Monday, May 20, 2019

Goonies birthday

For my wife’s fiftieth birthday a few year ago, we did a Goonies-themed party. She was a big Goonies fan, so we made invitations based on the map, had a table piled up with treasure, and I gave her a replica metal coin like the one used in the movie as well as some newspapers from the Goonies reunions in Aurora, and I have since gotten her a replica metal skull key.

Using pictures of the map, I did the Mad-magazine fold first and drew the two sides of the coin.

Then I opened the paper and drew the rest of the map. I modified the wording with our address and date of the party. I weathered it using some tea. This I sent out as the invitations.

On the back of the map, I replaced the musical notes with the notes for Happy Birthday. I’m not sure anyone noticed, but I thought it was a nice touch.

For One-Eyed Willy’s treasure pile, we bought a bunch of plastic coins, as well as some actual Chinese coins for the stacks. We bought a bunch of gems from Dollarama, and used some pirate weapons from the kid’s Tickle Trunk.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Figure Painting Total - April

I only picked up one more figure for the Batman Miniature Game when I picked up the second edition rules and the Magic rules.

BM/DCU – Batman (Nightmare)– 1
Apr figures bought – 1, figures painted – 0

Running total 2019 – figures bought 117, figures painted 0

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Books read January to April 2019

Jan
Haynes Star Wars Death Star Owner’s Technical Manual by Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas
Haynes Star Wars Millenium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas
Stuck in the Middle: Dissenting Views of Winnipeg by Bartley Kives and Bryan Scott
The little book of Inappropriate Morals: Stories that aren’t helpful at all by Holly Green
A Plethora of Poor Decisions: and other tales of Misadventure by Holly Green
Perfectly Yourself: Discovering God’s Dream for you by Matthew Kelly

Feb
Stuck in the Middle 2: Defining views of Manitoba by Bryan Scott and Bartley Kives
Trigger Mortis: A James Bond Novel by Anthony Horowitz
A Wanted Man by Lee Child

Mar
Cyndi Lauper – A Memoir by Cyndi Lauper with Jancee Dunn
Treasures by The Canadian Museum of Civilization
A Wish Your Heart Makes: From the Grimm Brothers’ Achenputtel to Disney’s Cinderella by Charles Solomon

Apr
A Company of Wolves by Peter Steinhart
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawken
Firefly RPG by Monica Valentinelli, Mark Diaz Truman, Brendan Conway, Dean Gilbert, and Jack Norris
The Makeup Artist Handbook by Gretchin David + Mindy Hall
Invaders from the North by John Bell
Parenthood by Paul Reiser