Thursday was Media Day at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. I'm not exactly sure what media it is the day for, but as a featured singing group of the Festival, Madrigalia Bar Nonne sends a group out to Media Day each year, to give people the flavor of the fair. This year, as usual, we … Continue reading KC Ren Fest Media Day
Fitness update
When you ride a bicycle you are much more aware of the weather and the road than when you are in a motor vehicle. I am not certain how a motorcyclist recognizes the weather, but while riding my bicycle i can tell the resistance from the wind. It has a major impact on the amount … Continue reading Fitness update
Community update
Tonight was the third Wednesday night of the month. In Avondale that makes it the free community dinner. Tonight was a very successful dinner. The planners had asked some of the kids that attended previous dinners what they wanted to eat, and the overwhelming opinion was pizza. So tonight was pizza. The dinner was from … Continue reading Community update
Restoring the Constitution
Over the years the constitution has been "improved" by a list of amendments. The purpose of this blog today is to look at some of them, and how rolling certain ones back, "restoring" the constitution, might actually be a better, and more "progressive" act than the keeping of those "progressive" amendments. 1) Roll back the … Continue reading Restoring the Constitution
Newsworthy
Let's see, how many things are going on today of newsworthy importance -- things I could blog about -- that I don't really know anything about. Okay, did I just ask myself to list the things I don't know? 😉 Anyway, lets see, we have: 1) Ferguson 2) ISIS 3) Gaza 4) The HUGOs 5) … Continue reading Newsworthy
Sunday Quartet — His Name Medley
Today is another of those blogs where I feature music from Avondale United Methodist Church. Today's Offertory was a quartet -- a capella, by myself, Betsy, Aaron (director of music) and Shannon. Shannon was soprano, Betsy the Alto, Aaron the Tenor, and me, whose voice is technically a first tenor, sang the bass. (I … Continue reading Sunday Quartet — His Name Medley
Mission Accomplished
One of the regular features of the day at our house is snack time. We are usually good about not having sweets during the day, but in the evening we have something sweet before bedtime. Sometimes we buy packages of single serving items that can be used. Other times we bake or make something from … Continue reading Mission Accomplished
Adapters vs. Non-Adapters
Earlier this week I had an epiphany of sorts about communication. Now to see if I can communicate it clearly. I was having a conversation where someone was trying to explain something to me. She described the situation; I responded back. Since I didn't understand the situation, which she determined from my response, she described … Continue reading Adapters vs. Non-Adapters
What we have in the commons….
An excellent piece of writing on the need for private property -- and the right amount of government to protect it. http://accordingtohoyt.com/2014/08/14/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-and-society-bill-reader/
Short question
As season (translated gold) pass members of Worlds and Ocean of Fun we subscribe to an e-mail newsletter about what is going on at the parks. Today I got this blurb as part of the e-mail: Sizzlin' Saturdays! Oceans of Fun is celebrating summer coming to an end with Sizzlin' Saturdays! On Saturday, August 23, … Continue reading Short question
