Category Archives: Pros and Cons

Farpoint, Day 0

Posted on February 13, 2016 by admin

I am at Farpoint again this year because I like it. Intimate it is, cozy, demonstrated by the reading I did to an audience of exactly one. Hey, that’s one more than I had last year. I got there at … Continue reading →

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Let’s play!

Posted on October 25, 2015 by admin

I love board games. I’ve got probably fifty or so, mostly tactical and strategic kinds like Squad Leader and Wooden Ships and Iron Men. I have a lot of the old Avalon Hill titles and some modern ones, like Fortress … Continue reading →

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Stalking Alastair Reynolds

Posted on October 12, 2015 by admin

I have been an Alastair Reynolds fan ever since I picked up Revelation Space and got my mind blown. Man, you gotta read the series. Just gotta. So when I heard that he was the Guest of Honor at CapClave … Continue reading →

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Let’s Do the Time Warp Again…

Posted on October 6, 2015 by admin

I went to MonsterMania again this year. It was in the same place, the Hunt Valley Inn. I set up my table in exactly the same spot: right next to the same guy, Tj O’Connor: Deja vu all over again, … Continue reading →

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Quest for People

Posted on August 25, 2015 by admin

I was perusing the local convention scene a couple of weeks ago and came across this: StarQuest, a Trekkie convention to be held in Frederick, MD, just a little ways down the road. Now, I am not a Trekkie. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Dover ComiCon 2015.

Posted on August 9, 2015 by admin

  One word summary: Wow. I mean, wow. Just wow. The little town of Dover, Delaware, a place familiar to we Air Force types who’ve traversed the nearby base at one time or another, had themselves a fine little Comicon. … Continue reading →

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Awe. Some. Con.

Posted on June 1, 2015 by admin

I went to AwesomeCon 2015 because I’d never been to a reaaally big con as a vender (vendor, whatever) and, well, you only live once. As far as we know. I showed up on Thursday, a day before the official … Continue reading →

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Games, Guns, and Motorcycles

Posted on May 17, 2015 by admin

During ID4 Con (see below), I met Dave Fisher, who runs a game store in Martinsburg, WV called Your Hobby Place. He invited me to a BBQ that his store and several others were hosting on May 16th and, well, … Continue reading →

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A Rose Lasts a Day, a Book, Forever

Posted on April 26, 2015 by admin

Anna Mitchell, Commander of CapitolCon and a stalwart of the 501st Legion, invited me to share a table with her and Alesha Austin, a librarian for the Rappahannock Regional Library, to celebrate World Book Day. World Book Day? Well, I’m … Continue reading →

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I am Hawkeye

Posted on April 21, 2015 by admin

No, that’s not Hawkeye. That is a wizard conjuring a spirit. The picture was drawn for me by the Sorceress of Citadels, who is the little sister of the Mistress of Assassins, while I was building my manors and trying … Continue reading →

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