October 31, 2010: My (potential) Halloween Haul

I prepared for Halloween night by swinging by my local eclectic sweet shop and picking up a bunch of candy I’d personally enjoy eating in the very likely event a grand total of four kids end up visiting the house like last year.  Among the highlights of the selection – Fun Dip: What kind of [...]

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October 30, 2010: A Difficult Admission…

Normally, this blog is a place of refuge for me from some of life’s grimmer realities.  It’s a sanctuary of sorts, an online oasis where the focus is on food and fun, production and puppies – although, occasionally, it does touch on a few of the hardships I’ve faced: The sheer impossibility of eating a mango!. [...]

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October 29, 2010: SyFy Vice President of Original Programming and Development Erika Kennair Answers Your Questions! + A Stargate: Universe Outtake (at the bottom of the entry)!

Today, it gives me pleasure to turn this blog over to the all-around awesome Erika Kennair – dog-lover, network point person, and SyFy VP of Original Programming and Development – who finally came up for air to answer your burning questions.  A big thanks to Erika for taking the time to chat – and, of [...]

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October 28, 2010: Refuel’s Annual Whole Hog Dinner!

Well, last night was Refuel’s annual Whole Hog Dinner.  There were three seatings offered: 6:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., and 11:00 p.m.  In preparation for my senior years, I opted for the early bird special, arriving maybe five minutes before the scheduled seating.  As I neared the restaurant, I noticed a group of people milling about [...]

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October 27, 2010: Alan McCullough! Going Whole Hog! That comic book project starts taking shape!

Hey, look who it is! It’s former Stargate writer/producer Alan McCullough, fresh from his modeling tour of Milan! No, no.  Just kidding.  The modeling tour will have to wait until next year.  Alan has his hands full on Sanctuary where he has just finished scripting this season’s big season finale.  With only a week to [...]

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October 26, 2010: Cloverdale, SGU episode 215, tonight at 9:00 p.m. on SyFy!

Paul finished up his pass on Gauntlet  over the weekend and, today, heads prep on episode 20.  Boy, that last scene… Dare I say it?  Not a dry eye in the house! Hey, guess who dropped by the office today! Go ahead.  Guess. Nope.  Guess again. Nope.  One more guess! No!  Come on, people! Dropping [...]

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October 25, 2010: My recent haul! Notable links! The mailbag!

Today was a production holiday, so I took advantage of the extra day off to work on my quarterly tax installments.  Yes, sir, nothing says holiday like sitting hunched over a calculator for four hours, crunching numbers and assiduously documenting the results for future reward (a.k.a. the installment payment I’ll be making this weekend). On [...]

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October 24, 2010: Tried and True or Something New! A Tasty Spoiler! Mailbag!

The other day, we hit one of our favorite Korean restaurants.  As usual, I was torn between ordering something tried and true or going with something new.  And, as usual, I decided to do both – Tried and true = the kimchee pancake. Something new = The four pepper blow-your-mouth-off sea snails with cold noodles. [...]

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October 23, 2010: January’s Book of the Month Club Pick! Interesting video links! Mailbag!

Yesterday was a foray into the culinary unknown with my sampling of the Triple Down (see last issue, ed.).  This January, I hazard the literary unknown with my first foray into urban fantasy.  January’s Book of the Month Club pick is… The Iron Hunt, by Marjorie M. Liu From the Publisher: “Living tattoos: demons of [...]

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October 22nd: The Return of the Weird Food Purchase of the Day! A little something I like to call…The Triple Down! And another au revoir!

It’s been a while since my last Weird Food Purchase of the Day video installment so, today, I rectify that in grand style with a little something I like to call The Triple Down. “What?”you may ask, “is a Triple Down?” Well, I’m glad you asked – Take one KFC Double Down (bacon, two different [...]

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