LA Times Festival of Books – Sort of
I spent the weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books, and it rained throughout Saturday. But it did clear up on Sunday. But it’s late and I have to go to work tomorrow. So, I’ll tell you next week …
Category: Friends
We Took the Train to Perris
We didn’t find the Eiffel Tower in Perris, but we did find the Southern California Railway Museum. It sits on a larger chunk of land – and there is a lot of open land out there – much larger than …
Loscon 50 Day One
Okay, so I’m finally not dead tired from Loscon, so here a review from day one. New Hotel, new experience. There is only one bad thing I have to say about the LAX Hilton, and it’s the same bad thing …
A Little Help from our Friends
If you know my wife (and IT Department) Kris, and I personally, you know things have been financially stressful for us for the past year to year-and-a-half. And recently we’ve had too many hits at once. That’s why we’ve started …
It’s a Dead Man’s Party
Yesterday we went to a Halloween party hosted by the U.S.S. Angeles https://ussangeles.org/ , the local Star Trek Fan Club. As I stated in the title, I was a music pirate and I was under “a rest”. I even won …
Yay! I’m Old!
This weekend we celebrated my 65th birthday. I’ve waited a long time for this, literary a life time. Now for all those senior citizen discounts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xw9fxb7BR8 We started Friday night when Kris signed up for Shout! Factory’s seven-day free trial. …
Win Some, Lose Some
Greetings fellow foodies, Vincent Reinhart here. I’m here because of an unusual event, a kitchen experiment that didn’t go so well. Actually, I don’t think this has ever happened since I became the Cherry’s food critic. Two weeks ago Dennis …
“She is in the Sky”
“She is in the Sky” That’s a recent quote from one of Jennifer Cole’s fandoms, Dr. Who. He first love was always Star Trek. And she was always very involved in Star Trek fandom, from captaining a starship (as the …
Rough Weekend
We were at a retirement party for a friend when we got word that a dear friend of ours, Jennifer Cole, had been taken to the hospital. She suddenly had heart problems; her heart was racing. She has had a …
Comic Con Revolution 2024 Part Two: Sunday
Comic Con Revolution 2024 Part Two: Sunday. May 19th – day two at the con. We got there around 10:00 am and headed straight for the line to get the wrist bands to stand in line for the, “The Clone …