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Saturday, January 7, 2017

My Saturday and a Fantastic 200 + Imaginarium: Perfect for those Below Zero Blues.

The Weekend Imaginarium

I spent the day working. Up at 4:00 A.M. why, because my brain shouts "Wake Up!". I have too much to do and not enough time to do it. I read a bit, went to WalMart to meet "my people" - the other early morning walkers.  My friends at Walmart know my schedule and always have three dozen glazed baker's dozen donuts ready for me.  Choosing between a Diet Dew and a Diet Coke is my morning intellectual challenge. Some days its a Dew; other days a Diet Coke.

I decided on the freeway instead of the hospital / Highland route to the school. Sometimes I do that just to add some spice to my predictable life.  Regular as clockwork, my 8:00 A.M. programming class showed up to create marvels and wonders in Scratch code. They left to find other things to occupy their Saturday at 9:30 A.M.  Alone, except for a few of the USS Voyager's genius techs working in the simulator downstairs, I was left to finish the Long Duration Mission schedule and squadron assembly for the year.  It was a three hour task, interrupted by a stroll or two up and down the hall to force circulation through my legs.  

Left Renaissance Academy at 3:00 P.M.  As I approached Pleasant Grove it started to snow. Would I go home and ignore the slow leak in my back driver's side tire or get it repaired.  I hate difficult decisions.  In the end, I had the tire fixed. Les Swabb was busy so I played the waiting game. Go ahead and ask me to list all the standard tire sizes the Lindon store carries.  

Stopped at the Space Center on my way home to drop off the leftover donuts from the programming class.  They were happy.  Always good to see the staff and volunteers at the second happiest place on Earth "required homage to Disney".  

Now I'm home. I'm too tired to think of anything to write so I won't. Why don't I just share an enormous Imaginarium.  Are you good with that?

   
The Imaginarium   






















































































































































































































Sunday, January 1, 2017

Announcing the Construction of a New Dream Flight Adventures Simulator: The IKS Commodore in Perryopolis Pennsylvania. The Farpoint Universe Graphic Novel. Theater Imaginarium.

     The number of experiential simulators inspired by the USS Voyager (Sim1) continues to grow with the announcement of a new simulator in Pennsylvania. We have an Incoming communique from Dream Flight Adventures' Admiral Starblayze.
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Admiral Starblayze
     It appears that the Infinity Knight shipyards are active once again constructing yet another vessel to take brave crews of bright kids on adventures across the universe!  Details are scarce, but the transmission originates from the vicinity of Frazier School District in Perryopolis, PA.

The datastream also makes mention of two new makerspaces to accompany the ship.


     The encrypted shipyard files bear the codename IKS Commodore. The Troubadour's historical listing of ships gives it the Voyager Inspired Simulator number SIM46.  Stay tuned for updates.
     
The Farpoint Universe Storyboarded for a Graphic Novel

Drake, Alex, Isaac, and MacKenzie hard at work on storyboarding while I take a picture or two and
graze out of the sugar bucket.
     
      One of the many projects I worked on over the Christmas Holiday was the Farpoint Universe. Our good friends at Telos Academy notified me they had two artists onboard ready and willing to create a graphic novel to introduce our USS Voyager crews to the Farpoint Universe.  Luckily we have a great creative team on board to take on the project because my plate is full to overflowing (so full in fact I'm leaving carpet stains wherever I go).  

Mr. W. 


Theater Imaginarium
The week's best gifs edited for a general audience. Great for classroom rewards.