Put the commerical tie-ins down and back away from the script

The New Jersey Renaissance Kingdom started back when I was in high school. I think I started going at their second or third year, just before they moved to the site across from Merrill Lynch. I went each year I was in high school and all through college. It's a smaller production, by volunteers - not quite the polished commerical Faire that we have, say, here in Maryland (which is also fun). They also used Arthurian themes in an ongoing year-to-year story. Granted, the result was often like nothin' you ever saw in Malory, but that's what Arthur's for. There were some bobbles (the "First Knight" adaptation in particular - it wasn't even a good movie) but it had a lot of heart and I liked it.

This year, they're doing "The Pirates of Tortuga." I assume because pirates are cool and there's a Johnny Depp movie coming out.

Thank heaven they are not trying to fit this into the regular story. It would hurt my head too, too much.

Quote of the Day

"I'm from South Jersey, so I don't take any crap from a cat."

- Victor Sandonato, owner of "Denny's Wigwam," a curio shop in Utah, when informed that infamous Avon-lady-ambusher Lewis the Cat could be relocated to a cat sanctuary four miles from his store.