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Looking for a fun social activity to start the school year? Try English Country Folk Dance!

The English Country Dance Club will be meeting in the city library (14th Street near the high school) this Thursday 6:30-9:00 pm and next Thursday 6:30-8:00 pm to practice and teach dances from 17th century rural England. Dancers and musicians of all skill levels from beginner to expert are always welcome. If you’ve heard me playing pennywhistle out on the Quad or near the Silo between classes, these are some of the same tunes; I’ll have printouts of sheet music and chords to share for anyone who brings an instrument.

^((standard disclaimer: This event is not sponsored by Yolo County Library and the presence of this group in the meeting room does not constitute Yolo County Library’s endorsement of the policies or beliefs of this group.))

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u/AbacusWizard — 8 days ago

I kept expanding my Tower of Power and eventually it became a Wall of Power

*slaps gravity battery* You can fit so many hph in this bad boy

u/AbacusWizard — 12 days ago

I was delighted to discover that the skylight in the Hall of Abundance can fit a statue on a double-height platform

Just make sure to build the platform (plus stairs so you can reach the top) and statue (and then remove the stairs) before you build the Hall of Abundance, because after you do, you won’t be able to fit stairs inside.

u/AbacusWizard — 1 month ago

The reservoir was looking lonely so I made a pier of amusements on top

Gardens, dancing, saunas, rooftop terraces, contemplation spots! Convenient access to two zipline stations and beachfront campfires! COMING SOON: carousels and monuments!

u/AbacusWizard — 1 month ago

“The Strong Man on Tour” — 1931, by Ernie Bushmiller (after he took over Fritzi Ritz, but a couple of years before he introduced her niece Nancy)

u/AbacusWizard — 2 months ago
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the Krazy Kat strip I mentioned a few days ago about pronoun grammar (October 1921)

u/AbacusWizard — 2 months ago
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Don Diego playing with shadow puppetry (Douglas Fairbanks, 1920)

Prior to 1920, Douglas Fairbanks’s film career was largely comedy—which made him perfectly equipped, as Don Diego, to play the bungling foppish dandy so no-one suspects that he is really EL ZORRO!

u/AbacusWizard — 2 months ago
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Long before there were any official Star Wars sets, this was my Darth Vader (recreated here in Studio)

u/AbacusWizard — 3 months ago

My very first pennywhistle, 32 years later

Bought it at a folk music store after watching Secret of Roan Inish. I don’t play this one much anymore but I do use it to demonstrate the physics of sound to my students a few times a year.

u/AbacusWizard — 5 months ago
▲ 50 r/UCDavis

Interesting headline (before I unfolded it)

I might be willing to make a matching offer

u/AbacusWizard — 5 months ago

I’m putting together a small portable homemade Santorini set (with Lego), and I’m wondering how many blocks and domes I ought to include. In your experience, how many blocks and domes does a typical match actually use? BoardGameArena stats say an average player uses about 10 blocks and 1 dome, presumably meaning a total of 20 blocks and 2 domes… but I’ve read that the original game came with 75(!) blocks and 10 domes. (I think 25 of the blocks were used to form the 5x5 playing surface itself, but still, 50 blocks seems like a lot.) What do you think?

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u/AbacusWizard — 6 months ago