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What a Week I’m Having
It’s been a tough week+. Among several things, losing a friend on Tuesday, Frank Waller, and burying him today. More details next week. Dennis 174th blog (if you can call it that) completed. First Steampunk novel: 74406 words. ß Past 74,000. Goal: 80,000. Second Steampunk novel: 783 words. Second […]
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We joined the Revolution
Until our niece, Annie in Riverside told us about it, we had never heard of Comic Con Revolution https://www.comicconrevolution.com/ontario/?utm_source=CCR+Ont+Attendees&utm_campaign=a36090b444-CCR23-052023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bb3bf536-a36090b444-128066380&mc_cid=a36090b444&mc_eid=196940ccea in Ontario, California. It was held last weekend, May 20th and 21st. For a con I had never heard of, in a not-so-major city, it had quite an impressive guest list, […]
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What a Week He’s Having
I took Thursday and Friday off work this week. A lot of my fellow coworkers told me to enjoy my days off. Yeaaaaahhh… Thursday was car repair day. I needed to get some work done to pass a smog check. Turns out I also needed a brake job, new tires, […]
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Old Carpets Never Die
Back in 2019, the LAX Marriot remodeled and put in new carpeting. But the long-time attendees of Gallifrey One have never forgotten the original carpet. There are still swatches of the carpet from a backup bolt the hotel still has. They still show up in the charity auction. For a […]
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Recipes in Review with Guest blogger, Vincent Reinheart
Greetings and Merry Christmas. I’m the Cherry household food critic, Vincent Reinheart. I’m filling in for Dennis this week so he can relax and enjoy the holiday. Of course, he will be cooking today, making roasted chicken, gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing, peas and biscuits. None of those will be new […]
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Invasion of the Loscon
Loscon is about a month away. Yesterday we, the Committee (or at least most of us), had our last in-person meeting at the LAX Marriott hotel. This is where the convention will be held on Thanksgiving weekend, Friday through Saturday. The attendance was smaller than usual last year due to […]
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Peacock Hunting
The owners of the company I work for live in Malibu. Occasionally I’m asked to take papers over there to get their signature if they’re not coming into the office. That area has peacocks. I stopped to take a picture of this guy. I didn’t want to get too close […]
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California Watermelon Festival
A week ago, I didn’t even know there was a watermelon festival. But a friend of ours, Frank, not only told us about it, but paid for our admission. Thank you, Frank! This was out by Hansen Dam in Los Angeles. Not as big as the California Strawberry Festival that […]
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Just Yesterday in a County Nearby
This weekend, after a two-year absence, Star Wars Celebration returned. This is a convention that moves around the country and for it’s return it came back to the Anaheim Convention Center. Again on a limited budget, we only had tickets for Saturday, but what a Saturday! By the time we […]
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The Complicated Mechanics of Stress
No One Answer to a Complicated Subject Last week, we went over the question of stress affecting one’s creative writing. Speaking for my own personal life experience (which is the only point of view I can offer our readers) I made the observations that extreme mental and emotional stress impairs […]
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