mia_mcdavid and I spent Saturday with Colgaffneyis at the Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games. It was my 60th birthday. Continue reading
A cold day at the Scottish Fair
Leave a reply
Tag Archives: clann
Scottish Ramble
This past weekend mia_mcdavid and I were part of colgaffneyis group at the Scottish
Ramble, held at the Landmark Center
in St. Paul.
The Scold’s Bridle
Went to a Wedding
Today mia_mcdavid, carpe_noctum_93 and I went to the wedding of a friend from colgaffneyis. Thoughts on the ceremony
Selling books again
I am once again selling books from my library. I shipped one today, getting $78 for it. Today I listed another 10 math, physics, and statistics books at Amazon.com. My pricing strategy is simple: For any given book my price is clearly the lowest. In a couple cases that still let me set a price in 3 digits. There is also a history book I want to sell, but I am giving colgaffneyis members a chance at it before going to Amazon.
Again there was a quantum mechanics text that, after some thought, decided I could not bear parting with. I wonder if it was the same book as back in 2005.
At the Ren Faire
mia_mcdavid and I took our foster daughter, carpe_noctum_93 to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. We were there completely on our own, no connection with colgaffneyis. Mia and I dressed as 16th century Irish Commoners, based largely on the work of Kass McGann. In a midwestern August I was able to be much more comfortable than in the 1630 Scottish Highlander outfits I wear for colgaffneyis. For me this was something of a quick improvisation. With a little work I can make it look better and be even more comfortable. Just need to find more events for Irish garb.
We managed to get front row seats for a demonstration on glass blowing, which was very good. There is still a lot of good stuff at the Fair, but you have to look to get past the crass commercialism.
Pictures from my Blackberry here
Convergence 2010 — General Notes
Weekend Notes
More on the Minnesota Scottish Fair
Wool Waulking at the Minnesota Scottish Fair
On Saturday we were part of colgaffneyis contingent at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. mia_mcdavid had just woven a 15 yard length of tartan, a custom commission for our friend AC. Here is Mia, wrapped up in her work.
Picture behind cut
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 