The streak came to an end

I first ran the Seattle Marathon as a full in 1998.

Every Sunday after Thanksgiving for 18 years I completed the full.  That meant I handled Thanksgiving and the days after in a very particular way for many years.

This year it became clear that I could not do the race in a healthy way and finally gave in to the streak ending.

So, this morning, I can easily get out of bed and move around, instead of probably taking the day off from work.

Today begins the training for next year.   The possibility of a make up race in June is real.  I still want to get to 26 full marathons and complete a Marathon Maniacs qualification.

But, just as The Undertaker saw The Streak end at 21, so ended mine at 18.

RIP Holly the Turtle

I got her in January 1991.

Nov 4, 2016 she rested.

Holly the Turtle, RIP.

ProstAmerika WoSo book 2016

on sale now ...

This is what 185K is like

NYCC 2016 

Tailored clothes

Another new bespoke suit. This tailored clothes thing is worth it.  

RubyThreads.net comes through again.

Mushkin is getting too famous

Patsy Walker Hellcat #10

(letters page)

First letter I can recall ever having in a Marvel comic.  

The King of Sensible Castle (for the next three minutes)

King Jeffrey the Hungry

Royal Herald

https://whoisthekingrightnow.com 

Coronation

September 26, 2016
2:09 pm CDT

Abdication

September 26, 2016
2:12 pm CDT

Royal Title

King Jeffrey the Hungry

Royal Decrees

2:09 PM

All my subjects should celebrate today with Corn Pops, fried chicken, mangoes, and root beer.

2:10 PM

Everybody dance now.

2:11 PM

Create. Perform. Read. Play. Educate. Learn. Game. Love. Experience.

(Thanks to Cards Against Humanity)

Dear Formerly New Sonics Ownership Group (#9)

Dear Formerly New Sonics Ownership Group (#9)

I haven't written in a while Clay.  It felt like bad timing and taste to comment when the other major half of the ownership group passed.  It felt like it was too soon when your team landed in the finals a few years ago.  It was shocking when KD signed an extension at one point.  It was kind of piling on when your team had an epic collapse this year. But, KD leaving is what I always predicted would happen.

He is still in the prime years of an NBA career and that will not be in OKC.

In the NBA, teams recover eventually, but it takes a long time. It will be a dark decade there before another free agent of any class looks at OKC and thinks anything other than KD left because that team is not set up for a run at a title.

So, Clay. This is what I long have expected would happen if and when KD really hit the open market.  He would leave. 

OKC fans don't deserve this.  They are not at fault.  If anything, it appears that they have done nothing but embrace the team.  KD had a near decade in OKC and is choosing a different path.  He is also doing it the right way, from all indications.  Leaving a franchise is something that it is totally okay for a player to do when they sit and mull over multiple offers. OKC fans will likely never view this rationally that way, but it really is the case.

Seattle will now be as likely to win a title as OKC, and we still don't have a team after a decade. Let the hopeless decade begin in OKC.

Practicing forms at home with wooden swords

Shii Choo form

We are actually learning forms people have taken from the Star Wars universe.

IMDB page now up and running

Jeffrey Lageson IMDB Page

So, I finally figured out how to do this and now have an IMDB page for my small but growing number of acting credits.

Soundcloud page up and running

https://soundcloud.com/jeff-lageson

Soundcloud page is up and running.

I have taken the audio from Clever Girl (Roadrunner) and the Driving in the Rain film I made and started the page.

The plan is now to record audio of a good deal of my published, and even a little of my non-published or blog, writing.

On sale and on the shelf

We are live on The Game Crafter.

HTTP://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/52-geek-pickup 

We are on the shelf at Subspace Comics in Lynnwood, WA.

We are in the lending library at Card Kingdom / Cafe Mox.

The other side

Finding October

Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival 2016

We had our two screening at SIFF.  At both, there was a good turnout of film fans that just wanted to see the film and were not otherwise connected to us.

Also, we were brought up after the screenings to q&a with a moderator and the audience.

I work with actors at cons.  They have people coming up to them all the time.  They take questions on stage.  They pose for pics on the red carpet in front of banners. On a smaller scale than dealing with a franchise of fans i have now experienced the other side of that. The experience will definitely affect how I work those situations in the future. Amazing to experience this.

Learning some "saber"

It's not "Jedi School". 

One does what is necessary

One does what is necessary.

Broken glasses.

OLD frames that could not be saved.

3D movie glasses with the lenses popped out.

Some black clay type stuff (actually Crayola).

And, now I see in 3D until the new ones come in later in the week.

Of course, I will have to put 3D glasses over these to see the Civil War screening tonight, but so be it.

The Words Official Selection & SIFF

The words "Official Selection" and "Seattle International Film Festival" were not things I really ever planned to be able to put on my resume.  But, I will take it.

Screenings are May 30 at 6PM at Shoreline CC and June 2 at 830PM at Uptown.

It is weird how life plays out

(Iron Maiden at the Tacoma Dome 4-11-16)

I have noted before in a Duran Duran piece how weird it is that Jason and I became friends later in life as opposed to while in school.

Yet, here it is all these years later and we have attended Iron Maiden together, to go along with the Duran Duran show in 05.  We have now attended these years later, not back in the day in high school.

