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To Do List 1. Get more organized by making a "to-do" list.2. Think of something sci-fi-like to post.3. Tell everyone about the copy of "Bloodheir" that I have up for giveaway on my book review blog.4. Stop looking at the item I have for sale on Ebay every five minutes to see if anyone has bid on it.5. Wash the dog.6. Clean toilets Create chore list for my daughter.7. Tell daughter she needs to wash the dog. 8. Keep trying to think of post for blog. 9. Buy more wine. 10. Drink wine.11. ......................
Post Date:06/01/2008 23:14:00
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I Hope You Don't Mind If I Have a Private Moment... This has been an interesting week. To say the least.I mentioned, a couple of posts ago, that I have been potty training my son and that, at 4 1/2, he is a bit late in his training. I love my son, more than words can say, but I have not been blind to the fact that he hasn't been on the same track developmentally as most kids his age. I have brought it up, from time-to-time, with his pediatrician and was usually told that I was "over-comparing" him to other kids. I knew better than to accept that from the pediatrician, but I let it lie for awhile. I didn't want to deal with the elephant in the room that most parents don't want to deal with.Autism.This word carries so much weight these days. We hear about it a lot. We hear that the numbers are on the rise and we hear about celebrities like Jenny McCarthy that they too have kids with Autism.God bless Jenny McCarthy. At first I denied that my son could have Autism because he seemed to function so much better than the stereotypical Autistic
Post Date:05/28/2008 23:18:00
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Back to my Roots I finally got a chance to see "Iron Man" today (loooooooooved it. Why couldn't Jon Favreau have made "Fantastic Four?") Anyway, for some reason seeing Gwyneth Paltrow in vaguely red hair got me thinking about hair color of all things. It's a girl thing I'm sure. But you have to admit hair color has a lot with how we perceive other people. Blondes are often stereotyped as flighty, flirty and often dumb. Brunettes are typed as serious, smart and usually not the sex-kitten types. And redheads are often assumed to have personalities as fiery as their hair. I remember watching "Charlie's Angels" as a kid. Not the atrocity starring Drew Barrymore, but the original with Farrah Fawcett, Jacqueline Smith and Kate Jackson. Any little girl who grew up in the late 70's will tell you they played "Charlie's Angels." If they deny it, they're probably lying. And it's no surprise that all the little girls wanted to be Farrah. If you couldn't be Farrah you'd be Jacqueline but no one ever seemed to pick
Post Date:05/25/2008 23:51:00
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Bringing in the Next Generation I am currently going through potty training with my four-year-old son. Yes, I admit it. He's four. He should have been potty trained earlier but I truly believe he was not ready for it.But then, we might not have been using the right bribes.We decided to fully commit this week though. My son is getting too old (and too rough) for the little-kid area of our gym, so we had to finally just say no to diapers.Thank God for Transformer toys.I never really thought about how fantasy/sci-fi movies are a toy marketer's dream. But think about it. Every non-threatening (for the small children anyway) alien, space-ship and animated creature are bound to end up as a toy in your child's toy box.I should know.This week I am singing the praises of Bumblebee. For the few who haven't seen Transformers, Bumblebee is the yellow Camaro. And my son's all time favorite Transformer. In an attempt to encourage pee-peeing on the potty, I took my son to Target and bought the "Stealth Bumblebee" and told my son he
Post Date:05/21/2008 23:28:00
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The Fame Bubble Whenever I try to think of posts for my blog, I often muse on different fantasy & sci-fi topics. I'll often scan the news trying to find some sort of real-life story as a tie-in on my blog. Those are some of my favorites.But I realized I have probably missed one of the most obvious fantasy tie-ins ever in my year-and-a-half of blogging.The Fame Bubble.That's right folks. If you haven't heard of The Fame Bubble, then you don't watch enough Kathy Griffin.The Fame Bubble is a term that Kathy has given to the strange little fantasy world that celebrities live in. You know what I'm talking about. The world that somehow convinces celebrities that they can give their kids names like Apple or Banjo and somehow the fame they enjoy will insulate their children from all the insults any child of a lesser person would experience.The Fame Bubble must be a happy place, don't you think?Imagine for a minute if you got to live in The Fame Bubble............You would never have to consort with the co
Post Date:05/18/2008 23:30:00
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To Be or Not to Be SUPER This is another old post I put up ages ago but it was such a popular one I thought I'd pose the question again.... If you could be granted super powers, but had to use them to benefit mankind, would you accept? yes noview resultsImagine you had the opportunity to be Superman, would you take it? Sure, you'd have the ability to fly, but what about all the baggage that goes with it? Say some omnicient being (think Q in the Star Trek TNG series) makes you this offer. I'll give you virtually unlimited power, but you must use it for the benefit of mankind. What do you choose?Me? I'm not sure how selfless I am, but then again, I wouldn't mind being able to fly.When contemplating this question a couple of things come to mind.We've recently discussed Superman's ability to procreate, so one must keep this in mind before deciding whether or not to accept.And even if you can have a relationship with a person who doesn't have super powers, just look at Spiderman. Talk about conflicted.Would it be w
