Our friend J had a food delivery they didn't actually order and didn't have room in their fridge for it. They gave it to us and we tried the meals for a week. They were easy to fix and tasted pretty good, although some of the cuts of meat were strange (the pork chops were more like slices of tenderloin and the chicken pieces weren't recognizably ( Read more... )

Found a very nice adaptation of Robert Heinlein's The Door Into Summer on Netflix. It's a Japanese version with subtitles & the lead character looks way too young to me, but it remains faithful to the original story, which is always nice to see. The story has robots, time travel, romance, betrayal, and a cat.

Check it out...

Made the 50K limit in time for NaNoWriMo, not that I'll do anything with that except post the badges from the website. Had a little trouble finishing this year because the new WoW expansion dropped on the 26th ... and there are dragon characters you can play now, plus a whole new area to explore ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again - the start of the winter holiday season. November and December are full of reasons to celebrate, for many different religions. I personally enjoy several holiday celebrations, including Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Leaving in a few minutes to head over to the sister's for a late Easter celebration. She just signed up for Paramount+ so we'll likely spend the day watching Star Trek shows. Before I head out, I need to take out a mortgage and fill up my gas tank ( Read more... )

Working on a historical/sci-fi/detective story for a new anthology. I figure Badi has been a PI for a good long time, so I'm using him again. I like his sarcastic attitude. Hopefully so will the editors of the anthology ( Read more... )

I've submitted "Outlaw Security" to another publisher. I asked my supposed agent if she wanted to approach the publisher, but she said I could do it. I suspect this means I'm no longer a client, not that we ever signed a contract or anything anyway ... she did say she'd be happy to look over any contract the publisher may send me if I'd like her to ( Read more... )

Mele Kalikimaka (or however you spell it) ... I've still got the Sirius XM Christmas channel playing and the tree up. I usually celebrate the full1 12 Days just because I like the lights ( Read more... )

So the "Masks" story didn't make the short-list for that anthology -- just a form rejection. That bites because I was so sure it would get in. Friday the 13th indeed ( Read more... )