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DragonCon 2011 Costume/Parade Pics (27 photos)
Not the best quality of iPhone pics but here are some Dragoncon costume photos that Marty took over the past few days. Thanks to Thaddaeus for taking the time to comment and giving IDs on the characters!
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Special Moments at 2011 DragonCon
Long before H.o.p. was born I was taping those Ralph Bakshi episodes of “The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse” to make sure I had them when they were no longer airing. Then here was H.o.p. and it was obvious he was on the art track. I pulled out those Bakshi tapes and made them a…
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Lunch Crowd at Mary Mac’s
Lunch Crowd at Mary Mac’s View On White Marty’s mother and middle brother in town to visit for several days, we eventually made our way around to Mary Mac’s. H.o.p. is often pictured the past year preoccupied with his Nintendo DS, but he actually didn’t take it out until right before we left and carryout…
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Carl Gawboy’s “The Three Sisters”
Carl Gawboy’s “The Three Sisters” at the Booth Western Art Museum 2011 Feb Light box enlargement H.o.p. passing by Carl Gawboy’s “The Three Sisters”. Took a day trip up to the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville to take in the Ansel Adams exhibit–130 photographs–which was incredible. The museum is quite large and we had…
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At the Zoo – A Story
My sister goes prepared for everything, which meant a picnic lunch, which was great as I was starved about the time they took a break and I got to partake. Most notably, when we arrived there were a number of school buses and the zoo was filled with teenage giants, which made me wonder if…
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Photography Class
H.o.p. (far right) with some very talented youth who participated in a photo workshop with Kathryn Kolb through the Michael C. Carlos museum. The first Sunday was spent taking photos and the second Sunday the students were given the experience of dark room (color and black and white) and digital processing at the Serenbe Photography…
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Wikipedia vs. Britannica
H.o.p. is reading up on lemmings today as he has developed a lemming villain for a comic. “Do you know they commit suicide?” he asked. “Where’d you read this?” I asked, knowing the lemmings suicide pact is a myth. “Wikipedia.” Which was selective reading on his part as Wikipedia clearly states this is myth, but…
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George Pal’s “Time Machine”
“Let’s watch The Time Machine,” I’ve been encouraging H.o.p. for a couple of weeks, and he always declined, intent instead on working on his projects, not wanting to be distracted despite the fact it was directed by animator and special effects artist (hero) George Pal. Which surprised me as he loved Pal’s “War of the…
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Eventually, the DSi and the wifi made friends
The equivalent of putting together any of the Legos builds H.o.p. was so fascinated by when he was younger, this Christmas Eve was spent toiling over connecting his DSi to the wifi so he could procure the coveted Rayman game. First efforts were failures which led to me searching the internet on the issue and…
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Gold Exhibit at the Fernbank
We went to the Gold Exhibit at Fernbank today, organized by the American Museum of Natural History. Indeed, there were some lovely things on display, the most impressive being perhaps examples of natural formations of gold and quartz. If you are anxious to see old ingots lost in shipwrecks, purchase pirate hats and pan for…
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And So We Celebrated Halloween
H.o.p. drew the face. I carved the pumpkin, which was a tough one. H.o.p. talked about the smell of the pumpkin, how it was the smell of Halloween. “Nostalgia,” he said. I was unable to find the bag that holds our few Halloween decorations but he was determined and finally dug it out of a…
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We don’t like least common multiples
H.o.p. was relating to me one of his stories today (as he does everyday) and my ears lit up as he started talking about his cartoon characters undergoing a “dimension paradox” but I’m not supposed to post the details because he wants to keep it a surprise. I think I can relate it involves a…