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  On Saturday evening, b00ya kicked things off with a grand opening at his club, The Hang Out 3.0 . A lot of familiar faces showed up, and it was fun hanging out with everyone in a new venue. There was also a shirt giveaway at the end, and Nellie Rachel and I ended up as the lucky winners. I tried to snap a picture of myself wearing the shirt but ended up getting photobombed by the ever-present landgoria. lol It was a pleasant surprise when b00ya returned to there, as we had not seen each other since 2018. He enjoys making houses and related items, so be sure to keep out an eye out for his auction listings!   The Making of Rollerball The Thing Reunion Panel I came across a couple videos recently on YouTube that piqued my interest and reminded me of our T-Con event on there. During T-Con, I purchased a Rollerball shirt, and a documentary about the movie recently showed up in my YouTube feed. I previously mentioned on my blog that The Thing by John Carpenter was one of the best...

  Hi, Reiju here again! After my last little tour for KRIBZ took me about 800 meters into the sky to visit Dutch's skybox, this time I stayed a little closer to the ground LOL. I recently had the chance to meet up with matthewkg and visit his Aurora Conference Center, which is currently also serving as headquarters for his Fantasy Football league. From the outside, it actually looks like a conference center. The huge glass front, stone walls and American flag in front make it look more like a real public building than someone's random hangout in There. Right when you enter, you're greeted by a fountain and a huge open room with a large round conference table in the middle. Behind it is an even bigger Mango Market Fantasy Football logo together with the current league board. I talked with matthewkg about the league for a while and learned that he has actually been playing Fantasy Football through Yahoo since 2006. For anyone who has never played it before, the basic idea is ...

  For the past two weekends, I have been hosting car-cruise events with Goober_Goalie. The usual routine is that we meet up after buggy bash at 11 pm Eastern -- at the GBR dealership in Nitro. We then do a lap around the neighborhood before setting off on our destination. On our first cruise, we drove North and then headed West along the coast of Aurora Island. We then headed South and stopped at San-Francisco Bay. Once there, we looked at pictures from Project Reality, an A.I. photo-project involving Gemini A.I. Project Reality For our second cruise, we headed South down Aurora and then gradually veered off in the direction of an island chain before arriving at my home. Almost everyone made it there fine, save for a few unfortunate souls who were promptly summoned. Once at my home, a group of us watched a maritime mystery from Big Old Boats , a popular YouTube channel. This has become one of my favorite channels over the past year or so, and the production values are excellent. It...

  The fantasy football season is just around the corner! I am really excited to be the first commissioner of the Mango Market FF League, and I think we have a solid mix of veterans as well as competitive rookies assembled. If you have not done so already, I recommend doing a few mock drafts on Yahoo to become accustomed to the process and get comfortable with the new draft-room interface. Our real draft is tentatively scheduled for Sunday, August 29th at 9:30 pm Eastern Time. If possible, I would like to gather some of our league members at my Aurora Conference Center so we can be in the same place when drafting. It is not mandatory, however. In addition, I will have an open house so people can have a look around my draft HQ and hang out. You may even learn about a couple prize opportunities as well!                                                     ...

  3rd_eye pictured above. Great shot there! And a BIG thank you to all the models who participated in Project Reality, which sprang up on a whim this past week when I wondered what people, things, and places would like when transformed into real photos using Gemini A.I. After Kiry's buggy-bash event, a group of us gathered at Goober_Goalie's GBR dealership for a car cruise. Goobs made 10 of his new buggies available to borrow, so a good number of us were rolling in GBRs for the evening. I'm going to buy one of his red ones next week. With me in front as the pace car, we drove North and then headed West along the Aurora coast, then headed back down South to San Francisco Bay. Fortunately, no one got lost since it's a relatively quick drive -- no more than 5 minutes at most. When we met at my Kortt-designed pavilion, I gave a mini-presentation on Project Reality and shared Flickr links. During the Q and A, I was asked how much time I spent putting everything together -- I...