November 30, 2010: Resurgence airs tonight! The BIG mid-season finale! 9:00 p.m. on SyFy!

Yep, sparks will be flying tonight as Stargate: Universe heads into its mid-season break in explosive fashion with Resurgence, an episode that sees the Destiny crew investigate a mysterious energy signature… Anyway, it turns out Volker was misreading the screen and the energy signature was actually their own shuttle, so they all have a laugh [...]

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November 29, 2010: My Snow Monkeys in trouble! Production update! News of note!

Damnit!  My Snow Monkeys are about to go down to defeat.  With 18 points to make up, my sole player tonight, Frank Gore, racked up 5.3 points in the first quarter alone! Then suffered an ouchy and took himself out of the game.  Thanks.  Thanks a lot, Frank.  With two more weeks to go in [...]

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November 28, 2010: What’s in YOUR pantry?

I woke up at 5:20 a.m. to deal with a dog-related issue and, by the time I was done, it was almost six.  Rather than head back to bed, I elected to head downstairs and tackle that long overdue pantry cleaning.  I was amazed at some of the interest/weird/downright mysterious items I discovered including two [...]

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November 27, 2010: How did I miss that?

I’ve been doing a little updating of late, clearing out some old emails and bookmarks, checking in with distant friends online, and discovered a bunch of interesting developments I missed out on for whatever reason.  And so, I’d like to take a moment to draw your attention to said developments in this “How did I [...]

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November 26, 2010: Gift-giving! Recipe-testing! Question-answering! And Jelly says thanks!

Yes, it’s that time of year.  The time of year when thoughts turn to home, family, and lovable Directors of Photography bearing gifts!  Thanks for the vino, boys.  Your work continues to amaze and here’s hoping we get a chance to do it all over again next year! In addition to home, family, and Directors [...]

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November 25, 2010: Jelly update! Mailbag!

My gal Jelly (pictured above) suffers from hip dysplasia and arthritic shoulders and elbows.  It got so bad that she was barely able to walk, so I looked into possible treatments for her condition.  Major surgery is an option to replace the ball joints of her hips, but its an extremely invasive procedure and, going [...]

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November 24, 2010: Comic haul! The return of the Weird Food Purchase of the Day! Snow Monkeys go for their sixth win eight games!

Well, not actually a comic haul.  More of a trade paperback haul… I’ve come to prefer collections over single issues and these were a few of the titles I’ve been meaning to pick up for a while. Chew: Police detective Tony Chu uses his cibopathic abilities to solve crime, deriving psychic sensations from whatever he [...]

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November 23, 2010: New episode of Stargate: Universe tonight! Visitation! 9:00 p.m. on Syfy!

Hey!  Look at what I found at work today! Ashleigh brought her parents’ dog, Flori, in for the day to help with the paperwork… Anyway, she did very good work, organizing Ashleigh’s desk, sending out some documents on my behalf, even making an awesome cappuccino with a intricate leaf design on its surface. She proved [...]

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November 22, 2010: Rate my Tokyo restaurant list!

In approximately two weeks, Ivon and I will be Tokyo-bound.  Since I’ll be in company this time rather flying solo, I’ve decided to mix things up a bit.  Instead of the strictly Michelin star blowouts of past years, I’ve elected to broaden my horizons by incorporating a little high and a low-end dining into the [...]

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November 21, 2010: The Stargate: Universe Season 2 Wrap Party!

Last night, we celebrated the end of another production year with a wrap party at Vancouver’s Gotham Steakhouse.  But before we hit Gotham, a bunch of us met for dinner at Market in the Shangri-la Hotel… What better way to kick off the pic parade than with a shot of belated birthday boy Lawren. The [...]

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