Kings of Karaoke

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Photo-A-Day #1828

A busy day today. Zumba and ChildWatch for Allison and Eva while a haircut was on my plate. Then as a family we drove up to Lexington to the National Heritage Museum to see Ellis Paul give a talk titled THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. We got there early and so we walked around the museum and saw many of the interesting exhibits including an installation of Jim Henson items. They had Gobo Fraggle, Kermit the Frog and Manha Mana on display. The that installation was a very good one and seeing Henson’s history before Sesame Street, The Muppets and the Fraggles. Henson started with some advertising campaigns and you can see the beginning of his characters in those designs. Eva liked the Fraggles.

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It’s in the Mighty Hands of Steel


Photo-A-Day #1827

Today is my 36th birthday and I am still a Toys ‘R Us Kid as you can tell. I still collect Transformers and for my birthday I ordered some special Transformers from Japan with my birthday money form my parents. I also got the complete G1 set of cartoons for from Allison’s parents. And once the new Transformers The War for Cybertron (or rather The Cybertron Adventure on the Wii) comes out I’m getting that as a birthday gift to myself. I am still a huge fan. Oh and the title is from Stan Bush’s “The Touch”. Continue reading It’s in the Mighty Hands of Steel