This post contains affiliate links. As any good geek family, we watch a lot of movies, both at home and at the theater. When something extra-ordinary or supernatural happens that we don’t quite follow how it happened, we refer to it as “eh, comic book science” – as in, it doesn’t have to be founded […]
As a young Girl Scout, I remember laying out in the empty field across from a co-scout’s house, and looking up at the stars, learning the various Kansas City astronomy constellations for a badge. Years later, when I attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I loved how different the night sky looked there. While I still […]
Often my life feels like one big juggling act – work, family, social life, (non-existent) exercise routine, blogging – it seems like a “ball” is bound to drop from time to time. Maybe I could use some pointers from Nick Civitello and the Kansas City Juggling Club. Grab your balls (and hoops and yo-yos and […]
THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS. As we look to new adventures in 2017, I thought it appropriate to highlight a group that is dedicated to boldly going in search of strange new worlds, new life, and new civilizations. That’s right – there’s a Kansas City Star Trek fan club, which operates the USS Valiant. A […]
I believe I have mentioned that my daughter is interested in going into a career in information security, so when I learned that there is a Kansas City information security professionals meetup group, I mentioned it to her. She immediately RSVPd for the next meeting, and I tagged along. We got to meet and chat […]