Betsy and I attended the performance of Footloose at Starlight Thursday. Wasn't really interested in the show, though it was better than I expected, But what I really wanted to do a review of this time, was the VIP Club dining, this year catered by Plaza Catering, which also runs Cinzetti's Italian Market Restaurant in … Continue reading KC Starlight VIP Club
Barnacle Bessie bombs twice in a row
Okay, for any of my followers that might play Toontown, I have infallibly proven that SOS toons CAN miss. I was at 57 laff points, on the 4th story of a cashbot building, down to just lure gags and sound gags -- strongest sound gag was an elephant trunk. Cogs I was facing were level … Continue reading Barnacle Bessie bombs twice in a row
Outcast Hero
For today's blog I am pulling up something from a year ago January. See my Facebook comment to the picture above: This is great! My daughter, Carly, is having her 15th birthday party today, and she asked me to make a Marlon Cake for her birthday. "Marlon?" I asked. Turns out he is a character … Continue reading Outcast Hero
Money=Children or is it Children=Money
I've read a lot recently on a neighboring blog and its comments (at least I feel like the blog is in my neighborhood, even if the author lives in Colorado and I live in Missouri), about how we might really be in the middle of a worldwide population collapse instead of an overpopulation trend. I've … Continue reading Money=Children or is it Children=Money
s’io ti vedess’una sol volt’il giorno
Okay, I sing the above madrigal most every fall. I tried sticking the title into Google translate -- failed fairly spectacularly. Yet the thought, in English, is what I want to write about today. s'io ti vedess'una sol volt'il giorno s'io ti vedess'una sol volt'il giorno Contento ne staria, contento ne staria, tutta la sera Contento ne … Continue reading s’io ti vedess’una sol volt’il giorno
My Little Green Book
Stereotypically men have a "little black book". Not me, it is my little green book. My book full of Renaissance Festival music. And each year I have a battle with the computer and printer to update the little green book. Our music comes from several different period song books, from which we choose a selection … Continue reading My Little Green Book
Travelogue — Reflection #3
Cleanliness. It was one of the things emphasized about the trip. Traveling in foreign lands, Be careful about drinking the water. Watch what you eat. On the ship it was emphasized every time you dined. There was always someone out front with a squirt bottle of disinfectant. "Washy Washy, Happy happy" they would often say. … Continue reading Travelogue — Reflection #3
Travelogue — Reflection #2
Italy by Gelato Of the 10 ports we stopped at, 4 of them were in Italy. We were doing our touring cheap. Since meals were included on the ship, we didn't want to spend a lot of our money on food ashore. As much as we might have enjoyed the meals. But we did want … Continue reading Travelogue — Reflection #2
Travelogue — Reflection #1
Okay, 16 days in Europe, a lot of places and things seen, a lot of places and things without enough time to see. You come back flooded with impressions. So, do they just drift away, or do they become part of you, either adding to you, or changing the way you view the world? Or … Continue reading Travelogue — Reflection #1
Travelogue — Day 16 Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Debarkation Day of Cruise -- Venice Well, waking up at 4 a.m. starts the day off long. Went to Raffles for breakfast at 5:30 a.m. and got off the boat at 6 and paid 80 EUR for the taxi to the Marco Polo Airport. When we got there, the check-in desk wasn’t open for another … Continue reading Travelogue — Day 16 Wednesday, July 10, 2013
