As you can see, the issue with images has been repaired by the kind and prompt folks at my host server, Hosting Matters. And with not a little help from Doyce and Dave. Dance dance dance!

I entered Scalzi’s SciFi Writing Contest over at AMC, Option 9: 9. Stung by the reviews of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that describe the flick as being utterly without any redeeming qualities, director Michael Bay declares that the next Transformers movie will have a story and script based on one of the plays of

…but I really like playing with their toys, so I will probably persevere. Thanks, Dave and Doyce 🙂

Somebody gave me what has to be the first reason not to curse that I can respect: “It takes no discipline to curse.” Just so. Except, personally, I disagree. I grew up so shy, so self-contained, and so afraid of breaking the rules that cussing is a sanity check for me. If I let one

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I don’t like squash. It’s mushy. It’s baby food. It’s bland. And sometimes it’s spaghetti squash, which for some reason I find absolutely disgusting even to look at. Bleah.But someone was talking about making butternut squash soup, and it sounded good, so I made some. Lee: Are you planning to make anything for supper tonight?De:

I am a MAD KITCHEN ALCHEMIST. Hereby. Because I said so, and it makes me happy.

Sadly, I don’t know that I have anything to say that can’t be said in 14o characters or fewer. If you see a blog post after this, I must have figured out something to say… I’ve been thinking over the last couple of days about things that are important. What is, what isn’t, and why.

This turned out to be delicious, so I better write it down. I intend to try the croissant crust on a fruit pie – quite tasty, and very convenient. 1 can refrigerated croissant rolls1 bunch of spinach (or 1 10-oz package of frozen spinach), rinsed and chopped4 green onions, choppedolive oil3 cloves garlic, finely chopped3