Tag: fun stuff
Set Sail for One Piece
I’ve been a One Piece fan for years. Maybe not as long as it has been around, it has over 1,050 episodes, but at least for twelve or thirteen years when it started airing on Cartoon Network’s Toonami block. Kris and I recently watched the first of eight live-action episodes […]
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Back to the Pond
Considering Kris is writing her novels, “The Dragonfly Temple Chronicles”, it’s not surprising that we ventured off to CSUN (California State University Northridge) to see dragonflies. CSUN has a meandering stream that starts at a man-made waterfall and ends in a duck pond. And for you Whovians, yes, we […]
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60 Years of the Captain?
60 Years? How can that be? I remember when I was little, we lived in the city of Bell, California. One day we got a small box of cereal in the mail. You know, one of those boxes that come in nine or ten variety packs at the grocery store? […]
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The Changing Face of Television
The way we watch television has changed a lot, even in the past two or three years. That’s pretty much what the writer’s strike is all about. But that’s not what I’m talking about here. I’m talking about TV from the consumers’ end. Growing up in Los Angeles, we had […]
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Bugging the Little Buggers
I love my two habanero plants, Richard and Nicole. But recently they’ve developed a tiny problem. APHIDS! I thought aphids only attacked roses, BUT NOOOOOO! (Anyone hearing this in John Belushi’s voice?) These little buggers primarily attack the flower buds, sucking them dry. And without flowers, no fruit. Being that […]
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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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I’m your substitute, Vincent Reinhart.
Dennis is not in this week. He and Kris are celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary weekend. Yesterday they spent the day at Comic Con Revolution in Ontario, California. Today they are at the California Strawberry Festival in Ventura, California. I’m sure Dennis will have a lot to say about both […]
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Vincent Steps Out
It was time for the 39th annual “L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Awards Dinner”. I had heard much of this event, and this year Dennis invited me to be his guest along with Kris. The decorations of the Taglyan Complex were extraordinary, the centerpiece being the […]
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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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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas
Around here, we have our own favorite Christmas songs that we listen to. Let’s start with my favorite J-Pop Christmas sing from my favorite J-Pop band, Puffy Amiyumi, “R.G.W.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggmWJoPiUdM Mostly, we like non-traditional versions of Christmas songs. Most of our favorites are from radio host, Bob Rivers. For example… […]
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