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Astro HAL Campaign

Wearing  a space suit everyday, reaching out to the community. Check out the Astro-HAL site for much more! [caption id="attachment_763" align="alignleft" width="357"] Click to visit the site![/caption] Community outreach is a huge part of being an astronaut, because astronauts are...

Hal J. Friesen
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Yes. You can. Here’s how I did it: 1. Find one on Kijiji.  The one I got was a Free Spirit 302001, about 7-8 years old. Free Spirit is a good company for value treadmills without a lot of frills, and some other ones to keep in mind are True, Life Fitness, Pace Master, and Lifespan. I saw some Nordictrack treadmills in the $300 price range and most were willing to part with it for $250, but I’ve heard mixed …

hal says:
Thanks for stopping by, John! I wasn’t planning on doing any HR... more
John M says:
That’s awesome! I’ve seen people talking about treadmill / stand-up... more
Fisheye Distortion might be responsible for the Cheshire Cat's signature sneer.

Does believing in the disappearing cat from Alice in Wonderland qualify you as a crazy-cat-person? Let’s take a gander through the looking glass and find out. Vexing Riddles & Mannerisms Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …So long …

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It's as hot inside as it is out.

Wearing  a space suit everyday, reaching out to the community. Check out the Astro-HAL site for much more! Community outreach is a huge part of being an astronaut, because astronauts are inspirational figures who show us the impossible is possible, that it’s not too far out of reach. Which is why, from this day forward until the end of the Apollo contest, I will be wearing an astronaut costume to capture one photograph with a new person every day. I …

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Pineapple Possibility

I probably don’t need to tell you who lives in a pineapple under the sea, but for those interested in selecting the ideal underwater dwelling, I’ve put together this helpful flow chart to get you on the right track. And here are some good reasons why you’d want to live under the sea. For the record, yes, this flowchart implies that Aqua Man would live in an aquarium. Okay, so maybe you’re not a sponge, and maybe your pants don’t …

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You are epic sir, keep winning the internet. more
hal says:
Excellent point, Maura! I was assuming the pineapple was still filled with the... more

What if Dora’s Map Were Real?

The Map

As an explorer, beloved Dora is often found in the business of travel, and even more often, she is going where no one has gone before. Well, at least she’s going somewhere she hasn’t gone before. And what better tool to help her in her explorer duties than a map? She has no ordinary run-of-the-mill map, however. Would you expect anything else, really? She’s Dora the Freakin’ Explorer. The map, once Dora gives it the destination, sings a repetitive song as though it …

 

Don’t Chew on the Sharp End of the Pencil

Cover Art by Nicola Martinez

For writers and non-writers alike, a collection of stories about time management, motivation, and how to find the happy ending in your story and your life. For those looking to break into the industry—or anyone looking to find the writer within—this collection put together by the Edmonton Writers Group is sure to have something for you. Description Dean Koontz once said, “Writing a novel is like making love, but it’s also like having a tooth pulled. Sometimes it’s like making …

 

Smashwords Launch Soon

Cover Art by Nicola Martinez

“Don’t Chew on the Sharp End of the Pencil: Stories for the Writer in All of Us”, edited by Brad OH and me, will be launched as a FREE download on Smashwords on March 5. Don’t have an account already? Then head on over to Smashwords and sign up, so that you can be totally ready to enjoy this great collection of stories!

 

Author Tag

I was tagged by the very talented but somewhat smelly Natasha Deen, to answer some questions about my next book. Natasha’s True Grime series is an awesome blend of fantasy-YA, mystery, and sci-fi that is a great read with very relevant and important topics a lot of youth can relate to. What’s the working title of your book? Connecting Will. Where did you first get the idea for your book? After reading Michael Flynn’s fantastic novel “Eifelheim”, I was enamoured …

 

Demonizing Demons: Reasons Why “The Dark Knight Rises” Sucks

So it’s been a little while since the movie came out, and by far I’m not the first person to say it, and I won’t be the last. The latest Batman movie was awful. I am a huge Batman fan, yet was frothing at the mouth in the theatre. The reasons I mention below have not been discussed yet, as far as I could see. 1. Social commentary at the expense of story. I’ll try to forget for a few …

 

Ovidius’s Journal: Health & Care

Owning Harpies is a disease

My friends, if ever you are to visit Earth, I would advise you to study human medical textbooks cover to cover before attempting anything out of the ordinary, or even anything that might seem ordinary to us. Whilst hiding amidst the displays in the space and science centre, I worked up the courage to speak to a local science enthusiast calling herself Uhura, who refreshed my heart with her open mind and willingness to discuss which star cluster is more …

 

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