Surrounded by Stars

I knew it was bound to happen--out of all of the thousands of people going through the Lincoln Home each day, there was bound to be someone famous. Today I gave my first tour to a "famous" person. I didn't know he was famous--I had never seen him before, nor did I recognize him, but Ranger Gene did. Gene actually recognized him from the Gore Vidal "Lincoln" DVD we sell at the park bookstore. He played Stephen Douglas in this funny movie we have featuring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln and Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Lincoln. Anyway, Gene recognized this guy as Stephen Douglas, but it turns out that he is quite the Hollywood actor--even though none of the other rangers remember ever seeing him on TV. His name is Robin Gammell, and the biggest role he ever played was Mauric in one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (this picture is of Mauric--he doesn't really have a crazy forehead). Most recently he was on the TV shows "Nip/Tuck" and "Saving Grace." I have never seen those shows, nor did I ever have the desire to see them, but it's cool that I was able to take a famous Hollywood actor through the Lincoln Home. He was really nice, and he and his wife had an adorable dog named Finnigan. Unfortunately Finnigan didn't get to come inside the house.

Tad the cute cat came back to our house! He couldn't resist the kitty food we left outside for him. I was afraid he had left us forever, but when Greg came home for lunch yesterday, Tad was out by our door munching on some food. He even followed Greg back to work--until he saw our neighbor's cute kitty whom he then went to play with. Hooray for Tad being our outdoor kitty! He was outside eating once again today when I returned home from work. I think he likes having adventures around Athens. He is so cute. Greg made some delicious turkey for dinner, and I now have some white chocolate bread pudding in the oven, so we're going to have a yummy treat.