Breakfast on Sunday lasted longer than usual because I came during a rush period (which I usually try to avoid) and my order accidentally slipped out of the queue. I wasn't troubled, given that I typically linger over breakfast while reading, but eventually I realized that I'd been forgotten. My server was aghast and apologized mightily. I told her ( Read more... )

As long as I can get out for a walk around sunrise and sunset, I am apt to see some of the local wildlife.

( Bunch of Birds )

As I've mentioned a few times, the local bowling center, which is within walking distance of Fernley House, had a pinball machine, Medieval Madness, that I enjoy playing. When time permits, I've gone down and spent a few dollars on it. Yesterday after work, I walked over there and it was gone, replaced by a video game. The man behind the counter ( ( Read more... )

The local bowling lanes continues to periodically play "Pinball Wizard" when I walk in to play. Oddly, I'm not really living up to that standard. I've not been able to match my own highest scores for quite a while. But that's probably because the machine's right flipper is getting sticky. I hope to be there sometime when the jobber who services the ( Read more... )

I am so predictable in some ways. This morning I once again walked down to the Wigwam to have breakfast, which I enjoyed even more because I paid for it with the money I won from their casino the previous morning off a free-play coupon. Then I walked to the Frontier Fun Center and bought five games of pinball, proceeding to play a total of twelve, ( Read more... )

"Walk-up music" refers to music played on a public address system when a baseball player comes to bat. I've discovered that I now have my own walk-up music ( Read more... )

I can understand small children not understanding that you shouldn't lean against or touch a pinball machine, or for that matter talk to the player while they're trying to concentrate. But I'm less forgiving of adults who think it's just fine to reach across the playfield and block tha player's vision on the middle of the game. And who take offense ( Read more... )

I've been enjoying walking down to the bowling center and playing pinball the last few weeks since I discovered they had a copy of Medieval Madness, and I've been doing pretty well on it. In fact, I have all of the high scores. It's getting harder, though, because as it detects better players (i.e. me) it starts ratcheting up the points needed for ( Read more... )

A couple of evenings ago, I walked down to the Frontier Fun Center to play pinball. I've been enjoying playing Medieval Madness, and the machine has been responding by upping the minimum score needed for a free game. (It was 9 million when I first encountered it. It now starts at 12 million.) There are certain shots on the machine that I've learned ( Read more... )

After breakfast at the Wigwam this morning, I on the spur of the moment decided to walk down to the Fernley Fun Center to see if they had a new pinball machine. They did, and it's one of my probably top-10 favorites: Medieval Madness, in tip-top condition. I bought five credits ($2), and proceeded to play for at least an hour, winning at least as ( Read more... )