Saturday, December 31, 2022

Ephemera 2022

First, there is a new kitten named Skugge living here.  She is all the sweetness and chaos.  We miss Mushkin, but we felt the house needed someone and this was a rescue opportunity.

Live Shows & Concerts

An Evening With Bruce Dickinson - March 6 - Moore Theatre
Bernadette Peters - April 2 - Paramount Theatre
Hadestown - May 7 - Walter Kerr Theatre
Plaza Suite - May 7 - Hudson Theatre
Six - May 8 - Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Drunk Shakespeare Society (MacBeth) - May 8 - The Gallery at Green Fig 
Professor Brian Cox: Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey - June 7 - Moore Theatre
Come From Away - July 26 - 5th Avenue Theatre 
Iron Maiden / Trivium - September 29 - Climate Pledge Arena
George Balanchine's The Nutcracker - December 7 - McCaw Hall (Pacific Northwest Ballet) 

Trips

SEA-SFO RT (Plane) 2/12-13
SEA-CHI RT (Plane) 4/7-11
SEA-NYC RT (Plane) 5/6-9
SEA-DC RT (Plane) 10/28-30 (3 flights)
SEA-PDX RT (Plane/Bus*) 12/25-26*
(return flight cancelled and turned into a long bus day)
SEA-PDX RT (Train) 6/4-5
SEA-BAI (Ferry) 3/12 - 7/2 
Whidbey (Ferry) 7/31
Orcas-ANA (Ferry) 10/7-9

Movies in the Theatre

Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Batman
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Adam
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Live Events & Conventions (Work)

Star Trek: Mission Chicago 
Emerald City Comic Con
PAX West
Child's Play Charity Auction

Sports & Soccer (media & fan)

(+ ongoing virtual work with OLR)
OLR 1 PTFC 1 - 03/18 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Challenge Cup
OLR 3 SDWFC 1 - 04/14  Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Challenge Cup
OLR 2 ACFC 1 - 04/17  Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Challenge Cup
OLR 0 WASH 0 - 5/22 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 1 SDWFC 0 - 5/29 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 1 ACFC 0 - 6/18 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 2 NCC 0 - 7/1 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 2 PTFC 2 - 7/10 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 1 HOU 2 - 8/7 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 4 GFC 1 - 8/14 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 2 CHI 2 - 9/9 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 3 ORL 0 - 10/1 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 0 KCC 2 - 10/23 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Semifinals

PTFC 2 KCC 0 - 10/29 Audi Field - Washington, DC - NWSL Championship

SSFC 3 SKC 0 - 6/25 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - MLS Regular Season

WWU 2 WCU 1 - 12/3 Interbay - Seattle, WA - NCAA DII Championship

Interesting Things/Museums & Exhibits

Imagine Picasso: The Immersive Exhibition 2/12 Skylight at the Armory San Francisco
Musee Mechanique 2/13
Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures 5/7 NYPL
Geek Xtravaganza: A Unique Geek Shopping Event! 7/16 Angel of the Winds Arena Conference Center
A.P.E.S. 7/31
Bison Antiquus Exhibit 10/8 Orcas Island Historical Museum 
Ford's Theatre Historical Site & Museum 10/30
Seattle Saberfit


Skugge




SF in February


Bruce 


Bainbridge



OLR v PTFC 3/18


Bernadette Peters 4/2



Star Trek Mission Chicago (4/8-10)


Hadestown


Plaza Suite


Six


NYPL


The Scottish Play


Professor Brian Cox


Summer camps


SSFC v SKC June 25


Virtual Media Work


Come From Away 


A.P.E.S. on Whidbey


w/ WUCL trophy


ECCC


PAX West


Old Friends



Iron Maiden / Trivium



Orcas Island in October



DC in October


NWSL Championship


Dinner with friends


WWU 2 WCU 1 NCAA DII Championship


McCaw Hall


Child's Play Charity Auction


Saberfit


PDX

Reading List 2022


The 2022 reading list is a decent list, even if for me it doesn't feel like I read as much. 

Fiction

Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin by Marieke Nijkamp
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Come Endless Darkness by Gary Gygax
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Brute of All Evil by Devon Monk
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
The Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink
Arabella Grimsbro Vs. the "Wonderful" Wizard by Matt Youngmark (& L. Frank Baum)
Wayward Sky by Devon Monk 

Short Fiction

My Evil Mother by Margaret Atwood
The Last Mile (Avery Cates) by Jeff Somers
Oak and Ink by Devon Monk
Randomize by Andy Weir
The Black Pages by Nnedi Okorafor
Box of Oxen by Alan Dean Foster
The Ghost Fleet (Avery Cates) by Jeff Somers

Gaming

The Wild Beyond The Witchlight by Wizards RPG Team
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons by Wizards RPG Team
Chronicles of Darkness by Onyx Path Publishing
Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn by Matt Mercer et al
Coyote & Crow Core Rulebook
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep by Wizards RPG Team & Critical Role

Poetry/Collections/Papers/Essays/Children's Books/Cookbooks/Misc

Sand and Foam by Kahlil Gibran

Non-Fiction/Biography

I Am Fun Size, And So Are YOU! The Book! by Anjali Bhimani
Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent by Anthony Rapp
Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton

Graphic Novels/TPB

Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre by Sam Maggs & Hunter Severn Bonyun
Batman: Masque by Mike Grell
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast by Jody Houser et al
Witch For Hire by Ted Naifeh
Tuki: Fight For Fire (Volume 2) by Jeff Smith
Elfquest: Stargazer's Hunt (Volume 2) by Wendy & Richard Pini
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin by Cecil Castellucci & William Kirkby
The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird et al
Saga: Volume One by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

Re-reads

High Society by Dave Sim
Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin

Friday, December 30, 2022

10 year old me remembers

 When I turned ten years old it was 1977.

1977 was the expansion year of the Seattle Mariners.  During that summer I got to see the New York Yankees come to town.  The 77 Yankees are legendary in baseball lore.  It was an amazing game the M's actually won.

1977 was when Star Wars was released.  I got to see it in the theatre.  I got the novel and the comics and was listening to the condensed movie on vinyl over and over.

1977 also was the summer where I got to see Pele. Twice. In July in Seattle in the old Kingdome and the Sounders won 1-0.  It was amazing. The next month I was in Portland with the family as the Cosmos defeated the Sounders 2-1 in the Soccer Bowl in what was Pele's final regular match.  Exhibitions would follow, but as a competitive player that was it.

Pele passed this week.  He is still the GOAT.  

RIP Edson.

Saturday, December 03, 2022

Another Championship Match

 Western Washington University Vikings 2

West Chester University Golden Rams 1

NCAA DII Championship

Interbay Stadium - Seattle, WA

December 3, 2022


 





Sunday, November 20, 2022

Glad I went

 The Splintered Wand

Ballard

Friday night a couple days ago.

Had a nice evening.  Cool venue.

I had the Sloppy Joe pie, with the deviled eggs appetizer plate and a pear shrub.

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Some clips from the DC trip


Abe's place


Championship celebration from field level


Theatre 

 

Monday, October 31, 2022

Wandering around DC this weekend

 I was in the capital for a few days for the first time.

Photo dump of  monuments and Ford's Theatre and NWSL Championship.


First night, TWH in the distance down the street from the hotel.


Local neighborhood of hotel getting breakfast.


In honor of George.


Abe in the distance.


Abe up close.


With Abe.



The White House.




Ford's Theatre Historic Site.


BJK


PTFC 2 KCC 0 NWSL Championship 10/29/22 Audi Field

Thorns celebration.