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Jim Henson’s Fantastic World

jewel August 2nd, 2008

We met some friends in DC today and went to the Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit at the Smithsonian.  What a fun trip through childhood it was, too.  I grew up in the 70’s with the Muppet Show and Sesame Street.  Ah, good times.  Sadly, no photography was allowed, but that is typically the case with special exhibits like this and I respect that (unlike a couple people I saw). Continue Reading »

We boldly went…

jewel June 28th, 2008

Star Trek: The Experience To Star Trek: The Experience, while we were in Vegas. And it was fun. Ok, I admit, I’m a bit of a Trekker.

We had decided to stay an extra day in Vegas after TAM to do a couple Vegasy things. One of those things was spending most of Monday at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience. We’ve been there before, but it’s been nearly 10 years and they’ve added quite a few things since then. Since our first trip, they’ve added a new ride - “Borg Invasion 4d” and a behind the scenes tour and several photo options. We went ahead and did all of it. Continue Reading »

Wii Fit Fun

jewel May 21st, 2008

Well, I hope so, anyway. I got a Wii Fit for my birthday! I’ve been wanting it since I saw it reviewed on G4 and it came out today. So, I plan on giving it a few rounds this evening. Perhaps I will even add to this post after I use it to say how I like it. :-)

Edited: Well, I’ve used it and …………………………………. Continue Reading »