I forget now what made me shy away from Regeneration Who last year -- something gave me the idea that it would be a trainwreck like the Discworld con -- which means I missed out on a year of a pleasant little Whovian relaxacon. By ChicagoTARDIS numbers it's modest; in comparison to Gally One it's miniscule... but then, I don't go to Gally anymore ( Read more... )

I care too much about Jennifer and the con to vent anywhere with more traffic than LJ but OMG, one of my favorite parts of ChicagoTARDIS is the Thursday night elbow-rub with the guests and It. Was. A. DISASTER ( Read more... )

GridlockDC was ROCKlock. (azriona it was great to meet you!)

The con unofficially stripped kicked off on Friday, with the Black Cat club up the road having a Sherlock Holmes burlesque. I didn't go, but it was popular enough to need to have a second late show and twitter the next day included lines like "the hound is dancing to Metallica!" and "And then ( Read more... )

Entire transcript of Moffat/Gatiss interview ( Read more... )

I missed meeting up with azriona, which is the one big bummer of the day. Other than that, Gridlock was a nice solid one-day convention.

The fledgling concom were sensible - they went in knowing what they could afford and how many people they could wrangle. Like 221BCon, the original plan was for 75 people; like 221BCon interest was far higher than ( Read more... )

I have to remember that there was a lot I liked about the convention. I have to work on remembering that, because the complaints outnumber the compliments about 5 to 1, and I'm no longer willing to cut much slack for "oh, but it was a first convention" after the 221BConcom pulled off their first without a hitch during the weekend ( Read more... )

There will be a full report when I have a proper keyboard tonight. But right now, let me illustrate two of the disappointments of this convention ( Read more... )

Last year, I attended my first Scintillation of Scions, a one-day, one-track series of Holmesian presentations with a Friday reception and a Sunday optional trip loosely sponsored by Watson's Tin Box ( Read more... )

I don't think I'd ever posted this, so... I'm on ( Read more... )

Much more later. But, lost at tea dueling, although was given a whole packet of biscuits (cookies, y'all) to practice with later. Saw some fun panels. Masq very but but with surprising. Umber of scratches. Just a Minute halftime show with the price of admission right there. But making a good seat at the Masq contingent on standing among smokers ( Read more... )