Rhode Island Comic Con – We Made This Work
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
4y ago
My one major criticism about Rhode Island Comic Con is the crowd management. A lot of that has to do with the layout of the facilities: there are 4 major pinch points just on the way in. The last time we went, the line just to get into the building was over a mile long. This is hard on Alice. The next couple of issues we had were parking: we got there early and there was nothing in the main lot. The natural overflow lots were just as bad because there were a lot of people before us who had the same problem. Finally, none of the food in the convention center is Celiac friendly. I decided to ..read more
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FanExpo Boston 2019 Writeup
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
4y ago
Alice and I went to our first FanExpo Boston conference 2 years ago. This year we planned on going for two days. It went about as well as you could hope. This is going to include a lot of pictures and a lot less prose than I usually have. To start, to get this done it helps to have support from your family. In this case, E did a super job getting Alice ready to go and into her makeup on Saturday Morning. We drove to Boston and dropped off our bags and went to the convention center. We arrived before the show started, but the wait wasn’t too long. For the most part, we were there for cosplay ev ..read more
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Every Tool’s A Hammer – A Review Through A Cosplay Project
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
5y ago
I've not written many book reviews, but I felt it appropriate to write a book review for Adam Savage's recent work, Every Tool's A Hammer: Life Is What You Make It. Savage is a prop maker, special effects tech, co-host of Mythbusters, and general advocate for science education and making. I could go on, but his curriculum vitae is long. I felt it appropriate to write this review in the form of a project how-to. A year ago, I took my daughter to ConnectiCon to cosplay. We went as Captain America and Peggy Carter. This was our second time going to a convention in cosplay.   Being short on time ..read more
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Having a Child with Down Syndrome, Part CXXXIX: ConnectiCon
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
5y ago
Last year, Alice and I went to ConnectiCon for a day, which worked out pretty well. This year, we decided to try an overnight. The day before, I talked to her about expectations what we were going to do. Alice lit up when I mentioned a hotel, because she loves hotels and thinks it's the lap of luxury to lie in bed and watch a hotel TV. I made it clear that hotel was for sleeping. On the drive down, I repeated the expectations and we arrived with perfect timing to check in, drop off our bags and catch a shuttle to the convention center right before opening. This year we again went as Captain Am ..read more
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Having a Child with Down Syndrome, Part CXXXVIII: Ikea
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
5y ago
Alice's dresser has seen better days. The design wasn't particularly good and we've fixed several drawers, replaced knobs, repaired slides and so on, but it was at the end of it's useful life. E had put together a shopping list and was intending to mail order them, but since it was one of those "we don't have anything planned days" where Alice will get stir crazy at home, I took her to Ikea to go in search of those things. This was a decision with a certain amount of risk because while we had a list of things to find, Ikea is a big store and I knew going in that there had to be some wiggle roo ..read more
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How To Make a Captain Marvel Cake
Plinth | Special Needs Parenting
by hawley
5y ago
My daughter turned 16 this past week and we planned a party at the movie theater with friends to go watch Captain Marvel. I decided to make Captain Marvel cakes for the party. We were expecting enough people to need more than one. In the words of Carl Sagan in Contact, "why make one when you can make two for twice the price?" This was also my first foray into using fondant, so I'll pass on what I learned. Here is what you'll need: Software: 2 - 8 inch round cakes 1 recipe of frosting for an 8 inch cake 1 package each red and blue fondant and EITHER 1 package yellow OR 1 package white fondant a ..read more
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