Dragon*Con was a much more subdued experience for us this year. We stayed at one of the satellite hotels instead of one of the central hotels, but we did not spend a lot of time going through the hotels, so I feel like we missed out on seeing a lot of costumes--though some costumes we did manage to see seemed to be missing a lot (usually, taste). ( Read more... )

The foolish voting population who live in the "lower part" of our state have proved their idiocy and may have doomed our country to another several years of regressive policy making. Our former goobernor who was appropriately maligned for his personal infidelity and inconsistent behavior with his so-called conservative principles nearly won the ( Read more... )

Travel to and from the convention was mostly good, if rather a long trip. Alas, every construction zone I encountered had issues: i.e. multi-mile long traffic snarls resulting from way too impatient people getting into multi-car pileups requiring several tow trucks at least one state trooper and a fire truck. Folks, when you enter a construction ( Read more... )

Secured my autographed copies of books. Just one more to catch tomorrow.... Attended panels that were good, but very déjà vu considering the same group of people were on the panels at Anachrocon. My plans for tomorrow need some revision to account for that. Hmmm. I don't see room for dinner if I go to every thing I want to go to ( Read more... )

After 30+ years' worth of reading and enjoying philfoglio's work, I finally got to meet him and kajafoglio this afternoon along with their colorist, Cheyenne Wright. They were working in the hotel lobby, and I got a chance to chat with them. It was well worth the trip (including the aggravating but mercifully brief traffic jam I encountered) to get here and have ( Read more... )

I made it through most of the working day, but not quite. The antibiotics made me a little too nauseated and I got very tired before mid-afternoon. The boss understands as her husband just got over bronchitis.... I made sure to pick up yogurt at the store to help replace the "good bacteria" that the antibiotics are indiscriminately destroying.

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This was the advice from a co-worker when I commented on the fact the resident ducks' eggs had hatched. A dozen little ducklings were happily scooting around the reflecting pond, playing in the water jets that keep the water cycling. Jacuzzi!

Sadly, he is correct. If you count them every day, their numbers do seem to dwindle. :(

Almost There
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My goal was to do the grocery shopping and get home in enough time to finish off the current batch of pine straw mulching. The grocery shopping went just fine, and now that we aren't investing in tea and soda so much, the tab came to a little over half what we normally spend. Hmmmm. Well, I got back into rush hour traffic with little dhrama only ( Read more... )

Christmas arrived a little early at Ealdercote this year...and it wasn't for me or for ealdthryth! At Yule Toy Tourney, Their Majesties, Bryan and Brianna, issued a writ for my apprentice, Baroness Brig, to appear at 12th Night and sit vigil, take counsel from the Peers of the Realm, and contemplate joining the Order of the Laurel ( Read more... )