My oldest niece Faith has graduated high school, and this last Saturday was her graduation party ( Read more... )

So, yes, I went to Anime Detour.

This year's event was in the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Saint Paul. It is, as promised, larger than the Thunderbird. Mostly in height. And it's very convenient to the express bus, the route stopping only a block away. (The return route picks up two blocks away.)

( As always, cut for length. )

Main Halloween thing I did was fill up the candy tin on my desk for my co-workers to enjoy. I wasn't feeling well enough to go to the MAS Halloween party (and I'm iffy at parties as it is) or to go out on the evening itself to do anything ( Read more... )

Again, very crowded, very noisy, ran into quite a few people I know and many I don't ( Read more... )

First, I should mention that my last post got a comment with a link that some of you might be interested in. Especially those who know Russian or are musically knowledgable ( Read more... )