Sorry, I know this is late. Part 1. Part 2. So, to remind you all, this all started right at the top of the year, and it took about a week to get the jury together, and they set the schedule as being Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, so we didn't get started until the second Wed …
Month: March 2026
A Veritable Smorgasbord
The word 'veritable' came up in the NY Times "Strands" puzzle recently and my brain instantly leapt to this. https://youtu.be/kf1bu5sUXaU?si=kpNQyvYQxCZziX4p I hadn't heard that in years! Sam and I were both fans of the book as kids, and we as a family went to see the movie, which I didn't love, but have grown to …
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (pt. 3)
Now we're up to Sunday (Mar. 8th). Daylight Saving Time happened overnight, urgh, but I woke up at my traditional time, now 6:15. My legs hurt (I'd done 25K steps or so the day before) and I had a blister forming on my right foot. Oh, well, no hope for it. This day was starting …
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (pt. 2)
Saturday! Magic Kingdom day! I'd bought a two-day 'park hopper' pass, so theoretically I could go to any of the four parks, but Magic Kingdom was what I'd planned. The way you jump the line at DW is called "Lightning Lanes". You could buy a set of 3 timed entrees (one each) to a selected …
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (pt. 1)
So, as threated, I went to Disney World last weekend! It was a blast! Growing up, my family was not an amusement park family. (we were a sailing family, and also a 'go to odd Central American countries' family.) I did get to go with friends' families to King's Dominion and Busch Gardens and had …