Category Archives: The Lost Tales

Stories that were delayed because the Server was down and/or I fell behind thanks to life getting in the way.

Had a perfect September 2018 in exercise

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Steve

It’s a new year which means new resolutions and a frequent one everybody makes is to lose weight and/or exercise more. As always, the gyms are a tad crowded. I fizzled out near the end of the year thanks to … Continue reading →

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Tiny Elvis’ Las Vegas Adventure Book

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Steve

By the time you’re reading this, the plane should be in the air or we’ve arrived for what is my ninth trip to Las Vegas. Woo hoo! I thought the day would never come with how long the Summer of … Continue reading →

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Geek Bowl VII is on for my (new) team and me

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Steve

Editor’s Note: I am in the homestretch for The Lost Tales (aka stuff that was delayed by the DriveSavers recovery), then I should be on the Last Chance material for 2012, until I end up building a 2013 reserve. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Skyfall: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Steve

I have to give this chapter of Bond’s further adventures a grudging worth seeing rating because M’s past coming after her and 007 being dead have both been done before; see The World is Not Enough and You Only Live … Continue reading →

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A list of Star Trek novels

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Steve

With everybody drooling, speculating and waiting in anticipation over Abrams’ next Star Trek movie courtesy of a trailer containing numerous explosions, the io9 people cranked out an interesting list. It was rather incomplete but then again, their editorial board is … Continue reading →

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Wreck It Ralph: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Steve

My initial reaction to this was, “Ugh! A video game version of Toy Story with flavor-of-the-month voice actors, namely Jane Lynch.” Jane has always been cool (her part in 40 Year Old Virgin was clever), I just feel she’s getting … Continue reading →

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RIP Patrick Moore

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Steve

Personally I’ve never heard of this astronomer but if he provided inspiration for Queen’s lead guitarist and in-band astrophysicist Brian May, then the gentleman deserved a quick mention. From what I could glean, he must’ve been the UK’s version of … Continue reading →

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Teddy and Mewsette cloned or reincarnated?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Steve

While gathering information about our backyard cat situation with AHS, I spotted this duo who resembled the two cats I grew up with in the Eighties. I completely have spaced on their names but they’re siblings, the tortoise shell is … Continue reading →

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Texas twang fading out, maybe

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Steve

A common topic I remember coming up in my communications classes was people being afraid of regional accents/dialects disappearing when radio started taking hold in the Twenties. It wasn’t just an American concern, other nations worried too. Seems this might … Continue reading →

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Nashville achieved!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Steve

The downside of RSS feeds…you don’t get to see my “flashy” countdowns and progression bards showing how I’m doing on my running, rowing and weight loss. As of today, I have run the equivalent distance between my house and Christina’s … Continue reading →

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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, on my Chucks!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Steve

Once in a blue moon, all the uber-hype with social media (aka FaceBook) actually informs me of something cool I wanted to know about. Elvira (nee Cassandra Peters) has licensed her character on hightops with this shop in California, I … Continue reading →

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Apple manufacturing Macs in the US again

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Steve

The details about this are rather scant but I remember back in the Nineties when Apple had factories in Singapore, Cork, Colorado and California. Some of the original iMacs were made in the states too. Somara and I are seriously … Continue reading →

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My new iPod Touch! It rocks

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Steve

I just scored my first new iPod in five years. Before the Touch, I used to upgrade every year because I never had any trouble selling the used one to a friend who couldn’t afford the new, full-price models. When … Continue reading →

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Happy 96th Birthday Charles

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Steve

Editor’s Note: This is overdue by a few weeks but he still deserves to be mentioned for his WWII service alone. We haven’t seen him lately yet we want to congratulate Charles on his special day. We’ve been told indirectly … Continue reading →

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Pinballz celebrates two years with two tournaments!

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Steve

Technically the place’s anniversary is around Thanksgiving but the owners delayed it to the first weekend of December, worked for us! Last year there was a tournament featuring Pinballz’s new Transformers game, based upon those dreadful films. This year the … Continue reading →

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