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I don’t know that my family ever did the same thing every year on labor day. I know a lot of people use it to get in one last beach day, or attend a fall fair. Today we were pretty low key – ran an errand this morning, then had lunch at Barber’s Crossing (single boiled lobster, 10.95, twins only 15.95. And they are GOOOOOOD) followed up with a round of mini-golf. Junior loves his mini golf. I wanted to go to the one at the Whalom driving range, which is unbelievably well-kept, and the price isn’t outrageous. Junior wanted to go to the one at Mason’s Bowling alley. Now I grew up at that course, mostly because it was within walking distance of my house. So I know it pretty well. I also know they don’t put much if any money into upkeep. I took a photo that kind of captures the feel of the place.

I think they owners are between a rock and a hard place (sort of like Whalom Park was right before it went out of business)…they need to put a lot of money into fixing it up, to bring in lots of new business. Because they aren’t getting any business, they don’t have any money to put into fixing it up. It’s one of those deals that the only way it’s going to be improved is if a new owner flush with cash takes over. I can’t see the current owners doing on overhaul, not when some of the holes are EXACTLY the same as they were 20 years ago when I was a regular.

So follow that up with some ice cream, and I think we’re just going to have hot dogs for dinner because that’s a Labor Day food. And with that, we can effectively kiss summer 2004 goodbye.

I just realized that most of the pictures I took weren’t of the people at King Richard’s Faire, which is probably good because it’s not like I was walking around with a stack of photo releases so I could put them on my site. Let’s just say that if you’ve never been to a Ren faire or the like, the people who attend are sometimes dressed more appropriately than the people working the fair. Several times my sister and I asked ourselves if someone was just a guest or not (including the way cool couple who dressed like wizards of some sort).

The two shots I’ll share are of the knight we were supposed to cheer for, based on where we were sitting in the jousting arena, and one of Junior trying his hand at archery, and the last him riding a wooden horse on wires where he’s trying to catch a ring on a wooden sword. We didn’t let them do the knife or ax throw, for those wondering.

I’m reporting live from Kind Richard’s Faire…photos to comee this evening.

Hey, my poem made their website! Of course, maybe they all do, but I thought I’d brag anyway. I have their 2004 calendar, which is hanging at work. I wrote this one last month.

Magnetic Poetry – Anthology Online

Can I complain for a moment? I mean, I know there are horrible things going on in the world (including Zell Miller’s speech) but this is something that’s been bothering me greatly for about three weeks now.

It has to do with my parking spot in the garage at work. I’ve been here for over a year now, and for that entire time, I’ve parked in the same basic spot (no more than one or two away from that spot). I mean, every day for a year.

And suddenly, there are people in these spots, even when I get there early. I believe I’ve mentioned before, these are not “good” spots. They are actually kind of deep in the garage, just because I thought it would be good to get a little extra walk. A whole year I parked there, and the same car used to park next to me. And now, because they are hogging those spots, I actually have to park closer to the door. Can you believe it? So anyway, that’s my vent. Thank you for listening.