Four For Friday
Greetings from the Typhoid House!
Okay, maybe not the best way to start a post, but I'm battling a head cold so my funny is on the lam. If you've tried to blog on cold medicine, you might know what I'm experiencing. That said, it's time for a Four For Friday.
Four For Friday: Steampunk Edition
1. Steampunk Month. Susan Dennard declared February as steampunk month. She's giving away some books, created a quiz to find out your steampunk personality*, and more.
2. Exhibits. Back in October, Hubby and I went to a steampunk exhibit at The Charles River Museum of Industry** in Waltham. This was a big to-do because we're an old married couple and we're about two seconds away from yelling at kids to get off our lawn. Also, steampunk is pretty cool so why wouldn't we go one town away?
Basically the exhibit, which has the complete name of Steampunk, Form & Function, and an Exhibition of Innovation, Invention and Gadgetry, includes submissions from a steampunk contest. Click through on the link above for more information***. Hubby fell in love with the working steampunk pinball machine.
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| Hubby the steampunk pinball wizard |
4. Music. You wouldn't guess it looking at me, but I love the steampunk music genre. If you like steampunk and want to listen to some bands that fall in that genre, check out Abney Park, Vernian Process, Unextraordinary Gentlemen, and The Clockwork Dolls.
* I'm a swashbuckling airship pirate.
** The Charles River Museum of Industry is, as you might guess, next to the Charles River. What you might not know is the same river flooded ridiculously last spring, and, with the proximity to the river, the museum had got flooded. Months later, they were still working on repairing the damage. The steampunk exhibit was helping drumming up business.
*** If you don't, I'll just ramble more. Trust me, you'd rather click the link.
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Last.fm hit of the day: Ants Under Glass by Unextraordinary Gentlemen