Correction

According to the Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post (a combined single edition on the weekends), "Body Worlds 2 drew more than 680,000 people during its four month run, making it the third biggest exhibition ever at the museum."
Since I know of no other exhibits that were open for 24 hours with tickets sold out, my guess is that they have compared it to shows that were around longer.
The Museum has not disclosed how much money they keep from ticket sales but attendance resulted in double digit jumps in gift shop and concession revenue as well as a 20% spike in memberships.

Body Worlds 2:

I recently received an email announcing new expanded hours for the current Body Worlds 2 Exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It is the most successful exhibition the museum has ever hosted hugely surpassing all other previous attendance records and is now open daily from 8:00 a.m. to midnight through July 20, and then continuously starting at 8:00 a.m. July 21 through midnight on Sunday, July 23.
Can you believe that?
Denver 's response is not exceptional. San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles have also experienced record attendances.
So what makes this exhibit appeal to so many? ( Body Works 3 is already showing in Houston.)
I enjoyed the display despite the crowds and was interested in the unique quasi embalming process referred to as Plastination. However I doubt if I would go back to see Body Works 3.
The human body without skin seemed stunningly familiar to me. It must have been all those surprisingly accurate illustrations I used to see in gyms before they turned into health clubs and in the basements of every guy I ever knew with a set of free weights.

Rainy days

It has rained for two whole days and I can’t remember the last time that happened in Denver.  Rain is usually a very good thing here since we get so little of it and most people welcome it as reprieve from the hot dry days of summer.
I celebrated Saturday and treated the day like a “snow day” in essence a free day where ordinary plans and responsibilities are renounced. Whatever I choose to do, I always feel like I’m getting away with something, not quite cheating but definitely being naughty.
This is pretty funny since my guilty pleasures are not much more than reading, working puzzles, watching movies and blog crawling.
I haven’t been blog crawling in a long time. In fact I haven’t been on the computer much these past weeks. Isn’t that obvious with so few posts? Anyway, I’ve missed visiting my favorite sites and friends and cruising around the web.