The Empire Tour of the Empire

Last week's tour of the empire was an absurd 64 hundred words and lasted forty three minutes and forty three seconds. We're going to celebrate the occasion of the hundredth episode by opening the floor up to questions. There were definitely a couple of topics that seemed to be on more than one person's mind. I'll do my best to cover those and then tuck in a few more. i'm going to name the first person who posted, which seemed a fair and judicious way of doing things.