On Monday, December 21, 2009, I packed for my two-week road trip, carefully selecting the T-shirts I would wear on each day and making sure I had everything I needed ( Read more... )

So my grandmother, who art in India, consulted a psychic or priest or something, and he said that I have some sort of bad juju related to Thursdays that has been keeping me from finding a wife. He blessed a locket that was supposed to unblock my chi or something, and my grandmother mailed it to California, and my aunt provided a gold chain to turn ( Read more... )

If you're just joining us, you may want to read Part I first.

( Friday: Creative Nonfiction Panel, Conferencing, Wife Meeting, Buffista Meeting )

Since I wrote this post last year, I have gone through several potential future wives ( Read more... )

On Sunday morning, we finish up the last of the cereal and milk. As we get ready and pack up, gymble and I try to convince miniglik to watch Leverage.

We pop the luggage in the car and check out. It is our final walk to the trolley. They have never checked for our ticket. We have all wasted fifteen dollars. Sort of.

( Pre-Panel: Doctor Who )

Saturday is the first day that all four of us have the same morning plans! We are excited for the Chuck panel at 10. The express trolley runs earlier on the weekend, so waking up early is a good strategy, as usual.

( Pre-Panel: Chuck )

Friday is a big day for my three compatriots, as the Farscape panel in the morning is their can't-miss panel. Unfortunately, it is at the same time as the Guild panel, which is my can't-miss panel. I am woken up at 6, as they are taking precautions to make sure they get a spot in line. The first express trolley is at 8:25, so they-and then I-have ( Read more... )

You totally know what I did at Comic-Con.

But that was only the teaser. What follows is the epic tale of one geek who survived five days of awesome and then killed his fingers to tell you about it.

If I forget something or get something wrong, I'm sorry. Let's get this party started.

( Getting to Comic-Con )

If you have Comcast, you are paying too much! Well, we all know that is generally a given, but Comcast appears to be in a particularly giving mood these days: I initiated a LiveChat to state that I was considering switching to AT&T or Astound and ask whether they had any special offers for existing customers, and "Richard" gave me a sweet deal that ( Read more... )

This being the last day of the course, it was the time to frantically hand out business cards. I ran out and had to dig into the reserves in my wallet. It figures that it was only at the end of the course that I made some real connections with some of my other coursemates, who were interested in my drug safety background. Also, I met a couple women ( Read more... )