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My Divaricated View of a

Wedding Week on Martha's Vineyard

1. Mom presents, on display before packing.

Pulaski, New York Saturday, June 11th

The Jack is for the groom’s mom; the flowers are for the bride’s. Everyone who saw this – bride and groom included – said basically the same thing: ‘Yep, that about sums it about.’

2. Sweet ride; it came with the rental.

Edgartown, Massachusetts Tuesday, June 14th

One of the bikes from one of the sheds behind one of the eight houses we took over on the near Edgartown. (There were a lot of us.) The frame / wheels were 27″, instead of 26″ standard, which made things a little tricky, especially considering I hadn’t ridden a bike in seven or eight years. The old saw about “just like riding a bike” is true, though: you really do never forget.

3. Decisions, decisions…

Edgartown, Massachusetts Thursday, June 16th

Thursday’s beer menu at Bad Martha Farmer’s Brewery. Great place; if you’re ever on the Vineyard, definitely stop by. I texted this photo to my married friends, Ray and Dana, in Pulaski, along with the question, ‘Which Vineyard growler looks good to you, folks?’ They chose Island IPA. That was a very good call.

4. The Balthus: the only knot any self-respecting Ringmaster of Ceremonies would wear.

Edgartown, Massachusetts Friday & Saturday, June 17th & 18th

John & Jenna and I had been referring to me as the MC for the wedding; John’s mom insisted I was the ringmaster. (To be fair, the wedding, while not a circus, exactly, was pretty non-traditional.) So I portmanteau’ed the two: Ringmaster of Ceremonies.The Balthus knot was invented by, well, Balthus. It’s symmetrical, and very wide. Those are good traits, when you need to cover up the collar-extender holding your top button closed, because your surgery has temporarily left your neck a size larger than it used to be.

5. Bell and Skeeter, resting up after a very busy week.

Edgartown, Massachusetts Sunday, June 19th

Bell is a boxer / lab mix. She came along for the trip from Boston with her humans, the groom’s brother (best man), and his wife.Skeeter is a mutt, possibly with some lab in there. She lives on-island, with her human, the groom‘s mom.Skeeter was rescued from Puerto Rico’s ‘dead dog beach’ when she was very young. She’s still a little skittish, and learning how to dog. Bell is a great role model.

6. Heading home, riding the brand new ferry boat, with these 94 shades of blue canopying my farewell view of the island.

Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Monday, June 20th

7. Steamship Quahog Chowder, the best clam chowder on Earth, even at 7:30 in the morning.

Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Monday, June 20th

8. My new plant, courtesy of ‪the Robichaus‬.

Pulaski, New York Friday, June 24th

The wildflowers were the wedding favors; they came in those beautiful hexagonal glass jars. If you look closely, you can see “The | Robichaus | 6-18-16“ printed on one side.Now that the flowers have moved on to roomier accommodations, I’ve turned their original home into my new dice cup. Yes, I own enough dice to need a dice cup. I am gamer geek, here me roar.By the way, the plant’s name is Octothorpe, because that particular inside joke needed to be memorialized somewhere.

9. Thank you cards, for the respective parents.

Pulaski, New York June 22nd, 2016 8:10pm

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This month marks the anniversary of the most lavish party ever thrown, The Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 7th – 24th, 1520, in Balinghem, France.

The 18-day summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France cost the modern equivalent of roughly one-and-a-half billion dollars, split about equally between the nations.

Henry, 29, and Francis, 26, had a Cornish / Breton wrestling match; Francis won. The two kings participated in multiple jousting tournaments.

World leaders knew how to have fun, back in the day.

If you want to know more, head on over to Google and/or Wikipedia. The whole thing is delightfully stupid.

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June 8th, 1982 Marvel releases one of the greatest super-hero comic book covers of all time. Eleven-year-old me lost my mind.

"Avengers (Vol.1)," #223 (cover date Sept 82) -Cover based on the story Of Robin Hoods and Roustabouts, written by David Micheline -Penciled by Ed Hannigan -Inked by Klaus Janson

May 6th, 2016. The Russo brothers recreated the shot in "Captain America: Civil War." Forty-five-year-old me lost my mind all over again.

Screen cap from "Captain America: Civil War"

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Faerie dragon First appearance: Dragon #62; Jun ‘82 Cover: Dragon #100; Aug ‘85

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Yes, that's a real, live, Chilean tarantula. Yes, that's really my hand. June 11th, 2016

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Batman: The Return #1 (Jan 2011) November 17th, 2010 Pencils – David Finch Inks – Scott Williams Colors – Peter Steigerwald

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My name in Gallifreyan.

The BBC's translator is here.

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The Amazing Spider-Man, cosplayed by Zack Cloud Santiago.

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Exit, by Brendan Fraser

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Details unknown.

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Daredevil cosplay by Andrew McLean

MTV deemed this one of the sexiest male cosplays at CCI:SD... for some year. The link is dead now, so all the info is gone.

McClean has lots of links.

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Everyone dreamed to have an orange butterfly as friend, by Bruno Conjeaud

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Iron Fist cosplay, details unknown

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"Hello, my name is Crayon! I drew you a picture. Do you like it?"

Source

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Hermitage guard...

Details unknown.

Страж Эрмитажа…

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Captain Marvel, Jr., cosplayed by Sam McClellan

WonderCon San Francisco, California, USA April 1st-3rd, 2011

McClellan on the web: thespidersam, thespidersamcostumes, Instagram, deviantART

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Guy Williams Tribute, from LIFE Magazine More info, and lots more photos, here.