To be honest, after some not-so-good experiences at Furfright 2011, I considered skipping this year. However, I discussed my concerns with kgraleopard last year and seeing as how this is the tenth Furfright, I decided to give it another chance. I'm glad I did! I see a number of changes to the way the con was run that made all the difference. Just about the ( Read more... )

Hurricane Irene arrived in my area on Saturday afternoon. It was just rain initially, so I was able to go out and run a few errands but I stayed home the rest of the day. Amazingly, there wasn't a power outage despite tropical storm conditions and even though the wind picked up after midnight. The next morning, I went out to check for damage. There ( Read more... )