Life is weird.

Life is good.

Educating one barista at a time

Espresso Con Panna

Upside Down

Starbucks floats the whip cream on top and it looks pretty.  Others do the same.

But, I now ask for it "upside down" because it actually drinks better that way.

And, one barista at a time I will get this changed to being normal.

Actual goosebumps

Loreena McKennitt

Paramount Theatre

Seattle, WA

March 26, 2016

A concert that gave me actual goosebumps.

Reading Log 2015

The Siren Suicides 1 by Ksenia Anske
Man in White by Johnny Cash
Peterson Ruling
Luis Figo Manifesto (FIFA)
500 Days: What I Learned From The Moment That Changed Everything by Steve Zakuani
Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper
Infinity Bell by Devon Monk
Fate Reforged Players Guide
Moon by
The Siren Suicides 2 by Ksenia Anske
The Siren Suicides 3 by Ksenia Anske
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
Hansel & Gretel by Neil Gaiman
Rat Queens TPB 1& 2
Dragons of Tarkir Players Guide
Nobel Peace Prize Speech by Jimmy Carter
"Deflategate" Report
The Ghost of My Father by Scott Berkun
Gay Marriage Ruling SCOTUS
Scotland History
DnD Fifth Edition
Ravnica by Cory J. Herndon
Seattle Survival Guide
Pretty Deadly Volume 1 by
Guildpact by Cory J. Herndon
Crucible Zero by Devon Monk
Dissension by Cory J. Herndon
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
Pope Francis transcript of speech to US Congress
Fiasco Rule Book
Mr. Munchausen: An Account of Some of His Recent Adventures by John Kendrick Bangs
A Full Life: Reflections At Ninety by Jimmy Carter
Changeling The Lost Rule Book
Firefly script for heart of Gold episode
Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe by Robert Aspirin & George Takei
Lock In by John Scalzi
Welcome to Night Vale by Jeffrey Cranor & Joseph Fink
Magic Origins Players Guide
Battle for Zendikar Players Guide
The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold by Francesca Lia Block
Neil Gaiman Humble Bundle(all of the things)
Scalzi 6 short stories
Sparkle Hayter 2 short stories
Back Lash by Devon Monk

Ephemera 2015

The annual Ephemera posts continue to be weird listing of things I have done over a year.  years ago I started working on a project, and going through old scrapbooks and ticket stubs and programs led to some lists.  I have continued this on the blog because it is a reference for things for me.

1-1 Resolution Run 5k - Magnuson Park (Polar Bear Plunge)

CLink Tour
Kangaroo Farm
WPZ
Space Needle
Gates Foundation
Stu Cabe assembly (OV 1026)
Oddmall
Mourning Market
FSM (regularly)

Reign FC Stuff + Kit 3-31, training x2, 13 Memorial matches, 2 Sport viewing parties - PDX Final

S2 SCT @ The Ninety 3-13
WWC Final @ The Ninety 7-5
Tifo work CLink 9-13
USA 1 Nigeria 0 6-16 BC Place
Manchester United 1 America 0 7-17 CLink
Sounders FC 4 Orlando City SC 0 8-16 CLink
USA 1 v Brasil 1 10-21 CLink
Sounders FC 3 RSL 1 10-25 CLink (Mike McCready national anthem)
WSU 3 v UW 1 11-5 Husky Field


KK/MegaRan/Danimal Cannon 2-4 Subspace Comics

Davanos LRH 2-22
Celtic Thunder 3-8 The Paramount

Kracklefest @ Hard Rock 3-28

June 7 LRHDakota Poorman plus three Wednesdays w/ Raineros variations

Halestorm - Showbox Sodo June 9
Marian Call 7-28 Rendezvous
Terman Shanks/The Cussers - Victory 9-4

2-18 Ignite Seattle (Volunteer)

PAX South - January
ECCC - March
Galacticon - Sunday
AngelHack - Sunday
PAX Prime - August
Taco Libre 5-2
Ignite 5-20
GGC 10-10/11
Night Vale 4-25 The Neptune
The Phantom 5-9 The Paramount
Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque 9-19 Showbox Market
Censorship is a Drag - Neighbors 9-26
Frye Museum - Pan exhibit 2-28
Burke Museum - Seahawks Mask 3-5
EMP - Star Wars 9-4 * several EMP as member
Neil Gaiman 4-17 Meany Hall
Jimmy Carter TPB 7-28
Daniel Bryan TPB 7-30
Scalzi 10-24 TPL
Welcome to Night Vale October 27 Town Hall w/ Hank Green
Jet City Comic Show - Halloween Weekend
WSU 38 v ASU 24 Dads Weekend 11-7
Apple Cup WSU 10 UW 45 11-27 Husky Stadium


Leon - Central 1-12
Secretary - Central 2-9

Kingsmen: The Secret Service
Big Hero 6
Jupiter's Ascending
Into The Woods *(x2)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mr. Holmes
The Empire Strikes Back - Triple Door
Ant-Man
The Martian
SW7: The Force Awakens (2x)

Road trip to match the journey of this computer

I would love to take this trip to match what my little C.H.I.P. computer took to get to me.

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2016-02-18 09:15 am

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