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Adventuredome: 2 Men Enter, 1 1/2 Leave

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During the school year, I buy all kinds of discout coupons, books, etc. from my students who are raising money for band, football, or whatever.  While I was cleaning out my desk on the last day of school, I found one of the discounts I had bought for Circus Circuis Adventuredome.  So I asked my son if he wanted to go with me.

We had a great time– Rode the roller coaster twice, the Rim Runner water boats twice and most of the other rides at least twice.  My son (pictured) rode Chaos.  I sat that one out.  Even so, I was a battered shadow of a man by the end of the day.  I’m still recovering from knee surgury and there are a surprising number of stairs at Adventuredome.  It was a lot of fun though.

The Hunger Games

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I just saw The Hunger Games.  Fortunately we have a theater that shows movies that have been out for a while, because I missed this one when it first came out.

I haven’t read the book, though many of my students have of course, and they love it.  I really enjoyed the movie.  There were some really great scenes and some excellent actors.  I guess I’ll have to read the book now.

His Robot Girlfriend: 1500 Reviews on iBooks

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His Robot Girlfriend has now been rated by 1500 people on iBooks (actually 1522 as of today) with an average rating of 3 1/2 stars.  In case you were wondering, there were 458 five star reviews, 442 four stars, 335 three stars, 162 two stars, and 125 one star reviews.  Can’t please everybody, right?

As many times as His Robot Girlfriend is criticized as an adolescent male fantasy or for being sexist, a surprising number of women give it high ratings.  I sometimes get comments about the political leanings of the book as well (of which I didn’t know it had any).  I think a lot of both of those are down to what people bring with them into the story.  That’s not to say there isn’t a fair bit of male fantasy in there.  ‘Cause there is.

You can pick up His Robot Girlfriend free on iBooks.  And thanks to everyone who took the time to rate it.

Kimbra’s Good Intent

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I like this song and play it a lot.  Plus it has to be the only song in the world that mentions a liger (the hybird cross between a tiger and a lion that so fascinates my school kids).

NYRSF May Table of Contents

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The New York Review of Science Fiction web site has the May 2012 Table of Contents up on their site, featuring Patrick L. McGuire: Wesley Allison—A New Kind of SF Writer.  You can also find information on subscribing to The New York Review of Scienc Fiction here: http://www.nyrsf.com/subscribe-today.html.

Fathers Day

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I had a great Fathers Day yesterday.  I sat around playing video games, watching movies, and eating Sonic Cheeseburgers.

My lovely wife gave me an awesome t-shirt.  My beautiful daughter gave me a remote control meat thermometer for my BBQ grilling (can’t wait to get a Pork Butt on the grill).  And my son got me the Blu-Ray of John Carter.

I’ve watched that movie three times now, and I almost come to tears each time I see it, just because there’s finally a great John Carter movie.  I’ve truly been waiting for it since I was 11 years old.

I’ve always said that Fathers Day was a mediocre holiday.  Nobody seems to put the effort into it that they do Mothers Day.  But all in all, this was a great one for me.  And if the measure of a father is his kids, I did pretty damn good.

Kimbra

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New Zealand singer/songwriter Kimbra (who is featured in Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know) is my new favorite.  I’ve been listening to her “Vows” album over and over again as I write.