So, where have you been, Mike?

I flew out on Thursday to Toronto for FilKONtario, the annual Toronto Filk convention. (For those reading via Facebook, I'll point you to a definition or two of filk courtesy of FilKONntario and madfilkentist respectively).

( What I did this (long) weekend... )

[Mostly typed on the plane home]

"Grated Hits"

I am in possession of 10 copies of mysticfig and kaath9's excellent new SF/fantasy classic rock parody album, "Grated Hits", wearing my hat as mostly-retired filk dealer. Actually, I have 11, but you can't have the 11th, it's mine!

If anyone in the UK wants a copy, they can either reply here and tell me they'd like one brought to the SWiGGLe for cash, or (marginally preferred, since I have to Paypal Jeff the proceeds), they can use this here handy button:

Grated Hits: Jeff and Maya Bonhoff
Postage
Mongol Post £12.00 Royal Mail £13.00

A few blues rhythm riffs

As promised to andpuff. I'm sure that some of my guitar-teaching friends can add a few more nice easy acoustic blues licks to this collection!
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The great MLB quest

I dunno how long it's going to take me, but I'm aiming to visit all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums before I run out of time :D

So far:

When	Where	Who	Swag	Company
6 July 1994	Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN	TOR 4 MIN 5	None	Anne, greylady & son
18 June 2008	US Cellular Field, Chicago, IL	PIT 2 CWS 8	generic White Sox t-shirt, logoed baseball	no-one
5 August 2009	Tropicana Field, Tampa, FL	BOS 4 TB 6	Jason Bartlett number/name t-shirt, kids logoed baseball and bat	Anne, James, plaid_dragon, losthismarbles
13 April 2010	Rogers Center, Toronto, Canada	CWS 8 TOR 7 (F/11)	Vernon Wells number/name t-shirt, logoed baseball	hofdave

Stats so far:

AL games seen: 4
NL games seen: 0
Interleague games seen: 0
Team seen most: White Sox, Blue Jays (2 each)
Extra innings games: 1
Total home runs: 16 (including one by Kirby Puckett)
Domed stadiums: 3

Of course, I shall have to visit 31 now, since Target Field has replaced the Metrodome: as a Twins fan, I shall probably leave that till last to bookend the list.

I guess you can expect to see me at a few strategically placed US cons sometime soon :D