I’m baking stovetop taiyaki for my Anime aXcess friends!

This batch is chocolate chip muffin mix cake and Chug vanilla Milk shake milk, with M&M Minis for filling.

More snow flurries for Duluth, Minnesota

My camera is looking south on Second Street toward North Second Avenue East.

There are three City buses that will soon be picking up passengers at the Duluth Transit Center.

A My Little Pony blanket for Kathy

I bought Kathy’s gift at Target in Duluth, Minnesota.

I got healthy food from the King Manor: Buy a Basket Food Club

This is what six fruit baskets looks like in one box!

My post for the March equinox and Starlight Glimmer day

Here are the reasons why I became a fan of My Little Pony:  Friendship is Magic.

I have always loved unicorns, seeing them as a symbol of beauty, freedom, and strength.  Apparently, other people do as well, considering how popular unicorns have been for many centuries.  I loved children’s stories that feature unicorns such as “The Last Unicorn”, the winged unicorn Pegasus also known as Helios from Sailor Moon SuperS, as well as more adult stories such as “Ariel: A Book of the Change”.  I had also collected their images years before the debut of Friendship is Magic.

During one summer night when I was about ten years old, I dreamed that I was walking in a neighbor’s backyard.  I then realized that I had a white muzzle.  I looked down to my feet and saw that I was walking on white horse legs and hooves upon the green lawn.  A long, white mane fell to the base of my shoulder blades.  I said to myself, “cool” with happy, yet mild enthusiasm.  I looked up and saw a twelve inch long white horn was attached to my forehead.  I repeated saying “cool” with equally mild enthusiasm.  Then, I woke up, disappointed that I was still a human being.  Therefore, by the time I became an adult I was already predisposed to like unicorns as story protagonists.  It is no surprise that I’d love the unicorn Twilight Sparkle from Friendship is Magic as well as Littlepip from Fallout Equestria.

But, you ask me if so many other stories feature unicorn characters; why I am so interested in Friendship is Magic?  This series leading protagonist is a unicorn named Twilight Sparkle.  She appeals to me because we both have similar personalities, with almost the same virtues and flaws.  As the main viewpoint character, Twilight became my audience surrogate, a character who the audience, in this case me, doesn't just sympathize with, but actively see myself as.  In fact, on my headstone I’d love to have this written, “Here lies James Patrick Buchanan, the real world Twilight Sparkle.”

Stay Earth pony strong, Pegasus pony swift, and Unicorn pony smart.

A St. Patrick's Day snowstorm in Duluth, Minnesota

Yet another winter snowstorm is happening in my city without a snow day for students.

Today, I’m making apple taiyaki!

My Rainbow Community Center taste testers tell me that my apple taiyaki are very good!

The timer knob on my microwave oven broke.

Now, I need my pliers to use my microwave oven.

Yesterday’s rainstorm has become today’s snowstorm.

One advantage of apartment living is that you don’t need to shovel the sidewalk outside your apartment building’s front door.

I found a pile of soda crackers in my hallway, adjacent to my neighbor’s front door.

Who feeds wild birds in my apartment’s hallway?

I’m making blueberry taiyaki

If anyone has any ideas for future taiyaki recipes, please let me know in the comments attached to this post.

Tomorrow, I’ll be making blueberry taiyaki

The more people that know about my wonderful taiyaki, the better my chances will be that other people will partner with me to make our taiyaki stand into a reality!