I've gotten all my photos from our family trip to London and Paris uploaded, as those of you following my Flickr photostream may have noticed. For everyone else, here's a link to the collection. Worldcon is still pending (along with the last day or two of the London/Paris trip report and Worldcon report ( Read more... )

Meant to post last week, but got distracted by anniversary dinners and other catch-up. Then something failed in the DW/LJ link. So this post is slightly edited from the DW version ( Read more... )

Well, we held a Conterpoint this weekend. The hotel is empty now, the guests and attendees are on their way home (some by the long way around, but no worries there, it's by their own design), and the con-com can stagger home and collapse. (Your humble chair's afternoon included a two-hour nap.) So far the feedback I've heard suggests everyone had a ( Read more... )

Back home from Balticon. The premiere of "Sundown: Whispers of Ragnarok" went well and garnered a standing O. We appear to have managed not to kill anyone. Well, except for Baldur. But we kinda expected thatFeeling more melancholy than usual for having just left a con. Even with a four-day con, not enough time to chat with and play songs for ( Read more... )

Soooo much I should have been posting about the last month or two. Lazy hoomin is lazy. But now that May has finally arrived (and more importantly, warm weather), I can at least boost the signal on some fast-upcoming musicality.

This time next week more than a few folks on my friends list will be at Balticon. The musical fun includes concerts from ( Read more... )

And finally, the last part!

( Sunday )

Proving that I can in fact finish a con report, here's the second part of Conflikt. But hey, it's only 5-1/2 weeks after the con. I've seen worse. I've probably done worse. At least it's still in the same quarter of the year. Third and final part should follow shortly.

( Friday )

At an average of 8-10 cons a year, I have attended well in excess of 200 cons over 23 years in fandom. With that level of experience, a convention has to really stand out in order for me to consider it among my Best. Cons. Ever. And for a con to be considered perhaps among the top five, up there with two FilKONtarios (my original '94 trip and last ( Read more... )

The 2013 con season began, as our con seasons do, with GAFilk. The Atlanta weather was pleasantly warm for January. Our flight was a bit late getting in, but we still made it in time for the end of My Filk and before the Concom's Choice concert. Once again, it was great to see our Southeastern friends, like thatcrazycajun and Mary, quadrivium and Wes, Dave and Signe, jcbemis, fla-sunshine ( Read more... )

As has been our recent tradition, we day-tripped Shore Leave last Saturday.

( This soon after Balticon, one day of the HVM's carpets is all we can stand )