Monthly Archives: December 2013

Relax in this $30,000 ‘Star Trek’ Enterprise basement | Crave – CNET

Relax in this $30,000 'Star Trek' Enterprise basement | Crave – CNET.

Home Improvement at warp speed.

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Photo finish Friday 2: “A kiss is just a….”

A kiss is just a....

A kiss is just a….

The Borg and the hologram went out on a date.
The Borg and the hologram were told not to stay too late.
At 7 of 9, things that night were still fine.
At 9 of 7, things next morning were not heaven.
A doctor was called; he appeared out of thin air
He examined the patients with a gruff, “I don’t care.”
“The Borg’s done for,” he said with a grin
For you see the hologram has gotten under her skin.
So let this be a tale of dating across lines
Because once you do cross, you may come back realigned.

[Editor’s / author’s note: This photo above appeared on Facebook from the Star Trek web site with a caption me request. My response was the poem, which just flowed out in about 10 minutes. I am not saying it is great quality, just a bit of rhyming whimsy. Strange how sometimes that happens.]

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Photo finish Friday: “The gang’s all air”

Hail, hail, the holiday gang's all air. Blown up for the holidays.

Hail, hail, the holiday gang’s all air. Blown up for the holidays.

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Saturn Photos: Latest Images from NASA’s Cassini Orbiter | Space.com

Saturn Photos: Latest Images from NASA's Cassini Orbiter | Space.com.

As the year closes, a look at another place in our little corner of the galaxy.

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Haiku to you Thursday: “Present”

Mumbles and gift wrap – /

torn words and paper petals /

flower the cool floor. /

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Amazon best-selling books of 2013: what they tell us about America.

Amazon best-selling books of 2013: what they tell us about America..

Sad or maybe not so sad thing is, except for The Great Gatsby, I don’t have nor have I read any of these other books, and not sure I want to.

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Darth Tater Christmas

Even Darth Tater is not immune to the "Christmas Eve Force."

Even Darth Tater is not immune to the “Christmas Eve Force.”

Even young Darth Tater is not immune to the Force known as last-minute Christmas Eve shopping and must venture out into cold and unknown space to find those special spud stuffers for his Mom and Dad.

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Writing tip Wednesday: “Discipline”

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Writing regularly; reading often; re-writing diligently. These three things will help you improve more than any others. And like exercise or playing a musical instrument, doing it on a schedule, even if for only for a brief time every day will do you more good than picking a spot here or there, now and then, or sometime soon. Here and now is the place and time to begin, and a little discipline will make all the there’s here and all the then’s now, and do so sooner than you realize.

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Monday morning writing joke: “Willing Suspension”

Q. What is the difference between Santa Claus and a work of fiction?

A. Nothing. Both offer rewards for a willing suspension of disbelief.

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How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com.

Take the quiz. See if the answers match up with your “dialect.”

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