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 …
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Getting Ready to Bleed Them Dry
With Loscon about a month away (Thanksgiving weekend), it’s time to start prepping for the Blood Drive. This weekend, I sent the sign-up information to the Loscon press info. I also signed up myself. I’ll be one of the first …
So Long and Thanks for all the Platelets
Aside from the Writer’s Conference last week, Kris and I attended a memorial for Charles (Karl) Lembke. I wrote about him a few weeks ago when I donated blood at the American Red Cross in Woodland Hills, California. Karl had …
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, …
An Emotional Blood Letting
I’ve been nervous to give blood, light-headed a few times, but I had never gotten emotional until yesterday. First, the blood center in the West Hills moved. I went to the old location only to find the doors locked and …
Loscon Day Three
Day Three of Loscon was Sunday, the last day of the con. Kris and I started the day at 10:00 am with our panel, “I Got the Music in Me”. This was mostly Kris’ panel. It was about how music …
Loscon Day Two
Saturday at Loscon is always our busiest day – it’s Blood Drive Day! Unfortunately, because it’s such a busy day, I didn’t take a lot of pictures. The day started at about eight in the morning when we met the …
Loscon Day One
The first day of Loscon was a busy day for us. It started with our first panel, “Married to a Fan: Fan Guests of Honor interview”. Nick Smith of the Los Angeles Filk Harmonics moderated, asking us questions. We’ve known …
Loscon Day Zero
After waiting two years, it finally arrived. Loscon 47: the year we were Fan Guests of Honor. We were very well treated. Normally we commute each day from home to the convention at the LAX Marriott, but the committee paid …
It’s over.
The con was fun. We are dead. details next week. Dennis Amador Cherry 88th blog completed. First Steampunk nov Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………………………… But I did finally get my copy of Brandy June’s book, “Gold Spun”.