One of my stepsons just informed me that...

...I'm going to be a grandfather.

I feel old.

Less than two weeks before going on vacation, life decides to give me a curve ball ( Read more... )

Blame savageknight who reviewed 100 comics and graphic novels in his excellent off-the-rack (when are you going to be doing more, Mike?) and inspired me to do my own comics reviews blog ( Read more... )

From a recent photoshoot for my upcoming wine newsletter.

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The big night was the third annual Joe Shuster Awards. While I wasn’t able to attend last year because of my illness, this year there was no way I’d miss it. A great task was asked of me this year, as the JSA committee asked me to present one of the Hall of Fame awards to the late great Albert Chartier. Quite an honor ( Read more... )

The Friday was behind us, and I for one slept like a baby that night. The bed and pillows, which seemed made of cloud material, probably helped ( Read more... )

I've wanted to write about this past weekend since I got back on Monday, but I've been doing mostly cleaning due to water flooding into our garage and basement last week. We've had to take out the carpet in two rooms and some of the wooden boards in our entrance will have to be changed. What a mess ( Read more... )

I've been away from LJ for a while. It took my friend ladyofthe-lake to make me take notice of that.

It's just the usual suspects; work, Comicopia, my website, the Shuster awards.

I'm going to Portugal this summer and I'm looking forward to picking up Fado singer Ana Moura's latest CD of which the first single was just released. Here's the ( Read more... )

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Working on the next Comicopia and wine reviews.

Music in the background keeps me energized. Lots of Timbaland produced tracks for some reason, including this track from the Pussycat Dolls.