Loscon 49
Last year, Kris and I volunteered to set up the Friday night Ice Cream Social. This year we did it again. I think this is going to be an ongoing thing. Once you volunteer for something and you’re good at …
Tag: Conventions
Happy Thanksgiving
Vincent Reinhart, the Cherry household food critic in for Dennis. Dennis and Kris are out at Loscon 49. But before that, there was Thanksgiving. Dennis still managed to make a big dinner in his small kitchen – what he calls …
Loscon is Almost Here
Hard to believe we’ve got less than a week to go. Kris and I are still getting ready for the Blood Drive and the Ice Cream Social. You can still come and join us by going here: https://events.membersolutions.com/event_register.asp?content_id=88469 Or better …
Buttoning Down Loscon
Part of the Loscon blood drive has always been buttons. This goes back to our dealers’ room days with the U.S.S. Alliance when we first got the button maker. Sometimes I’ve done the artwork when it’s of a more graphic …
Getting Ready for Loscon
Kris and I used to have a dealer’s table, both of us were in the art show and working the blood drive. And once at Phil and Ed’s Excellent Convention I also did camerawork at the masquerade. Now, without the …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …