Month: May 2016

I have to admit, when we went to see X-M:A yesterday, I was bracing myself for something really lousy. Like Batman vs. Superman lousy. Like Elektra or the Ang Lee Hulk movie or X-Men III lousy.

What I saw instead was a perfectly entertaining X-Men film that once again helped revitalize the series by bringing in new actors to play established characters, bring back some introduced in the previous film, and raise the stakes by introducing a villain who not only wanted to destroy every human being on the face of the Earth, but seemed eminently capable of doing it.

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So my ex-wife dropped me a message the other day: she asked if I was writing diet books.

I said, “No. Why?”

And she sent me this link:

The Mediterranean Diet

Much to my astonishment, the author is Peter David and, even more bizarrely, Amazon has my bio attached. Even better, when you click on his name, it sends you to my books.

This guy has written at least half a dozen books on weight loss and fitness. And he’s not me. Yes, I am dieting, but no, I’m not writing books about it. I tried to post about it to one of the comments sections and naturally Amazon bounced it because it believes I’m the author and authors can’t comment.

So please don’t bring these books up to me to sign at conventions, okay?

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Fifteen years ago, plus a few months in addition, I proposed to my girlfriend, Kathleen, in the now late, lamented Adventurers Club in Disneyworld. That was, and is, one of the greatest nights of my life.

We were married on May 26th the following year, and I have never regretted it for a single day. The years have flown by. On the latest May 26th, we are heading back down to Orlando where it all started since, as it so happens, Megacon is going on down there. It won’t be the most romantic of days since it’s our travel day, but it doesn’t matter. We will be together, and that’s the only thing that’s important.

Happy anniversary, my love.

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The most obvious statement to make is this: CIVIL WAR almost makes you feel sorry for BATMAN v. SUPERMAN. This is, quite simply, how you do a conflict between superheroes right. As opposed to having two individuals so similar in dark disposition that you cannot discern a difference between them, in CIVIL WAR the two main protagonists–Steve Rogers and Tony Stark–come at a situation looking at from two profoundly different directions, dictated by their opposing personalities and experiences. You can see both sides and find yourself sympathetic to both.

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Some years ago, I got sick of being heavy. So I changed the way I ate, cut out all the crap, and over a period of months lost 100 pounds. I felt great.

Then I got pneumonia. I was in bad shape. But with time and medication, I recovered.

And then the weight started coming back.

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As the grandpad of Anthony Jack (A.J.), son of Ariel and Anthony, I hereby declare May 1 to be A.J. day. Yes, granted, his birthday was April 28, but I just thought of it today.

Mother and son are back home and doing fine. Ariel’s mom drove up and is staying with them for a week so Ariel can rest and have an extra pair of hands.

I’ve been off this website for too long because we were having technical issues. But those have apparently been solved so I will be posting more regularly. Have some important things to discuss so come on back soon. And now, pictures of my grandson: