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Theatre of Illusion.
We had a busy, but magic filled weekend. Saturday, we took the kids to see The Spencers, Theatre of Illusion. The magicians Kevin and Cindy Spencer performed at our local community college theater, but do not be fooled. The production was fantastic, worthy of a far bigger stage than that might make it sound. The show tours the country so if ( Read more... ) -
Insurgent
Last night I was fortunate enough to get to the NYC premiere for the moving coming out this coming friday, Insurgent. It's the second movie in the series, Divergent, by Veronica Roth, and it's based upon the second book. Insurgent. I have not yet read the books, though my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the first movie, and I would say we ( Read more... ) -
Goal met: 30 books.
As of this morning's drive in, I've "read" 30 books this year. That meets my goal I set back in January for the whole year. If I keep up this pace, I might well hit 60 books. But I'm deciding right now, I need to start backing off. Too much reading, not enough writing. It's important to figure out the balance point. Last year, I definitely ( Read more... ) -
School's out.
While I'm tempted to find an Alice Cooper video, to go with the title of the post, I'm not sure that ole AC is appropriate for the Pre-K and 1st grader ( Read more... ) -
Color me Bluegrass
So, Amazon recently launched their Amazon Music Prime promotion thing. If you happen to already be a Prime member, there's a whole bunch of songs you can add free to your purchased/stored music. (I've been using Amazon MP3/Cloud music for a few years now, instead of iTunes, because I already have an investment there, and it seemed ridiculous to ( Read more... ) -
School year ending, summer is rising.
There's one more week of the school year for Little Man and Younger Son. And it strikes me, as that time nears, how odd it is, that for so many years of our lives (well, mine, in particular after 20 years of school) how odd it is to have a year ending at the cusp of Spring into Summer. For reasons I can't really explain, other than long ( Read more... ) -
The Sound of Purple.
So the other day, Audible had a daily deal on The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Super cheap. And it was narrated by the author. This is one of those books that I've been meaning to get around to reading. And I had a feeling that, getting to hear it narrated by the author would either be totally awesome, or a flop. If it's a flop, I could just ( Read more... ) -
Monday's broke.
Woke up this morning, rainy, bleary day. No one really wants to get moving, and yet somehow we did. Wasn't exactly in racing form, but the kids got out the door and to school on time. Unfortunately, I got into my car, and....nothing. Not even a meager attempt of the car to turn over. The battery is dead. (Again.) Time to sit on AAA and hope ( Read more... ) -
This year's Viable Paradise applications, closing June 15th.
In 2012, I was fortunate enough to be accepted to the Viable Paradise workshop. I had excellent instructors, fantastic staff, and a spectacular cohort of writers that joined me in a journey to learn what we could and improve our craft. I made a great many friends, and I find myself cheering on these great writers as they each build their career ( Read more... ) -
Lego my spaceship.
Family did an impromptu lego space ship build. Everyone grabbed some legos and made something up. We have a strange assortment of blocks, so, here's the results.
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