In Shadows

Today we departed Vegas.  Had plans to hit a bookstore once we returned to Anaheim, but we were all too damned tired.  Ended up napping a couple of hours.  My stomach was bothering me, so I remained behind while the others went out to dinner.

This morning was reserved for a six hour trip to the Grand Canyon. I’ve never been there, so we were both really looking forward to it. We were picked up at the Tropicana and transported to an airstrip. From there we flew in a twenty seater commuter to the Hualapai reservation on the edge of [...]

More of the same as far as going our separate ways in the morning. Today I hit the Tropicana for a third deck of cards and then went to the Bodies and Titanic exhibit. Bodies has a bit of on ick factor, but it was interesting. I really enjoyed the displays for the circulatory system. [...]

Today we went to the Star Trek Experience. That was fun! WOOT! (Damn, I’m a fan geek.) My friend and I had made jokes about spending all day there. Come to find out, we did! We picked up the Captain’s tickets which included a back stage tour of the place, both rides, a photo on [...]

After little sleep, we got our butts out of bed and went to the pick up point for the time share sales pitch. That tied us up for about four hours. It was a really nice home resort and a pretty good deal. We’ve turned time shares down in the past, and so far this [...]

Got to Vegas in one piece. A HOT piece, but our altogethers are altogether. Checked into the hotel and promptly went for a walk while our friends took a nap. Skimmed through MGM Grand and touched on the lion habitat there. Last time we were through here, they had part of the casino torn up [...]

Went to visit Mom yesterday in Quartzsite. It was great to see her again. I haven’t visited her for four or five years, I think. I’d like to see her more often but she’s in a remote area of Arizona and I don’t have a car. Fortunately, my buddy volunteered her services as chauffeur, so [...]

Well, we finally made it! WOOT! Only about nine hours late! Caught a couple of cat naps on the train in the wee hours. (Apparently, our train hit a car at one point, but no one was hurt. One of the MANY reasons we were so far behind schedule.) Dunno what we have planned today [...]

Well we’re STILL on the train. Should be arriving at Salinas soon. We’re officially 8 hours late. I’m REALLY hoping my friend checks the Amtrak website before heading into LA to pick us up! But things haven’t been too boring for me. I’ve just finished a complete read through of the Iditarod tale. I’ll start [...]

(I wrote journal entries on my iBook throughout our vacation, but didn’t have internet access. I’m now posting them here with their time and date stamps.) Still on the train. I’m writing on my iBook to keep things fresh in my mind, and I’ll be posting them at the time and date stamp I’ve written [...]

Finally indexed the ‘Online Reading’ tab with all the stuff I have on the website. I split the short stories up into a couple of categories . . . Slow Movin’s stories are listed separately, and those one-shot PWPs written for listed novels are now placed together. I’m not in the mood to reprogram each [...]

Found this on Lee Goldberg’s blog (link below.) I would LOVE to see this Trek universe! Too damned bad the idea’s been dropped. It would be killer! I highly suggest you hit Bryce Zabel’s blog to get the story. But really read the treatment .pdf! If you’re a Trek fan, you’ll love it! A Writer’s [...]

Not that there’s a lot there, but some . . . I’m going to take a closer look at the CSS for the gallery. Maybe I can get it closer to the color I want, and change the header, too. Vacuuming is complete. Still need to clean the bathroom, sweep and mop. The wife will [...]

…was in my post office box this afternoon! Castle Walls! Woot!! What a way to start vacation!

Fact is, I’m an introvert. (Surprise, huh? I know a few of you had NOOOOOO idea!) Today I’m indulging. The wife headed north to visit her sister. She won’t be back until Saturday. I’m on short hours at work. Today I got a call to not even come in; our PM shift was cancelled from [...]