Laura found the contact lens I had lost, and it's still intact and fine. Yay! I'm still going to pick up the spares I ordered, 'cause it's a good idea to have a backup which isn't five years old. (That's generally a good lesson. Have a backup that isn't five years old ( Read more... )

I spent the weekend alternately feeling pretty good and doing stuff (went to Chicago to help move things around and prepare for this weekend's sale, went to a Border Skirmish meeting) and trying to sleep away the ick. So, yay. On Monday I took Laura to her MRI, for which they sedated her *so much* that she couldn't remember going into the MRI ( Read more... )

Yesterday Laura and Ben moved Brisco's kennel to the bed (that is, to my side of the bed) so that he didn't have to sit in the kitchen alone. It - plus time and drugs - seems to have helped; this morning I gave him fresh water and some food and he both ate and drank. And I believe he used the litter box. So, this is all good. And he was his normal ( Read more... )

The Good:
Bardic Madness went well. ( more )

Last week's fighter's practice numbers: 21 people. Me, Amber, Akira, Tommy, Tristen, Geoffrey, Eva, Albrecht, Siri, Sofbinispa, Dahrien, Mysie, Armond, Murdoch, Jean, Magnus, DJ, Arnbjorn, Charismos, Brandi, and that rapier guy whose name I can't remember. Also, briefly, Maron and his sons to pick up some garb. I worked on footwork and did some ( Read more... )

Fighter's practice last week saw 22 people: me, Kaydian, Aiden, Tommy, Akira, Amber, Francis, Jean, Geoffrey, Rhys, Randall, Valerius, Murdoch, Kaitlin, Dingo, Siri, Hamish, 4 rapier fighters, one photographer. For those of you playing at home that's 13 heavy fighters in armor (one of them in half-armor), three of whom are relatively new. Which is ( Read more... )

Did I mention, we made it both to and from Pinawa without incident? I mean, without serious incidents. We had a few moments of indecision, like the sudden snowstorm that lasted for two hours (which was not entirely unexpected, since that was the snowstorm which was dropping a foot or so of snow on Duluth when we encountered it, and it was the ( Read more... )

Last night at fighter's practice we had 15 people. Five in armor (me, Murdoch, Magnus, Jean, Tommy), one doing C&I at a table, four rapier people, and five folks who came to hit the pell and/or socialize. Which was a nice practice, IMHO ( Read more... )

So, we drove to Pinawa over the course of a couple days. (Laura's mom is ill so she's going to help take care of her.) Like any other long car trip it had its share of adventure - headlight burned out and we needed to replace it in a parking lot in sub-zero temperatures, 50 miles of road was poorly plowed and bounced the car around plenty ... you ( Read more... )

Last weekend was the strike of Rio ... but then the cast and crew decided that the show wasn't over yet. No performances this weekend, but next weekend we'll have a show Thursday night and Friday night. Strike will happen after the Friday night show ( Read more... )