Hey, it's been weeks since I've actually used a Thursday for any sort of update on Worlds of Fun action, so let me do one today. This week is the last week where WOF/OOF will be open on weekdays. As a cap to the summer, Worlds of Fun is having what they call a Food … Continue reading Food Truck Frenzy Aug. 13 at WOF
Category: Reviews
Being Weird with Weird Al
I don't attend rock concerts -- as a general rule. But I did attend one Sunday Night. Weird Al Yankovic was in concert at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, so I went, equipped with ear plugs, and had a good time. My cultural references aren't that good, so I only recognized parts of the parodies, … Continue reading Being Weird with Weird Al
Hugos: Voting Complete
Well, I did it, I got through all the Hugo nomination categories, reviewed each one and put in my vote for what I thought were the best. I did it with no appeal to the No Award category. Sorry, I just feel that most uses of that category show one to be entirely too stuck … Continue reading Hugos: Voting Complete
If/Then
Starlight Theatre is having a run of the musical "If/Then" this week. We went and saw it Tuesday night, the opening night. We began the evening with the Best of Broadway Applause dinner club. For once there was nothing to comment on, a little slow getting us our drinks at the beginning, but the food … Continue reading If/Then
One final Beauty and the Beast before vaulting
It is a pleasure to be able to write a very good review, for a change, of our experience at a Starlight Theatre Broadway show. A good evening is our usual expectation, based on attending the Broadway shows since 1997. But Tuesday night's presentation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast was the first time this … Continue reading One final Beauty and the Beast before vaulting
Disney’s America
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Hugo Awards: Best Novelette
Today I'm doing the Best Novelette Category. I'm doing this mostly on impressions, less on analysis. I'm giving the first story I read the first ranking: "What Price Humanity?" by David VanDyke. I thought it well written, good story, thoughtful issues. Everything else had to compare to it. But "Flashpoint: Titan" by CHEAH Kai Wai … Continue reading Hugo Awards: Best Novelette
“you must include the … type of … metadata you were submitting when the problem occurred.”
I had an interaction with a help desk this week that really brought to the fore some of the inanities of help desks. Before I rant too much, I should preface it by saying I get a lot of good help from a lot of help desk people. This just happens to be the (usually … Continue reading “you must include the … type of … metadata you were submitting when the problem occurred.”
Hugo Awards: Voting for Best Related Work
Continuing a theme I will feature a few more times, below is the listing of the category "best related work": BEST RELATED WORK (2080 ballots) Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 by Marc Aramini (Castalia House) “The First Draft of My Appendix N Book” by Jeffro … Continue reading Hugo Awards: Voting for Best Related Work
Starlight Theatre: Decent Show, dining staff underwhelms with lack of service
It is obvious that no one at Starlight Theatre paid attention to my previous comments about the quality of their Applause Club dining plan. We found ourselves underwhelmed Tuesday when attending the Best of Broadway dining prior to Bullets over Broadway, which was a decrease in how whelmed we were from dining at Matilda. We … Continue reading Starlight Theatre: Decent Show, dining staff underwhelms with lack of service
At The Rainbow 