The Three Worst Ways to Lose Weight
If you follow my quarterly goal reviews, you know one of my goals is to lose weight. A pound a month until I’m down to 190 pounds at the end of the year. I generally just watch what I eat …
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The D.E.P. (Derail Every Plan) Method
I’m in two critique groups, one for novels and one for screenplays. My novel group met yesterday and chapters 4 and 5 of my first steampunk novel were up. The great thing about being in a critique group is that, …
… it’s Seder-Day Night!
Happy Easter, everyone! Three days before we celebrated Easter, my church, Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, held a Seder, the traditional Jewish celebration of Passover. Why celebrate Passover? Because as Christians, it’s part of our heritage as well. We have …
Goals!
It’s the end of the first quarter of the year and time to see how I’m doing on my goals. SECOND STEAMPUNK SCREENPLAY: Finish editing through it: It stands at 163 pages at the moment. I’d like to get it …
The Whovian’s Journey
THE ORDINARY WORLD As promised, here is a review of last week’s Gallifrey One 33 1/3, Long Live the Revolution. As Sci Fi nerds, we have to escape the ordinary world every once in a while. Our favorite fan get …
Off to a Good Start
It may be two months early to review my goals, but as I was marking my progress for the month, I realized how much I accomplished. Some of it, like trying new recipes, I wasn’t even trying. I just love …
I’m Out for Blood
Kris and I have been doing the Loscon blood drive for 32 years, but it’s been a long time since we were able to do another con like Worldcon or Westercon. This year, Westercon will be in Anaheim and we …
It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Christmas
Around here we have several traditions for the Christmas season. One of them is baking cookies! I have collected several cookie recipes over the years. Some are favorites that I always make, like the Hershey’s Kiss cookies. Sometimes I tinker …
Remember These Guys…
Well, one of them turned into this – It’s finally time to harvest some fruit. These were the first two to pop. They became chili last night. Not a new recipe, but one of our favorites. We harvested a …
My New Obsession
Years ago, when I fell in love with cooking, I got most of my recipes from the Taste of Home and Taste of Home Quick Cooking magazines. Every month I would wait for my two magazines and peruse through them …