So on and so forth

I finally took my computer in to have it repaired and while I am happy to report that I now have a working computer with an operating system and programs and whatnot what I no longer have represents a huge volume of data. I am especially sad to report that I have lost all of my photos. It's lucky I posted so many to Facebook because those photos are all I have left. I also lost all of the PDFs of gaming books I used to have. That doesn't grieve me half as much though, now that I've lost my photos.

That said, it's not the end of the world. Somehow I will soldier on without my prized images.

Valentines day went excellently and things are, in general, of high quality. I'm looking forward to going home in a few weeks to see the family and taking my lovely Tabitha along for the ride. It should be very interesting we will be celebrating Tab's birthday, attending an Eagle ceremony, seeing the sight (there's really only the one) and possibly having a horse riding lesson. Other upcoming events which are likely to see coverage here include the Regency Exhibition Ball at the end of March and the Naperville civil war event in mid may. That should take us right up to the Faire season and the heady preparations which will, no doubt, ensue for that most anticipated season.

I am already looking forward to the season which is not unusual. In some ways I am glad to finally get to do a season as a full time street character. Last year doing the Devil and the Baker's Wife was a lot of fun but I didn't spend as much time on the street as I would have liked so I am excited to build a bigger, more dynamic character for this season. I'm hoping I can come up with something as fun and memorable as Frobie was without simply carbon copying him.

Today's Gem- I know I haven't really been giving you a lot of gems recently. Mostly this is due to the fact that I haven't had a lot of time to look for them. however, some of my musician friends need a good plug now and then and now I wish to plug my good friend Thomas Moore the oudist. Tom played at faire this last season as Chickpeasio, the Chicken Troubadour with the belly dancing group which I never could remember the name of. Anyway, here is his MySpace page which has a couple of his songs. If the snocap application comes back online I recommend buying his music. I did and have not yet regretted it for a moment.