Amos was injured in the rescue. It certainly was a sight to see: Amos parachuting out of the sky, an Uzi in each hand blazing away, bad guys running or being shot down. Amos must have gotten quite excited because he missed his drop zone and landed smack dab in an access hole to the sewer.

Turns out I was being held in an old Army base formerly used for chemical warfare experiments. The baddy laddies had just opened the sewer to toss me in when Amos dropped by. I did manage to pull him out and rinse him off somewhat, but he has these really ugly splotches and things from the chemicals still in the old sewer all over him AND I think it affected his DNA as he seems to be growing a new arm out of the top of his head.

But he's recovering in a secret hospital at the USMC boot camp in San Diego and I'm with my mother-in-law in Silver Spring, not much the worse for the experience.

Merry Christmas, Mom.