I was gonna post this, but Colin beat me to it. Yay. If you can't come, but still want to donate, please PM me and let me know. I know we're all terribly strapped for extra cash right now, so whatever you can scrape from the floor of your car or couch cushions will be appreciated! I adopted a 4 mont...

I came to a conclusion upon retrospect that I wanted to share with everyone: I came home with the usual post-wandering monster soreness from having been beaten on for 8-12 hours straight. Kinda like my job, but with less actual blood. The next day, however, my stomach was in a painful way and I was ...

I just want to say a big thank-you once again to our brave dish-doers. It was really encouraging to hear someone ask about making a financial donation to the cause, but generously contributing in the form of clean-up afterward. Absolutely fantastic showing of group spirit. The food was fantastic; I ...

Gosh, I hope someone doesn't wipe this out as spam! Anyway, I know that the Ann Arbor area is as close as Egypt for many of you, BUT! I just wanted to put out there that the Unveiled Bellydance troupe of Ann Arbor and their respective individual classes will be having a hafla (gathering/performance/...

Oh, for crap's sake, I'm still laughing when I remember Mike: "NOOO GOOOOOD!" Thanks for putting me back on task, SoCo; easy to get wrapped up in the bitchin' an' moanin.' Dunno about Wayne. Todd was illin' but we'll keep beating him until he gets better and drag him to November. The last ...

I don't even participate in what goes on at the Inn during the weekend, but I know for a fact that Melissa and company work their asses off to make sure folks are fed and content. You all looked fantastic at the ball and I hope you all had a really great time. However, this bears saying and I'm not ...

Just FYI - I'll be setting up shop again at the next two events. I'm going to be going through to see where I can cut prices so that we can really get some merchandise moved out. I will cut all real world prices as much as I can and remember, many items are in game only. If you don't want to pay in ...

Just a reminder that I'm issuing and open invite for a general gathering at the Renaissance Festival on Saturday, Sept 12 (it's bellydance weekend!) to be followed in the evening by bonfire gathering at the Groveland Rd. Ranch. I imagine I will be making my way home from the Festival about 5 to get ...

I last saw Kelly and Aaron (and they managed to drag along Vince!) at the one day back in January. Until then, the last time I'd seen Kelly was at the HIghland Games in Alma back in 05. Jim and Jenny and LeeLee and her Jim and Amy and Bill were there and it was just so good to see everybody. I remem...

We're going to work on a more formal digital memorial set up in the future, but for the moment, (and with the blessing of my superiors), we thought it might be an idea to set up a memorial thread for Kelly. Post your thoughts, your memories, any pictures you may have, or anything you just might want...

Chris mentioned it on his Facebook page. Aaron, my heart is out to you and your family. I can't believe it. I still remember meeting up with you all at the Highland Games and passing around your youngest (still a baby then) like a hot potato game. Lots and lots of laughter. I remember LeeLee meeting...

We didn't get a chance to physically preview this site before the event, so we really weren't sure of the facilities. There is a FULL, HUGE kitchen in the chow hall and if we come back, we will most definately be using it to its full powah! I was glad most cabins had some form of plumbing and/or coo...

This is going to be duplicate info for some of you, but for those I haven't yet reached: Many years ago, some of us began a tradition of having a bonfire at my mom's house, camping out (literally - big yard, small house), and heading to the Festival the next day. I lived about 3 miles from the Faire...

I have been having unwarranted cravings and unabashed nerd moments and I want to invite you all to join me. Thunder Over Michigan will be at the Willow Run airport in my neck of the woods on July 18-19. Lots of planes and demos and neat aviation thingies, but the important part is that this is the o...

I'm sorry, did you say Ortonville? That is, like, so totally my old stomping grounds (Brandon High alum). I didn't know too many people even knew about it, let alone went there...on purpose, I mean. If you do it again, keep me in the awares because, well, that's just neat! It'll be a good excuse for...