I started filling out the form last week, so I shouldn’t be up late trying to get a tiny bit more reading/reasearching in but of course I am. Every year I saw next year will …
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I Went to Worldcon and All I Got Was These Excellent Friends – Part Two
(And a bunch of stuff I bought in the dealers room too, I guess) We were staying at the Village, across the bridge from the SEC and Crowne Plaza, which had a decent breakfast buffet …
I Went to Worldcon and All I Got Was These Excellent Friends – Part One
Well, and covid. Which is one reason why this update is a bit later than I had hoped. The lead up to the convention was the usual flurry of last minute art prep, overpacking, and …
Conventions
Despite the dearth of posts here, its been a reasonably busy few months for me. Starting with a trip to LA in February for Gallifrey One, which was as amazing as ever, followed by a …
First month
Lockdown is a month old now, things are still going as well as they can here. Both of us are still working, my job is slowing down a bit but with big swings as circumstances …
No Novacon, yes chilaquiles.
On the weekend after Halloween we had planned to go to Novacon, but a proper look at the budget suggested that actually maybe quality time with the cats would be better. As a consolation prize …
Worldcon 2019 in Dublin
Waking at the crack of dawn got us into Dublin city centre by nine-thirty am on Wednesday August 14th. Too early to check into our AirBnB but a fine time for a hearty breakfast at …
Kent!
On Friday the 14th (not quite as ominous, is it) I had a nice lunch with an old co-worker who now lives in Sweden and then after work John and I headed up to the …
Ytterbium – Eastercon 2019
This year, Eastercon was at the Park Inn Heathrow, right by the airport. My very first Eastercon was also at Heathrow, just down the road at a different hotel. That year I was incredibly jet …
Helsinki Worldcon – Day Zero
We arrived into Helsinki on Tuesday morning and caught the tram to our various destinations; some headed to the Holiday Inn near the convention center, others to Hotel Sokos Vaakuna by the central train station, …