Superheroes Soundtrack!

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's Superheroes Soundtrack! This was a fun event in which a live orchestra played several themes from both recent movies and far back heroes, from the Dark Knight to the Ride of the Valkyries. This was a fun time, packed with great music, fun jokes, and a guest appearance from Jessica Alba, the invisible woman! It was a good two hour long performance of well done music, and I'm extremely glad I went to see it being done live.

Adventure Van, flying away.

Sive

Hey guys, Adventure Van here with a blog about Sive. This was a play done by the Irish Classical Theater Company, a local organization that puts on classical Irish plays. I went to it in order to see the play Sive, a play that was actively banned in Ireland 20 years ago due to the realistic portrayal of how Ireland treated women in the past (it is however unbanned now). The play was like a better version of Romeo and Juliet, in the way that everyone was working for the best interests of someone, instead of it being a mess, yet it still had a very sad, emotional ending. It was a great play, although I'd recommend emotional preparedness if you want to watch it.

Adventure Van, thinking away.

Lockport Caves

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about the Lockport Cave System. I went on a tour supplied by the people at Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride, which was Halloween themed. The tour talked about the history of the locks, including why the city was made in the first place, and all the cool ways that people died in making things there! From getting having a fire break out at a fire hydrant factory, to a Romeo and Juliet situation gone horribly wrong, there are a ton of fun deaths involving the river and cave system there. I'd recommend checking out the site, as well as the tour itself if you're around it at the time.

Adventure Van, writing.

Fish

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about fish cookery. Fishing is a fun activity that plenty of people do, and fish is a good food with tons of essential nutrients. However, sadly for America, we have an excess of pollutants in our water, so fish here have tons of chances to be poisoned, even when directly fished from local rivers. Some things that these fish have is stuff like mercury, DDT, PCBs, and chlordane. However, it still is possible to fish in these waters and eat them while remaining healthy. But how?

Avoiding some types of fish outright is a good solution. Bass, Pike, and Walleye are all prone to hitting higher levels of mercury. And cooking methods that remove fat, like filleting or grilling fish, will detoxicate a large portion of the fish. And simply lowering the amount of times you eat fish in a month down to 2 or 3 will help completely knock out most risks. But this means that methods of cooking, and certain types of fish are completely off the table for now. What can we do for the future to have cleaner and more widespread access to local fish?

A simple way is to get your local government to stop large companies from using nearby water supplies as dumping grounds, as well as cleaning the pollution already inside of it. And helping organizations clean them as well by volunteering or even starting your own. And even just talking with other people who enjoy fish is always a good way to create ideas.

Adventure Van, fishing.

MarI/O and LuigI/O

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about MarI/O and LuigI/O, an AI that is being taught to play the original Super Mario game, created by SethBling and updated regularly by Akisame. This is a great background video, giving something to look at and listen to in off time, as it has a radio feature in it. MarI/O has already been completed, but LuigI/O still is running, so if you want to take a spin at it, check out here.

Adventure Van, jumping awaay.