“Somewhere in Time”
I just saw the movie "Somewhere in Time" (with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour). I rented it because I'd heard that men cry at the ending. I was curious to see if that was true. Yep, it is. *Sniff*
Another Faire season ends
Today was the final day of the 2006 season for the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo. I do readings at the Faire. As far as money was concerned, it was a "ho-hum" season for me. The weather ruined a few days, and overall fewer people attended than in previous years. Every once in a while, I…
Racism is a funny thing
Lately I've been renting Harold Lloyd's films on Netflix. I highly recommend them. Yes, they're silent films, they're in black-and-white (with perhaps some tinting), they're in 4:3 aspect ratio. They're also funnier than a lot of big eye-candy comedies they make these days. There's one aspect to the films that bothers me: the casual racism of that…
Parade flu
If you’ve ever been at a Ren Faire run by REC (Renaissance Entertainment Corporation), you know that they have a merchant’s parade twice a day.