This is a very short chapter but I wanted to get my 'be very careful about Everclear' warning posted ASAP.

Regarding Kennie Gajos's message that "Everclear is actually lethal in 'Jell-O' shots" I certainly didn't mean to encourage people to do Everclear Jell-O shots. In fact, I would say in general do not touch Everclear. Whether or not it's lethal, there are plenty of other types of alcohol available. Traditionally grain alcohol's value lay in its price [cheap and ability to get people drunk quickly because of its high proof and lack of taste. When mixed with fruit juice it's difficult to tell that there's alcohol in the punch and very easy to drink a lot in a small amount of time.

The warning on the Everclear label says: "not intended for consumption unless mixed with non-alcoholic beverage." Drinking straight grain alcohol can burn and dissolve the mucus membranes in your throat. I've read that you should never replace the water, in addition to the Vodka, in Jell-O shots with Everclear. However, there is a question if you could actually do so. If the alcohol solution is too concentrated it will denature the proteins in the gelatin, I don't know about that, never having tried it. My Everclear experience was way pre-Jell-O shots.

A lot of people drink or have drunk Everclear with no problems. (Myself included while at college in Illinois.) but I would definitely discourage its use by anyone. However, I think attempting to dissuade people from potentially harmful behavior by exaggerating or misrepresenting the danger is counterproductive. In my day, when it was claimed that marijuana use always led to drug addiction, once young people realized that it wasn't true they'd sometimes dismissed legitimate claims about the dangers of drug use. (Trust me. Been there, done that.)

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"Teal'c why don't you take Mitchell and Vala to pick out the DVDs? The rest of us can pick out the ice cream and pay for the food. Blockbuster's less than a block away. We'll meet you at the car." They had driven together in Mitchell's car; it was an old and really large American car, a "classic", that had been owned by a little old lady in Kansas. In fact said "little old lady" was his grandmother and she drove it a lot of pretty hard miles. And she had the speeding tickets to prove it. For SG-1 the best thing about it was that it could seat six adults in comfort, even when Teal'c was one of them. For her part Vala just loved the fins.

"Okay, guys. What shall we watch? I'll give you guys extra input since you're from out of state like Rayna."

Everyone got to he car at the same time, once the bags were in the trunk they piled in and Cam drove towards Sam's.

Daniel asked Mitchell. "So what are we watching tonight?"

"It wasn't an easy choice. Vala wanted "Sound of Music" but I think she was just being a smart aleck."

Vala started to protest but Daniel put his hand over her mouth saying. "I'm sure that she was. Rayna, you can add that to your list and be sure that you make Vala explain her joke." Vala stuck her tongue out at Daniel when he took his hand off her mouth. As he leaned in to kiss her Mitchell yelled back. "Now cut that out you two! No necking in my car, unless we're at the drive-in."

Rayna had her tablet on her lap and as she wrote she repeated. "Necking and drive-in, right?" Mitchell almost choked when he heard her but was able to turn it into a cough.

"I thought a comedy would be a good idea, but for some odd reason Teal'c and Vala didn't think that "Dumb and Dumber" was a good choice for Rayna's introduction to Earth popular culture."

Sam prompted him. "So? What did you end up with?"

Vala answered for him. "Teal'c fought with Mitchell and surprise, surprise, Teal'c won. We got "E.T.", Teal'c insisted. He had all sorts of good reasons but I didn't really listen. When we wouldn't let Mitchell have his "funny" movie he thought that we should get something serious that would speak to what he called "the human condition", insisting that it transcended all life forms. He was looking for something from Shakespeare when he found one that he was convinced we should rent. It was called "Schindler's List". Teal'c had seen it and while he agreed it was an excellent film and he thought I should watch it sometime. That it showed how one person's fight against great evil can accomplish great good. But he felt it wasn't the best choice for an evening of light entertainment and reminded Cam that an empath just might need to prepare themselves before such an experience."

Sam and Daniel had both reacted strongly when Vala said "Schindler's List" taking deep breaths which they slowly let out as she made it clear that Teal'c had over ruled Mitchell.

"So we got "E.T." I hope you have a lot of Kleenex, Sam. I love that movie! I also picked up "Finding Nemo" and "The Lion King". No one doesn't like cartoons with animals."

"So who's cooking what? I bought the ice cream so my parts done."

"We're all making tacos together. I got both the crispy corn shells and the flour tortillas, beans in case Rayna doesn't like the ground beef, lots of cheese and other good fillings."

"Jalapeños?"

"Yes, Daniel. And three types of Salsa."

Mitchell chimed in. "Daniel got all sorts of healthy salad fixings so I decided to go with the fun stuff. We're going to start off with chips, dips, mini "pigs in a blanket", Buffalo wings and beef jerky. Then pretzels and popcorn for the movie." He saw Rayna out of the corner of his eye writing down 'pigs in a blanket' and "Buffalo wings".

Sam looked askance at Mitchell. "Beef jerky? Red neck, much?" Mitchell and Daniel laughed with Sam and when they saw Rayna writing down 'red neck' all three of them laughed even harder.