First panel was 9:00 AM. So, that meant getting up early enough to get the brain in gear by 9. Sun, 9:00 AM, Salon B, Writers We Don’t Understand Moderator: Gayle Surrette. Panelists: J-F Bibeau, Michael Swanwick Charlie Stross loads his stories with so much IT jargon it makes the head spin. A PhD in […]
I wish we could have slept in today. Yesterday was really busy though, looking at what I wrote, it doesn’t really appear to be that much. Didn’t matter. I was tired when I got up. First order of business was to talk to programming about getting off one of the panels that I was on […]
We had a few stops to make on our way to Balticon but we actually managed to get here at a reasonable time. We’d passed a long line of police cars along the major highway all lined up — some with their hoods up. We realized it was for the funeral procession of a state […]
Here’s my schedule for Balticon 45 starting Friday, May 26 to May 30 in Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn, Baltimore, MD. Fri. 6:00 PM: Salon B, Luddites of Fandom Fri. 9:00 PM: Belmont, Fantasy Motifs in SF Literature Sat. 1:00 PM: Belmont: Favorite Shared Worlds. Sat. 4:00 PM: Salon C: How Plausible is Today’s Hard SF? […]
I really don’t know what’s got into me lately. It seems like I’m just dragging through the days in a fog. I’m sleeping a lot but never feel rested. I’d have thought by this time now that my Capclave was over, I’d begin feeling rested and revving up on all the things I had to […]
I realize it’s now Wednesday and I hadn’t written up the last day of Balticon which was Monday, May 31st. So, here goes… First, we had a couple of items on our agenda for Balticon. The top one was to not embarrass myself when on a panel. I think I managed that except for the […]
Today started early with setting up the Capclave table at about 9:30 am. We were a bit late getting there at 9.45 a.m. Once set up it was greeting people as the walked bay, explaining about our convention (Capclave), who the guest of honor were (Connie Willis, Ann VanderMeer, and Jeff VanderMeer) and what type […]
Managed to get the car packed and on the road at a decent time. Then drove back to pick up the box we forgot. Had to stop at the post office and then Kinkos to get copies made of the Capclave Registration Flyer. Finally, made it to the metro to pick up a friend also […]