Jack of Harts

Runalongs are a mystical creature that runs a long next to high speed vehicles like planes, trains, and automobiles with bored children inside. They take many forms. Running hounds. Leaping deer. Strange and otherworldly creatures of the imagination. Put your hand out, let the wind catch it just right, and you might feel them arching their backs up into the palm of your hand so you can pet them. Mine were X-Wing starfighters. Their mission, to buzz low and mow all that tall grass growing in the ditches while avoiding the power polls and other obstacles. They don’t come just for children though. On a long trip if someone else is driving, I see my old friends zipping along next to us again, like they were never more than a memory away.

So while I was on vacation, a New York City jury was pondering over whether or not they should convict a Marine who protected women and children on a subway who were being threatened by a criminal high on drugs saying that someone was going to die. The fact that a self-defense case this blatant was even taken to trial should be excellent evidence at the prosecutor’s impeachment hearing. The jury found the Marine not guilty, which is a good start. I hope to see more of these malicious prosecutions thrown out by the juries in the future. Better yet, let’s get rid of the prosecutors that bring them while leaving the real criminals out on the streets and subways so they can threaten women and children.

I’m coming home from KSAGG. That’s the Krull Siblings Annual Gathering of Gamers. It is absolutely not Krull Sisters A-Go-Go. It’s been a fun three days of BattleTech-themed gaming, and I am happy to have been here with all the friends I hadn’t met yet. Gaming truly does bring people together.