Category Archive for: ‘Conventions’

• Semi-prozine

  Those of you who haven’t been paying attention may not have known about the recent uproar about the the semi-prozine Hugo category. Essentially, for many years, the nominee list had become so stagnant that the sentiment among many SMOFs was to do away with the …

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• Worldcon: Wednesday

  Woke up at around 8:30 (unusual for me), dragged self down to the buffet and had some moderately miserable food. (Buffets? Generally suck.) Rick trundled off having snacked on fruit, etc. Mike and I went to go print up BayCon fliers [1] and then got …

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• Loscon, the Rest

  Saturday night, I decided to don my corset and hit the party floor. After all, there was the Baen Sidhe Toga Party, and while I was neither a banshee nor sporting a toga, I was published by Baen, the sponsor of the party — and …

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• Loscon, the Arrival

  We arrived just before midnight Thursday at the LAX Airport Marriott, only to find the lobby unusually devoid of the typical hangers-on. Friday, I spent most of the day at the fan table. Because I’d changed my hair color and glasses since most of them …

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• Conjecture

  I notice that several people have been looking at my page from the Conjecture.org page of speakers for the upcoming convention, even after I have told the programming committee that I could not attend. While I had originally planned to go down for Conjecture and …

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• Deirdre Receives Followup Email

  Dear Deirdre, We hope you enjoyed your trip to Glasgow, and would love to hear your feedback Heh. How about: gee, thanks for marking my ticket not only as non-refundable, but also as non-changeable even though that was not a requirement of that fare code? …

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• Glasgow: Rick’s Departure

  As posted by Rick to the Irish Linux User’s Group social mailing list. Note for Americans: as of the time of this incident, 1 (UK) £ = $1.90. I got a close look at yet another effect of the Bush Junta’s idiocy, this past few …

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• Glasgow, the Departure

  We arrived at the airport at 4 a.m., in part because Rick’s flight to London (to go to the Embassy to get a replacement passport) left at 6 a.m. Just before 8 a.m., the queue opened for my American (codeshare with BA) flight home. And …

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• Glasgow, Sunday

  Sunday was my last day in Glasgow. We did some errands related to following up on Rick’s missing passport in the morning, then headed off in time for me to see a noon panel. I got into a conversation, so I didn’t actually get to …

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• Glasgow, Saturday

  First, a spot of catching up. I’d mentioned earlier that I was very amused by the HSBC ads, and that something had added to that. Specifically, Rick had gone to the opening ceremonies, which he liked a lot, and brought back the WSFS Armadillo souvenir …

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