Well, today is the first day of Capclave. Capclave is run by the Washington Science Fiction Association (WSFA) and is held each year in October. For the past several years it’s been in Rockville, MD and before that in Silver Springs, MD. As DC got more and more expensive the convention has had to mover […]
A bit late as usual but here’s the October coffee cup. This month I chose a sunflower cup. Somehow, even though I found this cup on sale around June or July, it just seems to shout FALL to me. The leaves around here are starting to turn (well some of them are). The temps are […]
Last night was the 1st Friday WSFA meeting in Virginia. It was the usual business meeting followed by some socializing. Charles Stross was in DC and came to the meeting. His book, Halting State, is a 2008 Hugo Nominee. If you enjoy hard science, science fiction take a minute to read the review on the […]
Sunday’s programming was as good, interesting, and informative as Friday. So even though we were exhausted from Saturday’s excitement, panels, discussions, socializing, and partying, we rose early in order to get to the 10AM panel, Where’s the new and recent YA science Fiction? (Panelist: John G. Hemry, Victoria McManus (m), Davey Beauchamp). John and Victoria […]
Early to rise but stymied by the search for breakfast which was eventually found and consumed, we missed the panel on P.O.V. Then it seemed greeting friends and checking out the dealer’s room which, with all the books displayed, seemed a dangerous place for me and my checkbook/debit card. Finally got a photo of the […]
Well a 1 1/2 hour drive took about 3 hours because of traffic but getting to the new hotel (Rockville Hilton) was fairly easy. Unfortunately, the free parking garage was barricaded and we ended up parking in the hotel lot for $10/day. Then we learned we forgot the powercord to the wireless network router — […]