What a wonderful story! I hope 'Snake' and Carole continue to be blissfully happy together.

Hey Wil- Friends of mine attended ECCC and I thought you'd like to know that they enjoyed your participation greatly and said, "If Wil Wheaton is scheduled to be a guest at any convention, YOU MUST GO because he is totally worth it!"

A photo of the Love Boat crew, a tesla ball, a comfy couch for reading comics, and a doggie as an armrest. What more could a man ask for, really?

I think the people who long for the 'good ol' days' tend to gloss over the privations they experienced. No one time could ever be as perfect as some people would have us believe. That said, there ARE things that I experienced as a child of the mid-1970s that I think kids today are missing out on. So I do understand the nostalgia, just not the sugar-coating. And please, let us all be thankful for the fact that no one now need know when we're "on the rag" unless we choose to tell them so. I so look forward to the perfection of successful time travel. Sure, I'd go visit those times in history that fascinate me (1940s WWII years, the antebellum South, Scotland before the Jacobite rebellion). But what I really want to revisit? My grandma, who's making fried chicken, cole slaw, and homegrown tomatoes, sliced on a plate, for supper. As many times as I've tried to recapture those flavors of my youth, I've been unsuccessful. Excellent post, Margaret!

I don't believe I've ever had any ghostly experiences, but my grandmother did. She also experienced what could only be called psychic phenomena, in the form of visions. I guess it only happened to her a couple of times, but she firmly believed in what she'd seen/heard/dreamed. She dreamed of a nephew's accident on a tractor, from halfway across the country, later confirmed by a letter from her sister. And she and her sister both claimed to have seen a shadowy figure in the house where they grew up, as well as hearing horses galloping through the creek when the could clearly see there was nothing there. And a great uncle claimed to have seen a ghostly apparition while in Paris, in the Army. He said there was no other explanation for the shadowy figure he'd seen, as there was no one else there.

Happy Anniversary, Wil & Anne. Hope there's many more where that came from. And I love that picture! So romantic. *sigh*

Wil, I'm so sorry to hear about Ferris. It's never easy to say goodbye to a pet and my heart goes out to your and your family. I'm sure she'll be deeply missed.

Ha ha, Jerry looks adorable in his pose there! And oh god, River looks so young and earnest it breaks my heart. Thanks again, Wil, for sharing your memories and impressions of those times with us. You rock.

Can't wait to see you on the show-I love Leverage! Give Christian a hard time about scarring up his forehead, ok? The man needs bubblewrapped, swear to god. Hope you enjoy your time up there in Portland.

I didn't read all the comments, but I did want to let you (and others) know that there is converter software to make PDFs readable on Kindle and other e-readers. So if you offer them the way you did Sunken Treasure, people can convert them to whatever format they might need. Just FYI. That said, print on demand books? Oh man, I'm there. As many have already said, big box stores frequently don't have what I'm looking for. They have ten million copies of crap I wouldn't touch, but they keep shrinking down the sections and leaving out authors of the genres I do read, all in the name of having more room for the dreck. Bah!

Oh, your brother's photos are beautiful!

She's probably thinking, "Daaaaad, get this OFF ME. And then get me some bacon!"

I follow you both here on your blog and on Twitter because you're freakin' hilarious, not because you once played Gordie or Wesley or anyone else. Anyone who expects you to be someone you're not just to please them, well, they can go pound sand. Just keep on being your silly, geeky, family-man self! PS: Your conversations with your iTunes? Priceless.

I didn't have any of the cool toys, but I did collect the cards. And also, this totally brought back memories of playing on the school playground with Tommy and Mike, who graciously allowed me to be their Princess Leia because I had long braided hair and could make the requisite buns over my ears. Thanks for the memories!

Glad to hear that Christmas in Wheatonland was considered awesome!

I really enjoyed reading about your time on the set. It's really cool to hear what a great experience you had on a show that I really enjoy. It's nice to know that the people who bring us the show (actors and writers and technicals) have such a great respect for each other and really seem to like the job. The only bad thing is that since Floyd went out in a blaze of glory, we won't get to see you on the show again!

Wil, you were phenomenal on CM last night! I totally expected you to be the 'good' guy. But you were a right creepy bad guy, so excellent job.

I love Criminal Minds, so I can't wait to see your ep. And William Mapother (forever known as Ethan to this Lost geek) is scary. *marking the calendar now*