this is just an fyi, since there are several social events coming up this weekend ( Read more... )

since we just got back last night (Saturday), I didn't get to read email until tonight...

Found out that gamer and all around great and super-nice guy Hal Haag died from a heart attack on August 12th.

This is right after Worldcon.

Hal was the first person at BSFS to be actively supportive of larps at Balticon (this is way back in the mid-1980s).  ( Read more... )

We had dinner tonight with friends.  Every worldcon we try to have one "nice" dinner.  Somewhere not near the convention center, so that we can actually see the city we are in.  Tonight we had excellent fondue with Barry and Judy of WSFA.  Barry very nicely drove which even saved my poor knees & legs some walking ( Read more... )

Seeing as I don't want to be tried to the computer, here are just a few http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthro-geek/sets/72157621980827376/

More will be posted by my flickr account as time allows....

Whew!  Off to the Neil Gaiman talk, which starts at 2 p.m.

I've been having some major internet access issues and the fact that my sprint phone has decided it does not like Canada, has made getting access to the interwebs difficult.

So here is a very short report (knock wood, more details on Saturday....)

However, I have been twittering about the con when I can @terilee007 (follow for all the excitement now ( Read more... )

Green Day concert tonight here in D.C ( Read more... )

Time for ask Dr. LiveJournal ( Read more... )

So, is anyone else going to the Depeche Mode concert tonight?

Let us know if you want to carpool.  I have cripple handicapped parking...

And also in the highly unlikely category....

Don't suppose any of our peeps are going to Green Day on Wednesday night at the MCI Verizon whatever Center, downtown?

I guess it is up to us to save live music in the D.C ( Read more... )

I have posted photos from today's tweet up at NASA Headquarters with the crew of STS-125.

They discussed their mission (to repair the Hubble), took questions from the audience (and also questions from twitter/live feed peeps), and afterwards several of the astronauts stayed around to chat and sign things and were available to geek out.

We went to ( Read more... )

We are at the NASA HQ for the Tweet Up with members of STS-125, including Astro_Mike from Twitter.

John & Kathi are mocking up because we are total geeks and want to sit up front.

You can watch the TweetUp Live on NASA TV or on  www.nasa.gov/ntv

I am trying to think of intelligent questions to ask

The Tweet Up is from 3-5  p.m. today!!!! Tuesday!!!!!