New Home of Loscon
Last Saturday, August 17th, 2024, we had an on-site meeting of the Loscon Con Committee. This was the first time most of us had been to the new hotel, the LAX Hilton. I have to say, the inside of the …
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It’s That Time Again
Loscon is seven months away, but the committee is actively working on programming. I was asked to do a write up for the Blood Drive. Here it is… It’s Loscon’s 50th anniversary – which is the golden anniversary, hence the …
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 …
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 …
Enchanted Loscon
Yesterday was the final on-site meeting of the Loscon 49 committee. This is where we make the final preparations and make sure everything is running smoothly. Most of the department heads were in attendance. There was also a Zoom link …
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 …
Back From Loscon
Just got back from Loscon and unpacked the car. Full review next week. Going to bed, now… Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz… Dennis 139th blog completed. First Steampunk novel: 72,193 words. Need to expand to about 80,000 words. ß Didn’t work on …