Somehow Matter Eater Lad is appropriate for this Phase. New Cabinet in Ottawa. I wonder. Mutant Diet Phase 11 Finale This is the finale to a diet/fitness phase that wasn’t. I fly to Toronto tomorrow and by the time I’m back, the festive season is upon us — what I call Damage Control in diet/fitness language. The cold I reported on came back with a vengeance and I don’t get enough sleep. The rest of…
I’m looking forward to the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover this year. Ottawa‘s halls of power empty until after Oct 21. Vote like your life depended on it. Mutant Diet Phase 11 Day 4 I think I’m on track despite a work social. I was tempted by beer, refrained and chose (for me anyway) the lesser evil of red wine. It tasted like I hadn’t had anything in ages, which was not true. It was…
Deadpool and a guy named Snake Eyes. I feel more like Snake Eyes. Warm water fish off of Nova Scotia. Mutant Diet Phase 10b Day 6 I am very angry because I pulled the muscle that connects to my right shoulder blade. I was doing a ropes warm-up with excellent posture and then about 10 seconds into it, bang. Spasm in the shoulder blade, I dropped the ropes and became very angry. The day before…
Today I needed a superhero montage with Spider-man. I’m wishing I could see PEI Beaches this summer. Mutant Diet Phase 2 Day 44 Today I see the trainer and weigh in and I know some carbs and stress have crept in and honestly I’m expecting no movement on the scale. Maybe worse. And it’s not because I’ve been that bad but given my body’s effective use of carbs and sugar, I don’t hope for much.…
On our flight to Toronto the inflight entertainment system and controls for reading lights as well as controls for J class seats were off. Due to the time of year and cost I wrote a letter. On a barf bag. Other factors included: The fact the chief steward was not allowed to do anything in flight re catering The fact the little promo codes handed out would force me to make individual bookings next time…
It’s kind of exciting. Although my audience is highly friends-and-family, it’s fun to have posted on Facebook this site’s existence. I always publish on December 1 and considering the first story in 1984 was on an IBM Selectric, there’s a bit of magic to the technology change. I don’t think I’m mailing anyone a printed copy this year.
Well, that was fun. The best part is that I know where I put the files! I’m kind of pumped to have the story on a site where everyone can easily get back to it. Of course it’s a tree falling in the forest as no one knows where the forest is. On December 1 I will send out my usual email. Next year will be the 30th year. I wonder what to do for…
Never plan to have a stomach flu when preparing for December 1 deadlines. Virtually no one knows this site is ready. But I did have a draft of 2013’s story all ready. My wife took a run at it and I realized from her feedback that the whole opening isn’t working. It makes the connection between the two characters rushed, which is no fun. The short story format pushes you to keep the story to…
I am relieved that I got all the files converted. I’m not announcing this site until Dec 1, but it was such a pain to go from Word to WordPress. It was made worse when I used typographic techniques (like changing fonts). The various tools to convert Word to plain HTML either are super clean or — especially Microsoft — leave too much dreck. It was fun trying to find thumbnail images for the stories…