Amid all the fine dining, the fried chicken eating, the vast consumption of varied chocolate-themed desserts, I am often asked: "How do you not weight 300 pounds?".  Twenty years ago, I could have chalked it up to a high drive metabolism but, in recent years, the truth is somewhat more complex.  I've never really paid…

Relaxing with dad Suji vs. fly Suji vs. banana chips

Okay, before we get started, please click to link below to find out if Thanos killed you at the end of Infinity War: Did I Survive The Snappening? To those of you who perished, you shall be missed.  To those of you who survived, congratulations.  May this close brush with non-existence give you a greater…

Fielding your burning questions... gforce writes: " Have you heard any new info (that you can discuss) about any possible new Stargate series/movie/anything? All news from that seems to have fallen into a wormhole." Answer: I'm out of the loop on the Stargate front.  On the heels of the SGO release, Stargate fandom rallied online…

Did I mention we bought a new place?  Yes?  No?  Well, we bought a new place. After months of searching, we finally found something we liked and pulled the trigger.  We take possession June 1st and will begin our move away from the only home we've known in the entirety of my various stays in…

"You're toothbrush passed away,"Akemi informed me today upon my return home from Montreal. "What happened?"I asked, in several different ways at several different times that afternoon.  Her responses were always evasive: "You're going to get a new one." "I didn't do anything." "Just passed away." And, finally: "Commit suicide." I suspect I'll never learn the…

Whenever I come back to my hometown of Montreal, I am presented with elements of my past, opportunities and relationships lost and found, decisions made - and some made for me - and always I can't help but think: "What if?".  If you had that ubiquitous second chance time machine, what would you change?  Would…

So we were twenty minutes away from the end of last night's Dateline mystery, just as the authorities were closing in on the real killer - we lost power.  My initial instinctive writerly thought was: "He knows we're on to him!". The windstorm that had assailed Toronto earlier, blowing in store windows and tossing patio…

Back in the Stargate days, when I used to come into the office Monday mornings and people would ask me about my weekend, I would simply direct them to the blog.  It's always been a fairly simple way to keep tabs on me.  So it comes as no surprise that I had no less than…

OUT OF THE RACE: Mocha Madness, Pollo Loco, H2-Blue, Black Knight, Olympia, Glassy, Tarantula and Reflektor CAUGHT UP ON THE OUTSIDE TRACK: Summer Sky TRAILING BADLY AND FADING: Wisp of Darkness, and Marbly McMarbleface IN THE HOME STRETCH: Deep Ocean, Comet, El Capitan, Snake's Tub, and Quicksilver. The question isn't "Who'll cross the finish line…

Well, I'm back in my hometown of Montreal for seven glorious days of writing, reading, and running occasional errands.  I have two major projects to finish up while I'm here, the first that SF pilot rewrite that, if it goes, will probably take me back to Vancouver, and the second a horror pitch that, should…

Tomorrow, I depart for a seven day writer's retreat. In reality, it's just a week in Montreal to assist mom while my sister is out of town, but given the fact that my mother doesn't have internet, I'm expecting it to be a highly productive getaway. There are two high-priority projects on the docket.  The…

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Yesterday, I redirected my thoughts off all this recent unpleasantness to focus on my birthday gal. We kicked things off with an early morning surprise - a present, lovingly wrapped in cardboard and tape, compliment so the fine folks at Amazon.  For Akemi = the two bottles of Thann wood essential oils that actually smell…

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