One Vein Beyond
Hard to believe that Loscon 52 https://loscon.org/ is less than three weeks away. Time to start getting ready for the blood drive. https://loscon.org/blood-drive-2026/
We always have a raffle for the blood drive. The prizes have changed over the years, but we have settled on two separate free membership to the following year’s Loscon. Here are the raffle stubs for this year.
And the raffle box.
Then we have the tradition of balloon fish. This year, they are clairvoyant fish that can tell you the future – but they only speak fish, so you better have a babel fish handy. This year, I already have all the supplies I need.
And finally, the buttons. Here is this years’:
The blood drive will be held on Saturday, November 28th. It will start one hour earlier that previous years at 9:00 am. This is because of new American Red Cross regulations. There is the advantage of being able to donate before the con starts so you won’t miss anything.
We’re hoping to surpass last year’s met goal of 25 units and go ONE VEIN BEYOND.
Dennis
345th blog completed.
First Steampunk novel: 76,340 words. Reconstruction complete. In final spell check and edit.
Second Steampunk novel: 18,234 words. Will need to be reconstructed.
First Steampunk screenplay: Will need to be retrieved from backup and updated.
Second Steampunk screenplay: 158 pages. Will need to be retrieved from backup and updated.
Third Steampunk screenplay: 38 pages. Will need to be reconstructed.
“Soup season is upon us. And to start off the season, Dennis tried making Chicken and Dumpling Soup. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0tUuNyjEdzRQNS9xRTDwDNFhpLjjWjbcXkNSHGVX4fdRoDoNTyEcTndZQQKCFnRmXl&id=61562301715142
The soup is a rather basic chicken soup, starting with the holy trinity of soups; carrots, celery and onions. But what makes it special is the dumplings. There are two points that should be brought up; where it says “2 cups carrots and celery”, that should be one cup of each. Otherwise, you have way too many vegetables compared to the amount of chicken. And where it says, “4 cups chicken broth”, I would make that six. The broth evaporates and the dumplings absorb a lot of it. Make those little changes and you have a winter winner.” – Vincent Reinhart.
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