{"id":6301,"date":"2025-10-28T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2025-11-03T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:29:07","slug":"two-noteworthy-events-18-and-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2025\/10\/two-noteworthy-events-18-and-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Noteworthy Events (#18 and 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the 21st of this month, I flew to my sister’s place near Grand Rapids, Michigan. The reason for going was to housesit for her and her husband while they went on a vacation to New York. So, naturally, I found a couple fun things to do while I was there.<\/p>\n\n\n

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House-sitting for Diane largely consists of caring for her critters, as shown in this image.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On Thursday, I ventured to the Grand Rapids Public Museum<\/a>. This was a very affordable and interesting museum, primarily because I couldn’t find an overarching theme. I mean, there was a display of vintage dolls, a fin back whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling, an exhibit about clothing, some antique Japanese artwork, something about coins, a huge engine that was actually running, an arcade with classic video and pinball games, and a prop plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some photos from my day there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, here’s a weird thing. This display detailed the risks and benefits of piping Lake Michigan water to dryer parts of the country. It says “the five states surrounding the Lake would all have an interest.” Okay, so surely that includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. But…which other state?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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They have an archaeopteryx fossil!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s the pile of clothes. Visitors are not allowed to touch it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The museum also had a planetarium. On Thursday, I attended a stargazing showing, in which a docent showed us what the night sky looks like this time of year – he pointed out constellations and planets. It was visually interesting. However, on Saturday, I returned to the planetarium, this time to see “Dark Side: Light Show,” which, as you might guess, featured Dark Side of the Moon<\/em>, played in its entirety, and set to matching, dazzling displays. When I first sat down, the man next to me noted to his wife that one of the clouds projected on the ceiling looked like a dog. The couple, old enough to be my parents, laughed about it for quite a while. I agree, the cloud did look like a dog…but I wasn’t sure what was so funny, until I realized that, of course, they are high. So things were off to a good start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, it was awesome. Five stars, would do again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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