed. He wouldn't talk to anyone, and all his "poetry" and writing was filled with disturbing violence. My knee-jerk thoughts point to his upbringing and his relationships with his parents (specifically the mom), but it could be anything else. I just hope that they eventually piece together the reasons why this guy did this.