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Stargate Convention 2010

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     Friday morning I found out David Hewlett was going to be in Chicago Saturday. I didn't even know the convention was this weekend because I'd decided not to attend any more of them - unless David Hewlett or Richard Dean Anderson showed up.      (Creation Cons are just too much about the money. I am spoiled by Doctor Who Conventions of old - $30 bucks gets you in, you sit where you want (pretty much), you get three signatures free for each actor/writer/producer... and can wait in line again if you want. You get pictures with them for free. And the actors stay and talked for the three days. Now THOSE were Conventions you could be proud to attend.)      But there goes David Hewlett so I cleared my schedule and dutifully went to the hotel. He is one of my two all-time favorite actors. I'm inspired by his acting, envious of his attitude and love the way he treats his fans.      I got to 'meet' him. He was so funny and genuine and humble and goofy and enterta

Copper helps me play Skip-Bo

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Simba Follow Up

A couple of you inquired as to why I hadn't seen Simba in 9 months. You can see why at my Post entitled Bye-Bye and laugh at this Post called Radioactive Poop .

Friday 56 - Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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This is a cool weekly meme from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. And remember - no spoilers. We want to share books and suggest books - not spoil books! "No suspicious strangers been hanging about anywhere?" "Oh!" I said suddenly. "What is it doctor?" "I met a man this evening - just as I was turning out the gate." Cool, huh? Right in the middle of an interview to collect evidence? Perfect 56!! Jennifer Oberth's Overview :      Agatha Christie's done it again! She's brilliant. I love her books. I prefer character-heavy, character-driven books and Agatha Christie provides neither but her plots are so well written I don't miss anything.      This particular entry is the first Hercule Poirot. The way he is introd

Wordless Wednesday - Simba (I finally got to see him for first time in 9 months)

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Transformers 3

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These are more pictures (courtesy of E. Oberth) of the Transformers 3 filming. It's some incredible stuff these people are doing. These pics were taken in July in Downtown Chicago. I hope you enjoy them! This is a car hanging off the open Michigan Ave. Bridge Upside down Chicago Bus! On Wacker Drive Billowing smoke on Wacker Drive Cars on fire on Wacker Drive Part of the Unitron Sign - reduced to rubble! Look close at the middle left of the pic. That's a stuntman doing an amazing jump over the open Wabash Ave. Bridge Stuntman walking back to jump over the Bridge again Stuntman doing a roll after jumping over the open Bridge Look again for the stuntman jumping his little heart out. Could you imaging this being your workday? Stop drop and roll!!!

Friday 56 - The Fugitive

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This is a cool weekly meme from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. And remember - no spoilers. We want to share books and suggest books - not spoil books! I'm just grabbing paperbacks from my shelf now since I'm pretty organized and not having books littering every surface space. "The old man averted his eyes, unable to meet Gerard's uncomprising stare. He pored over the photographs again, then timidly pointed at the one labeled "Dr. Richard Kimble." "He mighta got out." -The Fugitive Novel by J.M. Dillard based on the screenplay by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy from a story by David Twohy based on characters created by Roy Huggins This scene is where Gerard finds out Kimble may have escaped the deadly train wreck...No, wait, bus-wrec

Wordless Wednesday - Transformers 3 (Filming Downtown Chicago)

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WORDS - Check back on Sunday for more Transformers 3 pics!! Okay, back to no words...

Friday 56 - Movie Cat by Garrison Allen

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This is a cool weekly meme from Story Time With Tonya . 1. Grab the book nearest you right now. 2. Turn to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like). 5. Post a link with your post to Storytime with Tonya and Friends. And remember - no spoilers. We want to share books and suggest books - not spoil books! Movie Cat by Garrison Allen The back of the book : "A Hollywood film crew has descended on Empty Creek to shoot a big-budget western. But the sleepy Arizona town soon becomes the backlot for a shocking murder, leaving the locals asking, who in his right mind would murder flamboyant director C.D. Masterly, the one man destined to put Empty Creek on the big screen?" Page 56: "They were interrupted by the principals filing in. They were led by a scowling police chief and they took places at the long, horseshoe-shaped table where the city council members and staff usually sat during what passed as repres

Wordless Wednesday - Outlaw

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CHA Convention

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CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) Convention 2010 at the Stephen's Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois - okay, Rosemont, Illinois. Chicago-ish. Anyway, my Mom and I had lots of fun! We had our picture taken at the Jessica Sprague booth and they printed a gorgeous 12x12, card stock scrapbook page. Wow. It turned out great! While we were waiting for the page to print, we checked out the paints at another booth. The poor lady must have been dealing with amateur 'painters' like us all day long! She was great, though. You had your choice of a picture frame or letter to paint. The letters were pretty sparse (they had no 'j' or 'o' so I wasn't interested). I chose the picture frame. She had people paint with a base paint of green or blue, then you blow dry that and cover it with the glitter paint of either green or blue. Then you blow dry that and put in polka dots of the other color (blue or green). I decided to be different (though some might argue th