She Thinks She's Witty

      Rutabagas come from Sweden, they say, but I know different. Something with that many A's in the name can't be from Sweden, anyway. There are no A's at all in the word Sweden. Enough said on that topic.      I have never eaten a rutabaga and didn't even know  how to  spell it until it appeared in a washer one day. There are three washers in the apartment basement and I picked the one with the rutabaga. I opened the lid to put my clothes in, like any normal person, and found this turnip-looking object staring back at me.      Most normal people would have either taken the plant out of the washer or moved to another one, but I couldn't look away. What was this odd creation I was looking at?  I figured that it was a space plant that got really lonely floating out there all by itself. One day, it was like, "I'm going to go meet that big blue, green, and white ball over there and make friends."   ...

I would like to share my dream with you over a cup of coffee.  I will wait for you to get one.  Go ahead.  My choice is a cup of Green Mountain Coffee , Southern Pecan flavor, but feel free to have what you would like.  Tea, maybe?  I'll wait. Okay, so, now you have your hot drink?  I heard somewhere that no one wants to hear your dreams.  If that is the case, maybe you should stop reading and go enjoy your warm beverage.  I think this a pretty good one, though. I've added a few literary embellishments, but for the most part it's from the dream.  Aunt Terrance, name and description, all came from the dream, for example.  Sip away and read on! I was on this space station with my best friend which is all I had for a crew at the time.  We were laying low, but we had to find a new “tech” guy before we headed out. We already pulled one job (read, "stole something important") and we needed to get out of there before any...