You see New Mexico Goatheads on the calendar and briefly wonder whether you have accidentally booked passage to a particularly difficult corner of the Outer Rim. A little further reading restores order: Rio Rancho, hockey, Star Wars Night. Excellent. You can put away the imaginary field guide to hostile flora and fauna and devote

You look at the November calendar and decide that one more ordinary evening would be a missed opportunity. Then Tulsa Oilers Star Wars Night appears, offering hockey and an excuse to let your imagination wander somewhere beyond the day's practical concerns. You briefly consider announcing the outing as a mission, but that would invite

You write Independence, Missouri, into your plans and immediately feel that a Rebel sympathizer would approve of the address. It is a small pleasure, but a useful one. The Kansas City Mavericks add hockey and Star Wars Night to the arrangement, giving the evening enough character without requiring a secret mission, a concealed message,

You pause over the phrase January in Winnipeg and reconsider the outfit. The Jedi robe is elegant, certainly, but elegance has never been a substitute for thinking things through. Perhaps the Manitoba Moose have the more sensible plan: hockey, a Star Wars Night, and a destination that does not require anyone to locate an