Sorry, by the way, for the string of code at the beginning of recent entries, especially if you’re reading this on LJ or in a feed reader. Apparently that happens when I write a post in Word and then copy and paste it into the WordPress software. I’ll try to be more diligent about catching that in the future.

Recently, on Facebook, I picked my Top 5 toys from my childhood, the ones that i remember being special, and one of the things I chose was Space Lego. I grew up with Lego and I think I was around for the move to the little Lego people and buildings and vehicles to work with them (I recall having much bigger Lego people as a really young kid – though maybe that was due to the possibility of ingesting small pieces).

I loved all the Lego back then, including my mechanic set, but when the Space Lego came out it soon became my favorite. Ships and bases and astronauts, oh my. And they came in different colors – first red and white, then later yellow, blue (and black) which made them perfect fodder for your own version of Starfleet. I remember I named all of mine after characters from Star Blazers. The red figures were pilots and command personnel, the white were techs and engineers. I think blue was science and medical.

I mention all of this by way of linking to Gizmodo’s massive post showing all of the Space Lego sets. Just catching a glimpse of this set off my nostalgia sirens and I wanted to link it here so that I can go back and peruse at my leisure.

Just scrolling through it now, I can remember the Radar Truck. I think the 1970s sets are missing some images, but it’s still a nice walk down Memory Lane.

[Disclaimer – Gizmodo’s navigation once you get into the images can be very frustrating]

With the launch of my new website, Fermented Adventures, I am now involved in five different sites. Since I even get confused, this is a list.

RajanKhanna.com – this site and where my personal stuff goes and everything that doesn’t fit elsewhere. My personal writing news goes here as well.

FermentedAdventures.com – my site about my adventures with wine, beer and spirits

YourMomsBasement.com – a site I started with friends of mine. YMB, newly renovated and relaunched, focuses on geek culture items, though often from a humorous or satirical angle. The new approach allows for anyone who’s interested to start a personal blog on the site and the front page will feature posts from those blogs as part of its content.

Tor.com – I’ve been contributing articles to Tor.com about television, comics and a variety of other topics. I am continuing a series of posts on post-apocalytpic themes as well as some comic-related material and more (The posts that I’ve written can be found here).

AlteredFluid.com – the website of my NY-based writing group. Focused on writing and the industry, but delving into a number of other topics based on the interests of the group.

So that’s where I am. Now to be more diligent about updating them all.

As some may have noticed, I will no longer be having my Twitter feed show up as posts. The main reason for this is that it simply bugged me. When I looked at the site, it looked like it was just a list of my Twitter ramblings and for that people could just read my Twitter page. Additionally, I didn’t want all of my content to be in that form. It’s there for people who use it (or are interested). I use this for longer form expressions and that’s the way I want to keep it.

No one asked me to do this, it was simply time to change things.

This will hopefully be accompanied by an increase in posts here, but more on that to come shortly.

After about a week of trying to get things together, FermentedAdventures.com is now live. It’s not exactly how I planned it (I’m crap at dealing with WordPress Themes), but it’s simple and that’s okay.

Thanks to Allyson for designing the logo. I would have been lost without her.

If you have an interest in wine and beer, please check it out. I’ll be catching up with some old posts there in the next few weeks and then onto new adventures.