25th Gateway Classic

Memorial Day weekend means its time for the Gatway Classic Boomerang Tournament.  Lots of boomerangs and great throwers.  My favorite events of the year are always the boomerang events.  Not that the other events aren't cool but, come on, boomerangs.  Feeling the sun and wing.  Smelling the air, grass, trees, and maybe corn and cows.  There are so many cool boomerangs and throwers out there.  People that aren't throwing are seriously missing out.  Got to stock up on some boomerangs from the Mark Legg milk crates of Lincoln rangs, all going for $5 each.

Art On The Square 2012

The Art On The Square 2012 has commenced for the year.  Pretty interesting to see an area go from regular car traffic to fully packed with people and artists over a four day period.  There is so much that goes on behind the scenes to make it happen.  While just showing up you don't fully get how much goes on.  Volunteering for these events gives a different perspective on these events.

KDHX Midwest Mayhem

Got a chance to hang out at the KDHX's Midwest Mayhem last night.  That is a neat event.  Lot's of music and people and burlesque from Show Me Burlesque.  The City Museum is a pretty neat place.  There is so much to explore in there.  It's an easy place to get lost in.  There's big whales, fake caves, turtles, tunnels, and fake trees.  It is a neat place to just hang out.  Lots of slides too.  One that is 3 stories high and one that is about 6 stories tall.  The 6 story one is worth the walk up the 6 flights of spiral stairs.  If you want to come hang out next year, support local, independent music with KDHX.

US First Robotics Competion 2012

Pretty cool event this year at the US First Robotics Championships.  Got to be a part of the Expedition Team.  Pretty cool.  Get to experience a lot of different events over several days.  Actually got to see part and be part of the competition this year.

First day got to be a pit runner for the FIRST Lego League (FLL).  Mostly involved queuing up teams to go to their practice events.  Involved a lot of running around as one might expect.  Ultimately I helped these kids that worked really hard to get to their rounds while being the awesome leader that I am.

The afternoon involved the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) as a field reseter for the official first day of completion for them.  These are the high school kids with the smaller bots.  Their mission was to "bowl" over crates to release raquet balls and stack the crates back up right side up with at least one ball in them.  There's more to it than that and a lot of was to score lots of points.

Movie: Tales From The Crypt

Just saw the TV edited version of the movie Tales From The Crypt.  It's different from the TV show.  Their is no scary dead dude crypt keeper.  Just a monk like crypt keeper guy.  The story goes something along the lines of people wandering into a crypt and get trapped.

KDHX Membership Drive

The KDHX Spring 2012 Membership drive has completed.  Pretty stellar that the station raised 101% at the time of this writing.  It's pretty neat that I was one of the phone volunteers and helped make that happen.  I helped make part of that goal happen.  Yes, I do have a few bucks in there too.  Keep listening folks.  Lots of great stuff coming up.  Get a sticker from me if you see me on one of the many KDHX events.  Don't guarantee I'll be at all of them but I will make what I can.

I have thrown boomerangs in the station using what I could find in the station.  Not sure if it's a first or anything but I'd probably say it was.  New members are not calling full time, so got to fill the time in interesting ways during the down time.

KDHX Concert Series with Guster

Volunteering at a radio station has it's perks.  Got to usher and see Guster with Golden Bloom as the opening act at the Sheldon Concert Hall over in St. Louis, MO.  It was a good show.  Lots of energy flowing with the band and the crowd.  Great random funny stories.  There was even great art.  Michael Landon holding a squid.     Whoa.  There was even a Demon fire drill where the fellas had to play an instrument they were not familiar with.  It was funny.  You should give these guys a listen sometime.