Maxine Kiss is the latest in a long line of demon hunters. It's a responsibility with Earth-shaking consequences, both blessing and curse, bestowed upon her by her mother who received it from her mother who, in turn, had it passsed down to her from her mother before her, and so on dating back some thousand years. Her weapons against the…
January 16, 2011: Playoff football! Behind-the-scenes pics I may (or may not) have overlooked! More mailbag!
Yeaaah! Patriots lose! Patriots lose!!! Wide Receiver Wes Welker was the one looking mighty light on his feet on that final drive, first taking that monster hit, then dropping a sure touchdown pass. Ah, well. There's always next year. As for this year, I'm holding out hope for a Jets-Packers Superbowl. Or, at the very…
January 15, 2011: Pick my next read! Brunch at Refuel! More mailbag!
So I'm a little over halfway through Stephen King's The Stand (in retrospect, going with the expanded, uncut edition was a mistake) and I'm looking ahead to my next read. The candidates are : The year's best science fiction and fantasy in one essential volume. An annual commemoration, the Nebula Awards are presented by the…
January 14, 2011: Dog show! Catching up with the mailbag!
Enjoy the dog show... Catching up with the mailbag: JeffW writes: "This has probably been asked before; what happens if you walk into the BACKSIDE of a gate with an active wormhole? Disintegration? Or is the field “Bi-directional” (i.e.-it will translate an object from the front or back)?" Answer: Actually, I have answered this one…
January 13, 2011: The Chairman touches base! Jelly on the move! Lunch at Romer’s Burger Bar! Dinner at Peckinpah! And &$%#ing Shaw Cable keeps &$@#$ing calling me and getting on my &%$@ing nerves!
Hey, guess who I heard from today? Mark Dacascos, aka The Chairman (Iron Chef America), aka Tyre (Stargate: Atlantis), aka Eric Draven (The Crow: Stairway to Heaven), aka Mani (Brotherhood of the Wolf) - and, most recently, Wo-Fat (Hawaii Five-O), who touched base after I mentioned him on my list of The Top 10 Food…
January 12, 2011: Stargate Production Update!
Hey, you know who's a big fan of our show? Mark Savela, our Visual Effects Supervisor. I know, I know. I imagine most everyone who worked on the franchise not only enjoyed what they did, but liked the series they contributed to as well. But there's a difference between liking a show and being a…
January 11, 2011: The Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities I Want To Love But Don’t/Want To Hate But Can’t!
In recent days, I've posted a list of the Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities I Enjoy Watching and a list of the Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities That Kind of Get on My Nerves. Some of you have agreed with my choices. Some have disagreed. And some have wondered "Hey, why didn't that annoying/lovable X…
January 10, 2011: The Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities That Kind of Get on My Nerves!
Yesterday, I gave you my list of the Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities I Enjoy Watching. Today, it's the Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities That Kind of Get on My Nerves. In no particular order... Scott Conant (chef, restaurateur, guest judge on Top Chef America and Chopped, host of 24 Hour Restaurant Battle). He's like…
January 9, 2011: The Top 10 Food T.V. Personalities I Enjoy Watching!
I watch a lot of food t.v., partly because I love food and partly because the Food Network is the channel of choice to keep my dogs company when I'm out and about (For what it's worth, Bubba really seems to really enjoy Iron Chef America). As a result, over the years, I've come to form some…
January 8, 2011: Things I’ve been making!
Apple-Stuffed Game Hens with Rosemary Butter (source: The Fearless Chef). I know, I know. That one on the left is almost pornographic. I went off-recipe and let the hens sit in a buttermilk, garlic and chive marinade. The results were fantastic. Scalloped Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle (source: Bobby Flay). I thought I'd screwed up because…
January 7, 2011: Not that I’m squeamish, mind you. I just generally consider it bad luck for someone to see copious amounts of their own blood.
"You lost weight!"marveled my co-worker. "Actually, I've been sick." "It looks great on you!"she enthused. Well, rather than wait two weeks for my scheduled physical, I opted to head down to the clinic first thing this morning to submit my blood samples. I ducked out of the rain and into the building at a little…
January 6, 2011: Getting to the bottom of things! At my place, it’s Christmas all year round (or at least until I take down the tree)! And the mailbag!
Last night, I eschewed the tried and true remedy I've always used to cure past maladies (a.k.a. ignoring the pesky ailment until it eventually tires of trying to win my attention and redirects its focus onto some other poor sap) in favor of the speedy solutions of the internet age. After about fifteen minutes googling…
January 5, 2011: My Top 10 2010 Reads!
What follows is a list of My Top 10 Reads of 2010. These were books not necessarily published in 2010, but books I actually sat down and read between January 1st and December 31st of last year (excluding Book of the Month Club picks). My faves... The Heroes, by Joe Abercrombie I was fortunate…
January 4, 2011: Yes and no. And yes. But no. And Stargate.
I got a call from my writing partner, Paul, today who told me that he was going through some of the items in his home office when he came across a couple of books I'd lent him. "Guess I'll just give these to Joe when I go back to work,"he thought. And then realized: "Wait.…
January 3, 2011: Hugo nomination time! Your top 2010 reads! Burgers with the boys!
Well, damn. Now I seem to be experiencing an allergic reaction to...something? Also, my iPhone stopped working, flashing up a "No SIM card installed" error message, forcing me to swing by my cell phone provider and have the chip replaced. In better news, I received an email from our friend and tireless editor, Lou Anders,…