Tag: Conventions
We joined the Revolution
Until our niece, Annie in Riverside told us about it, we had never heard of Comic Con Revolution https://www.comicconrevolution.com/ontario/?utm_source=CCR+Ont+Attendees&utm_campaign=a36090b444-CCR23-052023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bb3bf536-a36090b444-128066380&mc_cid=a36090b444&mc_eid=196940ccea in Ontario, California. It was held last weekend, May 20th and 21st. For a con I had never heard of, in a not-so-major city, it had quite an impressive guest list, […]
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Old Carpets Never Die
Back in 2019, the LAX Marriot remodeled and put in new carpeting. But the long-time attendees of Gallifrey One have never forgotten the original carpet. There are still swatches of the carpet from a backup bolt the hotel still has. They still show up in the charity auction. For a […]
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The Whovian’s Journey
THE ORDINARY WORLD As promised, here is a review of last week’s Gallifrey One 33 1/3, Long Live the Revolution. As Sci Fi nerds, we have to escape the ordinary world every once in a while. Our favorite fan get away is Gallifrey One. Far too much for a full […]
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The Party’s Over…
Dennis 151st blog completed. Second Steampunk novel: 783 words. <– This is what I’m now concentrating on. Second Steampunk screenplay: 157 pages. First Steampunk novel: 73,675 words. First Steampunk screenplay: Need to update with notes from the novelization. Third Steampunk screenplay: 38 pages. BABY’S BURGERS!!!
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I’m Out for Blood
Kris and I have been doing the Loscon blood drive for 32 years, but it’s been a long time since we were able to do another con like Worldcon or Westercon. This year, Westercon will be in Anaheim and we have the opportunity to do their blood drive. We had […]
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Loscon 48 review
Actually, we didn’t see a whole lot of the con because we were busy. It started on Thanksgiving Day when I made cookies for the Blood Drive. Kris was also busy helping me with quality control. Friday, we did catch one panel we really wanted to see. Gene Turnbow and […]
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Get Those Needles Ready
The Loscon Blood Drive is now two weeks away. And while the Red Cross is sharpening their needles, I have my own preparations to make. The flyer on the cover picture, for example. I also had to make the raffle tickets and the raffle ticket drop box. It’s actually the […]
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Busy Weekend
It started Saturday morning at 6:00 am. I was on kitchen staff at church making breakfast burritos for the woman’s conference the way we make them at the men’s monthly breakfasts. Hey, women need burritos, too. Luckily, I’m ¼ Mexican, so I know how to wrap a burrito. After getting […]
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Star Wars Video, Nothing but Star Wars Video…
As promised last week, here is video from the Star Wars Celebration. There was a lot to see in one day. This is just about nine minutes of it. May the Force be with you. Dennis Amador Cherry 114th blog completed. Busy week, I didn’t work on any writing, only […]
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Just Yesterday in a County Nearby
This weekend, after a two-year absence, Star Wars Celebration returned. This is a convention that moves around the country and for it’s return it came back to the Anaheim Convention Center. Again on a limited budget, we only had tickets for Saturday, but what a Saturday! By the time we […]
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