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Interstellar Communication  Jim invented the Space Hug.  Leonard
is sure he should never tell anybody in Starfleet Command about
that, because he's not too sure Jim would keep his command after
the psych evaluation that was bound to follow this particular
revelation, but still Leonard has to admit that he's pretty damn
grateful.  Joanna had a bad day.  Admittedly, it by far didn't
match up to what would constitute a bad day in Leonard's book,
but that was another matter entirely. And it's only good and
right that in her eight year old world, a bad day implies
nothing worse than some mean words on a school playground and
the promise of a boring trip to visit her grandparents the
upcoming weekend rather than going to Sarah Peters' birthday
party. That's what a girl her age should have to deal with, not
sickness, danger and death, so Leonard doesn't even think about
telling her that sh