Post Date:05/16/2008 00:05:00
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I've heard of "getting a life," but this is ridiculous... Or maybe it's not.Apparently "millions" of people don't think it's ridiculous anyway.What am I talking about? I'm talking about the net phenomenon called "Second Life." To be honest, I don't know a whole heck of a lot about it. I first became familiar with it while watching a Dr. Phil show. (Don't judge me) All I remember is that he had a teenage girl on the show who was obsessed with Second Life, to the extent that she was neglecting her life offline.If you go to the Second Life website you will find out that you can live your own virtual life online. For a price.Yes. For just $9.95 you can start your life in the virtual world.Thousands of new residents join each day and Create an AvatarThose avatars Explore the World and Meet PeopleThese people discover the thousands of ways to Have FunSome people decide to purchase Virtual Land, which allows them to open a business, build their own virtual paradise, and more!Linden Lab creates new land to keep up with demand. What began as 64 acres
Post Date:05/13/2008 22:53:00
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Laaaaaazy I am so bad. We went on vacation and I can't get out of "time off" mode.Our Disneyland trip was a mixed bag. Disneyland was great, my husband's food poisoning wasn't. My husband is a trooper though. He was down only one day (I would probably still be bedridden) and he drove home. Actually, he isn't a trooper, he is strong beyond belief.Anyway. I know I should be thinking fantasy-like thoughts but I am still indulging in my Mother's Day. Mimosas are a good thing. I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill for 40 minutes precisely because I knew I was going to indulge myself something awful today. But there just aren't that many guilt free days a year to spoil myself, so I'll take what I can get.But I do want to thank Stewart and Jon for posting while I was gone. It's nice to know my blog can function without me.So I'm dipping my toe back in, albeit a bit reluctantly. Laziness begets laziness doesn't it? But I will have to be up early to take the kids to school in the morning, so my vaca
Post Date:05/12/2008 00:21:00
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Happy Mother's Day I'm taking it easy today. Hope you are too......
Post Date:05/11/2008 00:29:00
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Vacation! I'm off to Disneyland. Yaaaaaaa! I won't be back until Thursday, so I'll see you all when I get back. I extended the "Omega Sol" giveaway again (this time until Thursday) since I won't be here to send off the winner's addresses to the publisher (I wasn't thinking about that when I extended it to Sunday originally). But I promise, I will announce the winners this Thursday for sure. Have a great week everyone.
Post Date:05/03/2008 21:27:00
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Mental Constipation Thanks to Walt I hate it when I can't think of a post. I know I don't have to post here everyday, but I usually want to. And then life happens. I have a good excuse this week though.We're going to Disneyland.Yeah, the Magic Kingdom. I haven't been in four years and I am ridiculously excited. Yes, I am a child.I don't know what it is, but I can't seem to think of a single bad memory of Disneyland. I know I've waited over an hour in line to ride Pirates of the Caribbean before, but apparently it was worth it. I know listening to "It's a Small World" will ensure that I have that song embedded in my brain for a week, but I don't care.We took my daughter four years ago and she was super princess crazy at the time. Now she could care less. I'd be sad except she's decided Jack Sparrow and Indiana Jones are very cool and I applaud her taste. My son hasn't been before so he isn't quite sure why he should be excited, but he's willing to humor us in the meantime.So my brain is thinking ahead to the trip. I'm pi
Post Date:04/30/2008 23:32:00
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A Little Help When I switched my template I lost a ton of information. I was so determined to get this template up that I pretty much dumped everything to make it work. Not too bright. So I'm trying to remember the links I had put up. I had all kinds, book review sites, sci-fi sites and personal blogs. I've only put up personal blogs so far but I know I don't have them all. I can remember a lot of sites I need to put up, like i09, Pat's Fantasy Hotlist and Fantasy Book Critic. But I need help fleshing out my links. If anyone here doesn't see their site up, let me know and I'll add it. Plus if you can think of any sci-fi links I should put up, please let me know. Thanks!
Post Date:04/27/2008 22:52:00
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Oh is this a lovely template or what? I just found this template and I LOVE it. I'll be tweaking it a bit over the next couple of days. For some reason I can't load it on my book review site, so I may have to delete that blog or change its URL to get this new template up. So anyway, if you see stuff changing around here, don't be too surprised.
Post Date:04/26/2008 13:46:00
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