Picture Kaleidoscope 8/28/13

One day closer to WORLDCON! Booyah!

New office area has a pretty cool outside area. Love the vines!

As the year progresses, it's getting closer to sky time again! Luckily I have a big open space (for now) where the office is. YES

Looking forward to the colors. Heh heh.

Surprise gift from the boss. It';s so cute. Love how the light reflected through it on the pic. 

New eatery at Stonebriar mall - Wasabi - conveyor belt sushi shop! 

A lot of the items are labeled too. So you know what it is.

Soba salad. They forgot to put any broth in it though. :( The plates are color coded to prices like in Japan. Can get pricy in a hurry though. Beware!) They also have 3 heated entrees for non-sushi peeps. Their inari and mochi were great~! The sushi itself, not so much. :( Neat experience if you've never done it though.

Does have the coolest stands.

Here's an overall view from upstairs. Neat little set up

New member of the family - kids named her Mystique. I told 'em she wasn't blue or scaly (Or super dark skinned as the original) but they stuck with it anyway. :P

Serenity barked to get her picture taken too. Not jealous or anything. Nuh uh. 

Hope to have pics from San Antonio and WorldCon for you next week. Eeeeee!
Will also get to share some news (and links) for an Anthology of reprints and new short stories by the peeps in my writing group - it's title is: TALES FROM A LONE STAR: A FUTURE CLASSICS ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME ONE
Should be fun!

Picture Kaleidoscope 2/8/12

Greetings!

A funky plant at work. Such symmetry. Almost like those fractal pictures computers generate. 

Ah the colors I see never do come through. Waaahhh!

I realized that while I've taken pics of the conveyor belt at Sushi Envy, I never did take pics of the food! So since we only go there every long while, I made sure to take pics this time. YUM.

My super favorite here - unagi, crab, and sweet sushi rice. Mmmmm

I can't eat these, but they look so pretty!

Avocado and spicy tuna and crab.

Egg sushi.

I believe this was a Philadelphia Roll. 

This octopus sushi was actually quite good! The pickled items with it made it delicious!

Sweet seaweed. Forgot to take the pic until I'd eaten half of it. Doh!

Friend gyoza. Yummy!

Lobster salad sushi I believe. (Son-in-Law picked out all sorts of things!)

One of the rolls with shrimp. (Can't eat that. Waaaahhh cause it looked good!)

John Picacio art - No Going Back. He rocks!

From NASA - High Def pic of the Earth - Blue Marble 2012. Looks awesome!

Portraits of Ladies in Cardboard Dresses by Christian Tagliavini. lol. 

That's it for this week. Enjoy!

Mind Sieve 12/19/11

Welcome to another round of Mind Sieve! Enjoy!

Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water from NASA. Cool, no?

As originally shared by Piper Bayard - A Very Zombie Holiday (An Instructional Video). Too cute!

From Dr Who News - Two Dr Who Episodes Recovered! (It's just sad how many of the originals were lost!)

From Best of Film - Men In Black 3 Official Trailer!  Looks awesome!

From  KB Owen - Flashback Friday: The Origin of Police in England. Fascinating!

Also from KB Owen - Mystery Monday: The Moonstone, "Grandaddy" of Detective Novels. The book actually sounds like fun!

This is a cool little video explaining the virtues of Galileo's Compass. This sucker did way more than make circles. You could even calculate interest with it! Amazing!

TL Jeffcoat's Weapons Weekly - The Daisho of the Samurai. (I love me them swords! So cool!)

Teaser for HBO's Game of Thrones Season 2 - The Cold Winds are Rising. Woot!

The latest Batman The Dark Knight Rises poster.  Oh yeah, BANE!

This might be quite fun! Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Documentary film about one of the most famed sushi chefs of all time.

From Fans of Movies - The Flowers of War official Trailer. This looks Great!

This is out on DVD already but it looks so FUN! Detective Dee and The Mystery of the Phantom Flame. Woot!

New Poster From Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance.  Sweet!

Preview for the Iron Lady. This looks like it will be a great film! You forget that's Meryl Streep!

From Picture Correct - Protegion: Fascinating New Stop Motion Viral Video. This is super neat!

The Dr Who Christmas Special Trailer!  YES!

From Gene Lempp - Designing From Bones: Lessons From Attila. The Hun no less. :P

From Angela James - 10 Things Authors Should Know About Twitter. Pay special attention to #3! Agents complain about this one all the time!

From Chuck (NSFW) Wendig - The Precarious Portentious Perils of Self Publishing. (Say THAT 10 times fast! Hah!) Great post!

I Actually Counted The Words Because I Couldn't Quite Believe It - a query post from agent Janet Reid.

25 Things Writers Should Know About Rejection - more writerly truths from Chuck (NSFW) Wending.

Aspiring Is For Pansies - Tough Love and Being a Writer by Kristen Lamb. Truth ya'll!

Okay that's it for this week. Now to go waste horrid amounts of time on Star Wars The Old Republic. Booyah!