Okay, let’s see…how to start this…
“Once upon a time…”
MERLIN:  Oh, you can not  be serious.
OZY MCCOOL:  Ew.  Just, ew.
LSIK&T:  Oh, all right. (rolls eyes)
“It was a dark & stormy night…”
OZY MCCOOL:  Uh, helloooooooooooo???  You traveled in the daytime, remember???
MERLIN:  Great Honkin’ Cthulu™, man, if you’re gonna start a story with a cliché, at least make it a good one, huh?
LSIK&T:  Day-um, you’re a tough crowd.  Sheesh.
“Juuuuuust sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…a tale of a fateful trip…”
LSIK&T:  There.  Happy now?
MERLIN:  Well, it’s still cheesy…
OZY MCCOOL:  …but it’ll do.
MERLIN:  Ozy!!!
OZY MCCOOL:  Fine.  He can shove you  out the airlock this time.
MERLIN:  Eep!
LSIK&T:  Thank  you.
So here I was, about to leave the domecile and head out on this fantastical odyssey that is the Blown-eyed Blodgers Great Texas Invasion of 2006™.  It’s about 8:00 in the morning, my traveling companions Deathknyte and Krondax…
OZY MCCOOL:  Hey, how come we  didn’t get to go?
MERLIN:  Yeah, what’re we, chopped liver?
LSIK&T:  You weren’t invited; you don’t write blogs.  Now hush.
…are due in about an hour or so, and I’ve barely enough time to run put my paycheck in the bank, scoot over to Whataburger for a quick breakfast-on-the-go, get the rental car and get to the terminal to pick them up.  It’s now 8:00
8:01:  Enter the Dallas North Tollway.  See the absolutely massive  backup southbound.  Get caught in it.  So much for the bank (fortunately, I still have some chump change left from cashing in my Cingular 401k, so I don’t absolutely have  to make the deposit…
MERLIN:  …while he continues to pay us  minimum wage…
OZY MCCOOL:  …and continues to renege on his promise of giving us a raise…
LSIK&T:  (pulls out Klingon disruptor, sets spread formation, and nails both Merlin & Ozy, who crumple in a heap) There.  That’s  better.  Now, where was I…?
…but now I’m running out of time and need to scoot.