Well part of it is we've been doing this for uh... 11 years? That's longer than it took from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989). And it's super close to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

Hopefully there'll be another show late Sept or early Oct, and there's a super slim possibility that I might fly back to Sacramento from Japan in 2005 to play again. Otherwise, the next show will be after I return. Maybe 2007?

I always try to have something in mind for my final words. For a long time it's been "tell my wife I love her". It'd be touching for whoever was around, and it'd make my family laugh because I'm not married. But then I got married to a friend at the Peep Off so I'll have medical insurance on the trip. I wouldn't want her to have problems explaining that to her boyfriend.

I think if I get beheaded in the Middle East, I'll say, "Live long and prosper, dickweed". I usually have Angry Samoans lyrics running through my head so it could be, "I've got my fingers in you, but I wish they were in your mom" or "I'll put your head in a milk bottle" or "Strange being in a distant land. I look up there's a hole in my hand. And it really hurts!".

Anyway, try spending some time thinking what your last words will be. You only get one chance.