There’s still nothing to do in Morris :-)

\"Looking for my leopard\" at the Mutant Variety Show. Nic, Tom, Huck Brock, and John Hanson.

What a crazy couple of weeks! First we had the insanity of the Mutant Variety Show, which has already been discussed at some length here. Above we have a cool photo (courtesy of Joey Iverson!) of “Looking for my leopard”, with Sub-Evil conducting our all-girl boy chorus of Huck Brock (L) and John Hanson (R). You gotta love Sub-Evil’s excellent pink jacket, and that top hat he’s wearing is a silk top hat from the 1920’s, which both I and my grandfather were married in. (I’m wearing the jacket from that same suit, but you can’t really see it in this photo.)

Then I took a couple of students to Owatonna, home of Federated Insurance, for a College Fair hosted by Federated on Thursday and Friday. Federated hosted a fine event (they certainly fed us wonderfully!), and it was cool to catch up with Chad Zeman (alum of a few years ago who now works there). I also got to shadow one of their software developers for an hour, which was a really excellent way to really get a more detailed sense of their processes and operations.

We headed back promptly on Friday because Sub-Evil and I had been invited to perform that night at the annual Pride Week Drag Show. We made good time, and I actually got to watch the entire show, which was thoroughly excellent. Sub-Evil and I didn’t actually perform in drag, or as part of the drag show proper, but instead provided a little light and silly entertainment at the end while the judges were off deliberating. We did “Taco Man” (to thunderous applause and enthusiastic sing-along), “Looking for my leopard” with Huck in his alter-ego form as Zoey Vulturina doing the backup singing (most excellent!), and rounded things off with “No more booze (Fireman save my child)”.

The next night (Saturday) was the 3rd annual UMMys (UMM’s film festival), with yours truly as the MC for the event. We had four nice films, including a very silly comedy produced by various alum-turned-staff at UMM and an excellent short by Tyler Hutchison reflecting on the uncertainties of life and the one’s mark on the world.

Tomorrow we begin the process of on-campus interviews for my sabbatical replacement (oddly enough I get to serve on the committee to find my replacement :->), and Friday morning way too early we head up to Grand Forks, ND, for the 40th Anniversay MICS conference. Somewhere in here I hope to sleep and grade, but don’t hold your breath. Sadly, on-line participation is gonna be very thin on the ground for a while.

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