Author Archives: Steve

Butterfly and gluten-free cake!

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Steve

Hard to believe it was actually good tasting too. I’ve had gluten-free bread and cake before. The experience was rather obvious, disappointing and made me grateful I’m not allergic. Somara did a great job making this moist. It was as … Continue reading →

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In their hearts, all cats are French

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Steve

What I love the most is the cat’s impeccable timing to speak but some cats are pretty good conversationalists with humans.

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Belated welcome to Kora, the new Avatar of Austin!

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Steve

This sweet little person is the daughter of a wonderful couple. Kora’s mother is not a member of the Water Tribe that lives around the South Pole, but a key leader for why I enjoy eating at work. I even … Continue reading →

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SXSW ’15 SOTU

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Steve

Bashing on the second musical event that put Austin on the map (Austin City Limits on PBS being the first) became passé a couple years ago, namely when Doritos was a major sponsor. This article sums up most of my feelings. In short, SXSW … Continue reading →

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Super-crazy-busy week mostly over

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Steve

After my three-day stint as acting Team Manager went pretty well despite a half-day caused by icy conditions, I received another chance for a full week. It was pretty cool, I mean even cooler than past times. I learned more things … Continue reading →

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Super-belated birthday wish to Nelson

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Steve

Nelson has been an awesome friend of mine since 1991, I just rudely never saw him that way until 1993 because he’s a tenacious dude! OK, I think the verb is appreciate. Either way, he celebrated last Saturday with Pi Day … Continue reading →

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Another reason why I left Illinois

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Steve

Springfield, IL (my former hometown as a kid) made the news in a bad way but at least it wasn’t for a race riot. As you can see above, that’s the current mayor who was also mayor when I lived … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday Brian

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Steve

Another little celebration in California with the better weather in store for him. Hopefully the food matches. As always for me, his card will be late yet I don’t think he counts on me too much there. According to his … Continue reading →

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Forsooth! I can’t wait for this to arrive!

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Steve

I was born 30 years too late, then again, if I were 16 I wouldn’t have had a chance in hell in affording this stuff. Somara gave me her vote as per the Maggi Republic with expensive things so I … Continue reading →

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Farewell Sam Simon

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Steve

He was most famous for being the silent member of The Simpsons triumvirate when the little-cartoon-that-could became its own show on Fox. However there was much more to Sam and his career. Originally he began in animation with Filmation working on Fat … Continue reading →

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Adam Ant & Grace Jones for Honda!

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Steve

Man how I loved this commercial in high school! It was one of my favorite New Wave singers plugging something on network television! Grace Jones I didn’t mind but she had more of a reputation for being “crazy” acting on … Continue reading →

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Doc and I re-united!

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Steve

I had begun to give up on my friend Doc as 2014 was winding down as the Christmas card I sent to him, Masami and Nicholas (I’m calling him Baby Doc due to all the Nick’s in my family) bounced … Continue reading →

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The annual health screening and exercise comeback

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Steve

The results came in and they were ugly. I think I also forgot to do a screening in 2014. Either way, I fell off the wagon. My weight is back up alongside my cholesterol. On the upside, my glucose (aka, the … Continue reading →

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RIP: Harve Bennett

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Steve

Right after the death of Leonard Nimoy the man who co-saved Star Trek‘s viability for future movies and TV shows passed away. Harve Bennett was a veteran of television shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man and Salvage I. After the first Star Trek movie’s … Continue reading →

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Jupiter Ascending: Worth Seeing

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Steve

The Wachowskis’ latest outing is a space opera which was probably already dead on arrival due to critics and their sycophants making up their mind in advance; plus the movie being re-scheduled from last Summer didn’t help. In short, Warner Brothers should’ve … Continue reading →

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