This week on my humor blog I was reminded that I did something a little silly with the plot of Air Bud and turns out that got someone angry with me. Also I had a great time writing up the Mary Worth plot so I hope you check that out. Here's this week's menu of stuff to see:
- MiSTed: The 72 Hours Saga, Part 7
- In Which I Am Called to Answer for Old Comments, and Make a Resolution
- Statistics Saturday: The plot of _Air Bud_, rated
- Apparently I Am All Out of Projects
- It's So Difficult Once Your Flaws Are Known to You
- What's Going On In Mary Worth? Is Stella still working for Ed? July - September 2024
- Nature Healed
- MiSTed: The 72 Hours Saga, Part 8
In the photo roll we're back in March and the Wizard's World arcade for the women's North American Championship Series of pinball. Here's how that looked:
Clipboards getting all ready for tournament play, with scorecards printed up and even the sheet of instructions on how to pick games for this. I note that they had a black-and-white copy, unlike the color print ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunnyhugger did for the Michigan Women's State Championship.
The barrier which would keep me from getting close-up photographs: flyers warning me not to come in.
bunnyhugger getting some last-minute practice in on a game outside the tournament banks. I took this picture from the space between two pinball machines the next row over, so don't think I was being a jerk and sitting on top of her playfield to get this shot.
They're calling people together to make sure everyone is registered and seeded correctly.
Peeking into the side room where they'd have the tournament stream and seats for spectators. Note they have the Illicit Fonzie Eight-Ball on the screen.
Announcements! I got this picture from the door into the side room.
The side room had a nice lineup of pinball machines, but they were all turned off, I assume for repairs. The side room had the vibe of the workshop room.
Competitors heading out the door for a group photogram and to be taken aboard the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind spaceship.
I join the migration. Here's bunnyhugger looking even better than usual in the jacket she got from the Stern Company Store.
It's so weird taking this kind of photo when nobody is in fursuit and there aren't like a hundred more of them.
Here's the crowd, moments after the big cheese moment. Also unlike a furry convention group photo, you can see bunnyhugger in it.
Oh, and here's a decoration outside the Wizard's World Arcade: it's the Fort Wayne Wizard!
Trivia: Tracking of Sputnik 1 during its three weeks in operation served as the live ``dry run'' test for the six major Minitrack stations built for the purpose of tracking the United States's Vanguard satellite. Source: Project Vanguard: The NASA History, Constance McLaughlin Green, Milton Lomask. NASA SP-4202. After some hasty reconfiguring as they were designed to listen at Vanguard's 108 MHz and Sputnik 1 transmitted at 20 and 40 MHz.
Currently Reading: Lost Popeye Zine, Sundays Supplement Volume 12: 1950, Tom Sims, Bela Zaboly. Editor Stephanie Noelle.
