I don't make them either, Gabriella. Just don't read what I just wrote to Stacy… 😉

And I sure didn't totally blow a deadline last Friday thinking it was this coming Friday. Nuh uh. Wasn't me.

What I learned: Double-check deadlines and assignments.

What I did: Apologized profusely. Several times. And worked my butt off yesterday and today to write the two features and edit the three columns I was supposed to have finished last week.

I think you're mixing up the details between Back to the Future and part 2. Marty McFly went back in time during the first movie by accident. He was trying to flee the terrorists when they showed up to shoot Doc Brown after Doc used the plutonium they gave him to build the time machine instead of a bomb. Doc had set the time machine to the date he thought of the flux capacitor, which happened to be around the time Marty's parents met when his grandfather hit his dad with a car. Marty prevented the meeting by pushing his dad out of the way by reflex. The plot then revolves around how he's going to get his parents back together when they have nothing in common.

In part 2 he goes forward in time to prevent his kid from going to jail.

As for not remembering Calvin Kline, they only saw him for like a week and never took any pictures. They probably forgot what he looked like. Someone having the same name as a famous person isn't that uncommon. I went to school with a Kevin Costner, who I know isn't the same guy since this Kevin was black.

Considering the series is about time travel and the first movie was written as a one shot, the series is remarkably free of plot holes. There's an extensive explaination of all the connections on the Blu-ray collection.

Mistakes are what we make of them. I try to admit my mistakes – correct the ones I can and try to find a lesson in the ones I can't. A good friend of mine prefers to ignore her mistakes or shift the blame. I've known her since high school and can only think of one time she ever admitted to making a mistake. When will she realize that making excuses or lying to cover up her mistakes only digs her in deeper?

The biggest lesson anyone should take away from a mistake (yours or someone else's): We're all human.

To me that means the biggest mistake anyone can make is holding grudges over mistake other people make – unless they're superhuman, they're allowed to make mistakes, too. Let's just hope they learn something.