WRITER'S BLO(G/CK)

Early tomorrow morning, my friend Kyle and I leave for Seattle, where BrickCon 2022 awaits us.   Now while I have absolutely no plans to write about BrickCon once the event is over and I have arrived back home again, I do feel the need to show off the MOCs that I built for the event.   I decided not to build anything big for this con (and the very first MOC I show you today will prove me to be a liar), for a couple of reasons.   One of which is that the venue that BrickCon takes place in is relatively tiny when compared to the convention hall where Bricks Cascade lives.   The other reason is that there is a limited amount of space in the back of Kyle’s Prius, and with me already taking the new folding electric wheelchair, there’s not as much room for MOCs as there normally has been on these runs to Seattle.   Everything that I did end up building was envisioned to be placed in particular categories at the convention.   These decisions were all in my...

Hi-ho!   Kermit the Frog here!   (Okay, you caught me.   I’m not actually Kermit the Frog.   I’ve just always wanted to say that.)   If my five month long break from blogging had not happened earlier this year, my Muppet post would have been in May.   Not sure exactly when, but the 1 st and 15 th were both likely and appropriate dates.   But instead, I’m posting it today, which is another appropriate date, being just one day after what would have been the 86 th birthday of Muppet creator Jim Henson.   Sesame Street and Early Life Goals Like nearly all children of my generation, I watched a lot of Sesame Street growing up.   I wasn’t watching for the humans in the show.   And I wasn’t watching for the animation (I enjoyed the animated bits, but that wasn’t why I was there).   And I wasn’t there to learn my numbers or the alphabet.   No, I was simply there for the Muppets.   I absolutely loved the Sesame Stree...