Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, artists, creativity, genre fiction, inspiration, sff, star wars, The Mandalorian on May 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Another Tuesday, another day when I am both inspired to reach dramatic new heights* and, after an intensive tour of the data mines, reduced to the mental status of a child. How appropriate, then, that today we have a Baby Yoda coloring book by the talented Martin Gee.
The Unofficial Baby Yoda Coloring Book
Enjoy!
* A girl can dream.
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, inspiration, sff, spaceships, star wars, Tuesdays on July 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It’s Tuesday and there’s a nasty storm coming (heavy rain and powerful winds with a potential side of hail and tornadoes, so that’s fun). Is it time to take a trip to the virtual used spaceship lot?
Who knew the Halo Pelican was almost the size of the Millennium Falcon? (Also, with apologies to Mr. Bezos and Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, but yours are definitely not the biggest!).
Posted in Entertainment, Holidays, Writing, tagged #Maythe4thBeWithYou, fun, star wars, Star Wars Day, yay on May 4, 2021| 1 Comment »
I’m a little bit beat. I know it’s May the Fourth and therefore Star Wars Day, but I’m not quite up to a long-form essay on all that this world has meant for me.
Suffice it to say, I’m a fan.
If you’re in the mood for a quick recap of the main movies (or an introduction, I won’t judge!), here’s a quick summation by Star Wars actor Daisy Ridley, with a little help from Jimmy Fallon:
If you’d rather go back to the beginning and study the source, check out this piece on the first movie’s script:
Star Wars: A New Hope Script — Screenplay Analysis and PDF Download
We’re going to break down the essential aspects of the Star Wars script, and how George Lucas made a science-fiction classic.
Buckle up, we’re going into hyperdrive…
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Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #ThingsIKnowForSure, books, creativity, Lord of the Rings, star wars, Thoughts on March 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
For today, I give you this highly-personalized, certainly particular list of #ThingsIKnowForSure:
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, fun with paper, star wars, still snowing on February 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I know I’ve been on a whole snow / winter kick but hey, it’s winter! It’s also snowing here today and is very pretty, with the sort of light, fluffy flakes that bring a blanket of quiet as they fall. Which reminds me!
These free printable Star Wars snowflake patterns from Anthony Herrera Designs are very cool. If you like that sort of thing, which I do!
I’ve made these in printer paper, cardstock and acrylic, using everything from scissors, Cricut, and laser cutter. Print, cut, and enjoy!
Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged #ThingsILike, Fiction, harry potter, inspiration, star wars, Thoughts, writing, yay on March 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I love this so much I just can’t even say. The idea that a generation of Potterheads and aspiring Jedi and would-be superheroes are tackling the big issues of the day? Absolutely fantastic.
As Time correspondent Charlotte Alter put it,
“This is not just a generation that has grown up with school shootings,” she tweeted, before building her apt analogy. “It’s also a generation that grew up reading Harry Potter.”
It’s everything I love about storytelling and everything I want for society. To those writing the good fight, from Tolkien to Rowling to all of you working to make the world a better place through storytelling…
Thank you.
Posted in Holidays, Likes, tagged #ThingsILike, awesome, creativity, entertainment, fun, inspiration, science fiction, sff, star wars, yay on October 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Oh hey, don’t ask me how but it’s the end of October already. This holiday I bring you the winner of The Most Awesome Costume award (as determined by yours truly):
/zomg, now I so want a speeder:)
Happy Halloween!
Posted in Funny, tagged #briankesinger, artists, awesome, calvin and hobbes, fun, inspiration, star wars, Thoughts, work, yay on March 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Here’s hoping you have a good day, even if it is a Monday:)
Posted in Science!, tagged awesome, NatGeo, neil degrasse tyson, physics, science, science fiction, star wars, StarTalk on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
While we wait to see if the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission and its Schiaparelli lander makes it to the Martian surface intact, here is Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, taking on that most important of questions: are lightsabers physically possible?
Curious? I know I am!
Posted in Entertainment, Likes, tagged #C3PO, #ThingsILike, entertainment, family, food, history, home, old tech, science fiction, sff, speculative fiction, star wars, Thoughts, writing, yay on June 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I had a post in mind for today that I thought would be cool but, sadly, it’s not ready. Rather than go with something that’s not right, I’m setting it aside until I can do a good job or come up with something better. So in the end, what did I choose as Today’s Thing I Like? Popcorn:)
Here’s an excerpt from the family cookbook to tell you why.
Popcorn
My whole family can make this with their eyes closed, but Dad really deserves credit for setting new and higher standards for butter and salt consumption. He is blessed with a genetic tolerance for such unhealthy behavior; his blood pressure and cholesterol levels are lower than mine.
For years he’d head to the kitchen after dinner, and a few minutes later I’d hear pop pop! as hot oil turned the first kernels inside out. A few minutes more and we’d be piled on the couch with huge bowls of popcorn and masses of paper towels.
There was no television in the house growing up but at some point we acquired a copy of Star Wars and a video monitor. This was back before Blockbusters popped up down the street (or closed down, for that matter), and there were certainly no DVD players.
The tape was black and white and we watched it on a Beta machine. (Don’t remember Beta? That’s funny, no one else does either.) My brother and I watched that tape until it died, literally came apart from use. To this day I can still reel off an annoying amount of dialog and get excited when I see Star Wars in color. What could be better than a cold drink, a hot bowl of popcorn, and reciting C3PO’s lines with people you love?
J.R. Johnson 
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