The Queue

Good news! We’re going to be playing Masks for the Tavern Watch RPG podcasts.

Sad news for me! I can only play one of the roughly eleventy trillion character concepts I have bouncing around in my head.

Spring is here, my dudes. It is time to enjoy warm(er) weather, sunshine, and greenery.

Well, except it’s been nothing but rain this week until today, when the sun snuck out around those chance-of-rain clouds. Still, I’ve been pleased to look out my window this week and see green. And now that the sun’s come out, maybe it’s time to break out the beach umbrella. (Don’t forget the sunscreen; safety first, everybody.)

But for now, let’s Queue.

The school year is winding down for us — which means summer camps and sports are also simultaneously winding up — so stuff is about to start falling through the cracks. Hopefully we don’t forget anything important.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions, and let’s just make a headcount before we go.

Sometimes you just see something and need to make sure lots of other people see it. I don’t play a lot of Hearthstone anymore, so I totally missed this card when it hit the game recently — and if I missed it, chances are you missed it too! So here I am saving the day and making sure that you see how much of a good boy Arfus is going for his space walk.

While I get him a big box of astronaut dog treats, it’s time for — The Queue.

How does it taste? How many calories does it have? Does it just disappear in your stomach? But if so, how does it give you sustenance — how does it restore your health and mana?

As we ponder these important questions and others, let’s Queue.

Saurophaganax maximus was thought to be a very large predatory theropod that lived in the famous Morrison Formation of Jurassic North America. Several of the bones assigned to this genus were very similar to, but significantly larger than, those of Allosaurus specimens which had already been found in the Morrison, while others were unusual for those of a theropod at all, especially some of the vertebrae.

Just another day waiting to play video games, am I right?

Well, while we’re all waiting here together, let’s chat.

My daughter is working on her Silver award for Girl Scouts. The gist of it is that she has to find a way to make her community a better place, then take action to do it. So, she’s working on a project to bring bird houses to (among others) retirement homes and libraries, as a way to make it more pleasant for both humans and strengthening the ecosystem as a whole, not just the birds. As such, I am helping her research which birds live in the area, which bird predators live in the area, and how to make a bird house safe and relatively predator-proof. You could call me a real bird brain right now.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions, and — wait, I didn’t mean it like that.

It’s my favorite person’s birthday! Everyone, make sure you wish them a super happy birthday!

They’re pretty special and deserve it.

While I finish wrapping a gift that I was definitely told not to get them, it’s time for — The Queue!

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is probably the most notable of the 19th century German Romantic artists (even if you’re not into art you’ve likely seen the header image in other media) and one of my personal favorites. As a result I’ve had a trip to Hamburg to see Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and other examples of Romantic Art as a bucket list item for decades now. Fortunately for my wallet we got the first comprehensive exhibition of Friedrich’s art in the United States happening right now in New York City so I went to see it two weekends ago and it was definitely worth the trip. I may still try to go to Hamburg one day — not every work of art housed there that I want to see was in the exhibition — but it’s less of a goal now than it was a fortnight ago.

The trip to the museum wasn’t all positive though; my favorite gallery was closed for renovations. On the other hand there’s some new Cycladic Art that wasn’t there for my last visit and while not as satisfying that should tide me over until the Ancient Near East Gallery reopens and I make it back to NYC.

While I plan my next museum trip — Philadelphia — let’s answer some questions!