I have discovered over the past month or so that Post Raisin Bran does not measure up to Kellogg’s Raisin Bran.
Albertson’s had a sale on Post Raisin Bran, 4 boxes for $10 or something like that, so I went for it. I’m not happy with the Post Raisin Bran, so I understand why they had a sale to clear some of it off the shelves.
Well, okay, I know that’s not the reason they had the sale, but I’m still not happy with the cereal.
Three Reasons Why Kellogg’s Raisin Bran is Better than Post’s Raisin Bran:
1) Better Flakes. I have no idea why, but the Kellogg’s bran flakes taste better. I don’t care one way or another about which stays crunchier in milk longer… I mix in other cereals anyway.
2) Better Raisins. I guess there is something to that whole “two scoops of raisins” promo blurb.
3) The inner plastic bag actually opens cleanly and easily.
Seriously… all of the plastic bags for the Kellogg’s cereals open without a fuss, and that’s important. Post cereals seem to be tough to pull open, and no matter how careful you are, they don’t open cleanly… you end up with bags that are hard to pour the cereal out of smoothly, and pieces of the cereal get trapped outside of the plastic and in the box. That’s a huge “not good”.
So, that’s my gripe for the day.
Well? What do you think of the new layout?
I’m still tweaking some of the finer points, font sizes, object placements, but for the most part, the remodeling is complete.
SciFi Channel has a reality series, “Who Wants to be a Superhero?”. In this series, people who’ve dreamed of being a comic book superhero can now do so, by competing against other superhero wannabes in a contest judged by none other than Stan Lee. The winner will even get a comic book about his character.
SciFi Channel fans weren’t sure what to make of this show, but it exceeded all ratings projections at the time, and you know what that means.
Get ready for Season 2!
While doing my due diligence in poking around for stories to cover on Slice of SciFi, I discover that tryouts for Superhero Season 2 are going to be held in several malls around the country… and they’ll be here in Phoenix the weekend of February 3-4.
So yes, we’re very likely to go cover the event, and see if we can’t talk to some potential contestants.
NBC Universal so needs to release Season 1 of Bravo’s “Top Chef” on DVD.
I became addicted to that show, and seeing today’s Season 1 rerun reminded me of why. Yes, I am faithfully watching Season 2, but so far, there hasn’t been that consistent pull of needing to watch, to see what happens next.
Seriously, I think one of the issues this time around is that 15 contestants was too many. They should have kept it at 12. The episodes didn’t start to become fun and interesting until the 4th or 5th show… the episode “Social Service”. That’s when things really began to click.
So yes, I should have recorded today’s Season 1 marathon. It would have easily held me over until Bravo finally decides to release it to DVD, preferably with a ton of tasty extras like longer Judge’s Table deliberations, and more kitchen outtakes… because you know they’re out there.
What’s been keeping me from updating here as much? ZombieChannel.com, mostly. ‘Nuff said.
My reading time lately has diminshed, but I intend to catch up a little bit over the holiday season, since we’ll have some downtime from recording the shows. Maybe catch up on a few movies and TV shows as well.
Happy Holidays to all!
The trip to World Fantasy Con was fun, informative, and productive… I think there’ll be some new FarPoint Media projects coming from that trip. It was also a lot of fun to get some of the other “So Say We All” contributors to sign their essays… I’m going to make a point of getting everyone to sign that book, because it is my first.
My NaNoWriMo progress hasn’t been as consistent as I would have preferred, but I do want to get to a decent wordcount before the end of the month.
I need more time to read, too.
…that is the question!
NaNoWriMo beckons to me again. It’s only 50,000 words. It seems like such a small number, compared to the epic tomes that line my bookshelves, but it’s also a commitment at a time when my time is in demand by many.
Maybe this is one way to pull back time for myself. I still have a week or so to decide to jump in.
update: oh crap… the NaNoWriMo folks want podcasting help. Someone stop me! 
Things have been quite crazymaking, and some days I feel like I don’t even have time enough to think, much less get everything else done.
But the Mets win their series and advance, and on the same day the Yankees lose and go home… this makes everything okay.
… been so busy that you sometimes consider not sleeping for a couple days, in the hopes that you might make a dent in the “to do” list?
Yep, that’s where I am now. But it’s a good kind of busy, really it is. I have clients for website design and hosting, and more of them are waiting in the wings, so it’s not really a bad thing.
I have not been able to write as frequently or as much the past 6 weeks or so, and that’s something that will be changing after this next project push is completed. I hope to have some very good news by the end of the year, on that front.
Yeah, I know. It’s been awhile.
Fortunately, it’s been a good sort of busy. Very good.
My second writing sale will be my first one published, it seems.
BenBella Books’ new Smart Pop collection, So Say We All: Collected Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica, will be hitting the shelves in late October, and I’ve seen the finished proofs. It’s rather giddy seeing my name on pages of a published book.
I think the other book, Writing Fantasy: The Business End, the Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy from Dragon Moon Press, has been rescheduled for a release date at the end of November, which mean 2 publishing credits in the same calendar year. This is a big step for me, and I’m working to increase that pace for next year.
