Author Archives: Steve

Trip to Big D to see Hoser & Nancy 2019!

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Steve

The Green Bay Packers came to Dallas for the first time in six years, I think, and so Hoser and Nancy let me come up to visit. I made assurances to Nancy that I wasn’t up to spread the gospel … Continue reading →

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Midsommar: Acquired Taste

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Steve

I can do this for October, review Horror Movies since I managed to see multiple flicks of this genre to highlight one each week, Midsommar is a little late. Holy Crap! This movie was probably the best Horror/Thriller I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Stars lose their first opener

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Steve

Not bad for a relatively new team, our streak of ten years came to an end with a 0-2 loss to the Roadrunners. I wasn’t terribly upset since the first official game of the season isn’t a true indicator of … Continue reading →

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Flyers win their opener in Prague!

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Steve

Bettman’s continued gamble to make inroads on Putin’s private little league, the KHL, another set of teams opened their season in a European country which loves hockey. This time in Prague and with two teams that are not rivals, mine … Continue reading →

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100,000 Calories!

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Steve

I achieved this milestone on the in-door bike at the gym today! It only took a couple years and sadly, I’m still overweight! If I remember my Chemistry, I have produced enough energy to raise 100,000 grams of water 1° … Continue reading →

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Funny, Chinese knockoff LEGO® Star Wars® set and gift

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Steve

A friend at work who knew how much I love LEGOs scored this hilarious Chinese knockoff as a prize to give me. As the picture above shows, I don’t think the pirates behind it were even trying! I’m guessing they’re … Continue reading →

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RIP Kim Shattuck

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Steve

Kim’s name probably doesn’t bring up any particular memories until I mention the band she formed in the early Nineties, the Muffs. Then you’d recall their only “hit,” a cover of Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” from the Clueless soundtrack. … Continue reading →

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October’s usual festivities are suspended for 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Steve

I often look forward to celebrating three of the biggest things happening October which aren’t Halloween: Italian Heritage, Pizza and a silly thing FM AOR stations invented called Rocktober, a new story idea I wanted to cover, more on it … Continue reading →

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WizWorld gels, new gym hours, new fiscal year!

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Steve

The people running WizWorld Austin were really playing it close to the chest this year. I had been checking about twice a week all Summer on who was coming and their site just kept saying bupkis. Thankfully it shored up … Continue reading →

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Twenty-five hundred miles for 2019!

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Steve

Honolulu is in the dust as Cork is now where I’ve set my immediate goal alongside 3000 miles for 2019 with today. The new enhanced pace is paying off. What I would give for this making the weight go away … Continue reading →

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How I feel on most mornings…

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Steve

The new Hidden Side LEGO sets were released and they’re pretty exciting since these are the first to implement the new augmented reality technology! Apple is even selling half of them should you go into a store or browse online. I … Continue reading →

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What I got to have at lunch recently!

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Steve

Click on the little movie to find out! One day, I will get to see the episode of the sitcom this joke comes from.

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A realistic mannequin that resulted in hate mail for writer

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Steve

Regardless of the store displaying this, I have to applaud them for finally using a model that isn’t the ideal, a fiction with our planet’s majority. I can’t remember the exact story but Tanya Gold from the The Guardian (whoops, The Telegraph, … Continue reading →

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1.5 Million Words!

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Steve

It’s a long way to two million words at the rate I’m going but thanks to my long navel-gazing piece about Mission Hill, I hit the million-and-a-half mark! It took over 14 years yet I found this worth every step of … Continue reading →

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1999: Mission Hill debuted today on the (now CW) WB network

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Steve

A big thank you to Bill Oakley’s Twitter feed to remind us all on this momentous date in adult-orient animation history (and progress!). There’s a fantastic, long piece regarding Mission Hill on Polygon from 2017 here. It goes into the level … Continue reading →

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