Berries

(February 25)

I wistfully stared in the open refrigerator, but it was to no avail.  The berries were gone.

I usually rotate through a container of strawberries, blueberries, or my personal faves: red raspberries.  They mainly go with yogurt, and sometimes in other concoctions.  But today, I am out of luck...  no, wait, there's Ben and Jerry's Frozen Greek Yogurt, Raspberry with Chocolate Chunks in the freezer!  Tangy yogurt flavor, with a hint of raspberry, and large chocolate pieces.  It's pretty darn good.

On the subject of berries, I think I'll announce my first ever Tom's 2012 Bucket List Contest!

Tom's 2012 Bucket List Contest #1

Rules:  Submit your EOTW/PA-inspired short story.  The story must in some way incorporate berries into the plot.  An example synopsis might be:

With the end of Planet Earth impending, humans send a capsule containing various natural and artificial products into space.  The intelligent species of a distant Earth-like planet recovers the capsule much later, and inspecting the contents, they discover various seeds.  Unfortunately, one of the seed types proves to be highly invasive to their floral ecosystem, and while the small round blue fruits are pleasing to the visual organs, they are very toxic to the fauna.  The End.

Deadline:  December 1, 2012
Submit to:  tom.c.mckinney AT gmail.com
Prizes:  Cool Tom's 2012 Bucket List swag to the top 3 submissions, as judged by me!  :-)


Drops from My 2012 Bucket: Feb. 25, 300 days remaining


Spock's Brain  (Bones remote controls Spock's brainless body.)
The Enterprise Incident  (Scotty wishes that cloaking device used USB.)
The Paradise Syndrome  (Kirk finally gets married, but...)

Video Mission Update: 59 / 728 hours = 8.1%