Back in Camden Park, I'm not yet finished with that second ride on the sky ride. Here's what I was seeing there and then.

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Now please enjoy some more of the Camden Park sky chair ride. And something you might not have expected coming right after it finishes ...

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So with not much event-wise to talk about let's get to a double dose of Camden Park pictures from back in June. Last time you'll recall we were riding the miniature train.

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And now, sad to say, we come to the last of our holiday activities. This was going to the Night Lights drive-through at the Michigan International Speedway. bunny_hugger had been there already this season; she went to the 5K run back in mid-November. Early for a Christmas thing but they couldn't have it later and hope for decent weather when they didn't ( Read more... )

I figured I could get another week's worth of retrospective nonsense out on my humor blog, so that's what I did. That, some MiSTing, and a Rex Morgan report make up nearly all this past week's pieces there. Do you see the exception? Look close and see if you can find the outlier ...

• MiSTed: The 72 Hours Saga, Part 21
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After bunny_hugger and I finished qualifying in fourth and third place we had nothing to do but wait. A lot of waiting. The tournament was winnowing the twelve qualifying finalists to a last four by a ``fast ladder'', a format that encourages Cinderella runs. It works like this: the bottom four players --- here, numbers 9 through 12 --- play a game. The ( Read more... )

You know what we haven't done since like 2018? That's go to a pinball tournament New Year's Day. bunny_hugger suggested we go to the one being held at that bar down in Jackson we went to once before, back in March, and I overcame the feeling that it's nice not doing things to be reminded that it's also nice to do things, too.

So this was at Tilted, the ( Read more... )

For the events I describe below to be wondrous you must understand both bunny_hugger and I hold PhD's, demonstrating our ability to think deeply and seriously about a subject.

So. Back on Christmas Day I realized something I had not received, and had not thought about putting on my wish list: the Peanuts page-a-day calendar for 2025. I always want the ( Read more... )

The Sunday after Christmas we'd penciled in driving to that house near Lake Victoria that decorates with a jillion lights and plays a low-power FM station and all. The heavy and constant rain suggested this would be at least a disappointing visit and we rescheduled for Monday.

We didn't have any trouble finding the place, and got there a ( Read more... )

We try to get to Crossroads Village between Christmas and New Year's, and that left us with the choice whether to go Friday or Sunday. Friday we'd have to leave after work, losing us at minimum an hour and a half of time there; the village closes at 9 pm like it or not. Sunday we could have got there at the village's 4 pm opening, but as it was ( Read more... )