For all the throngs out there, especially those wearing thongs, who have been wondering where I have been... "I cannot bear another day without one of Shystee's inane self-referential rants!"

Well, I have been battling an alien symbiant from the planet Nickatina. I was able to detach it one week ago, but it lurks nearby, at the downstairs neighbors', at the corner sto'...

As horrible as it sounds I am tempted, constantly, to reattach my Face Hugger. The alien symbiant knew how to work it's tendrils up my nose and tickle my brain's pleasure centers. Only when I fed it what it wanted, of course. Then it would make me feel smart, confident, fast.