It's Tuesday, we've beem at a pinball tournament all night, I looked at What's Going On In The Phantom (Weekdays)? How did The Phantom beat the Elon Musk Robot? August - November 2024 and its lesson for us all, let's see the last of the Pinball At The Zoo pictures:

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After exhausting Bronner's, but not ourselves, we had other stuff to do in Frankenmuth, the Bavarian-themed city. First was getting over to the Cheese Haus to see what kinds of cheese they might have. The first disappointing part was: no free samples. Those haven't been brought back since the pandemic began, since we can only bring back ( Read more... )

bunny_hugger's birthday was our next big event; it was also, you may recall, Election Day. I had voted early at the community center nearby and got one of those wolverine-tearing-his-shirt stickers. She voted the day of, with a lunchtime wait that wasn't anything to speak of, somewhat surprising me; we both expected a higher turnout. Well, that wouldn't ( Read more... )

Longtime readers know bunny_hugger and I went to Closing Day of Cedar Point's season. This was not a decision made without sacrifice. bunny_hugger had to skip a women's pinball tournament in Grand Rapids, one that --- if it were big enough --- might have affected her position in women's rankings for the year. I would give up ... well, getting to see the FlopHouse TV ( Read more... )

Sunday morning we got up and checked out of the Breakers. We assume. We were at the end of our reservation, sure (the hotel would be open Sunday night, but we would be home Monday morning). But there wasn't a bill slipped under the door, nor an e-mail to bunny_hugger with the particulars. When she dialed the phone to auto-checkout she got that tone that ( Read more... )

My humor blog has been mostly low-energy stuff, me posting about songs that give me a smile at least, and here's your chance to catch up on those if you missed them:

• MiSTed: The 72 Hours Saga, Part 13
• Music that you can laugh to: Phil Harris's ``The Thing''
• Statistics Saturday: Top 12 Statistics Monthly Posts Of 2024
• Music that you can ( Read more... )

After leaving the Merry-Go-Round Museum we stopped at the CVS because ... I forget why. Maybe just to use the bathroom. Thursday we'd stopped there to get some motion sickness pills and, along the way, a magazine about The Kinks, who seem to be getting more attention this past month for some reason. Saturday I don't think we meant to get ( Read more... )

No time to write much today; pinball league ran late and stuff kept me busy last night. In the meanwhile please consider reading What's Going On In Alley Oop? Is Alley Oop still a flashback? August - November 2024 and catching up on that. Now for a couple of Pinball At The Zoo picture:

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Thank you, dear bunny_hugger.

We finally got to the Merry-Go-Round Museum maybe a quarter after two, giving us not quite two hours to hang out and see the sights. Fortunately we've seen many of them before, but there's always ones we can look at again and feel are new, like this E Joy Morris sea monster that's not quite the one you see reproduced on Chance ( Read more... )

Saturdays we usually divert from Cedar Point to go to the Merry-Go-Round Museum, skipping the busiest hours for this side trip. This was our plan this year too. But there was a side quest first.

A couple years ago Cedar Point started making collectible trading pins, buttons they could use to turn old art or ride signs or maps --- or some ( Read more... )