Preach or Tell a Story

I found this book on the shelves of Barnes & Nobles the last time I was in (months ago) and decided, after reading the first part, that it might be worth reading. Either it was going to be one of the worst moral preaching book possible, or it was could have a really good story. … Continue reading Preach or Tell a Story →

On Video: Foreign releases to English

We watch a lot of foreign animation (usually with English dubbing) in our house, thanks to the quality tastes of our daughter and the wide variety of such available through our local library system or interlibrary loan. Today I'm going to pop comments on two of them that we have in the house at the … Continue reading On Video: Foreign releases to English →

Cedar Fair Tour: Worlds of Fun — Coming Home

We did a half-tour of the Cedar Fair Parks; I blogged about the visits, and about the parks in comparison. Now I feel a need to blog about home, about Worlds of Fun. After touring all those parks, seeing all those extreme and expansive roller coasters, does it make Worlds of Fun dim by comparison? … Continue reading Cedar Fair Tour: Worlds of Fun — Coming Home →

Cedar Fair Tour: Off Campus Motels

One other part of our tour of Cedar Fair parks was the nighttime accommodations. We did web searches for "inexpensive" motels, made reservations online, and then took our chances. Despite similar ratings, we had drastically mixed results in the places we selected. Our first stop was actually for LibertyCon in Chattanooga, TN. We had originally … Continue reading Cedar Fair Tour: Off Campus Motels →

Cedar Fair Parks Tour: Comparing Park Features

While touring the various parks, besides noting what we enjoy and had fun with at each park, we started making comparisons and contrasts between them. Certain themes began to arise in our minds. Today’s post will start a short to moderate discussion of the things we observed and discussed during our tour. True, we only … Continue reading Cedar Fair Parks Tour: Comparing Park Features →

HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE WORLD

I have finished posting park by park reviews of our visits to the five Cedar Fair parks we toured. My intention is to have some further posts where I discuss thematic items from the parks for comparison and contrast. But before I do that post, short series of posts, I should cover what we did … Continue reading HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE WORLD →

Cedar Fair Parks Tour: King’s Island

Of the three parks designed on the same model -- King’s Dominion, Canada’s Wonderland, King’s Island – King’s Island probably has the best balance from entry to roaming. We arrived at King’s Island on Thursday evening, and got modestly lost on the way to the park before getting ourselves turned the right way. As per … Continue reading Cedar Fair Parks Tour: King’s Island →

Cedar Fair Parks Tour: Cedar Point

Cedar Point: Mecca of the Cedar Fair park system. Everyone needs to make a pilgrimage there at least once in a lifetime. We arrived in Sandusky on Tuesday evening, and after checking into our motel and unpacking, took a quick run out to the park to get a lay of the land – and have … Continue reading Cedar Fair Parks Tour: Cedar Point →

Something Rotten: It Smells

Today's post is a review of Something Rotten, playing July 25-30 at Kansas City's Starlight Theater. This is the first Starlight experience in awhile that I have nothing to comment on besides the show. The rest of the experience was suitable and without incident. Let me start by saying this play is worth seeing -- … Continue reading Something Rotten: It Smells →

Electric outages; Electric street cars

Okay, power outage of 42 hours ended yesterday evening, and so my plan for another installment of the Cedar Fair tour is being delayed. Instead, a short commentary on some of my recent electrical experiences. First, our power outage. Started at 10:20 p.m. Saturday, and ended around 4:20 p.m. Monday. 42 hours without power. During … Continue reading Electric outages; Electric street cars →