Once more GenCon returns to its rightful time slot and its rightful "actually in physical space" quantum state, so once more I return to GenCon! My schedule remains somewhat fluid at this juncture, as I suppose do many folks', but here's what I know as of (checks notes) three days before I leave for Indianapolis. "Fluid" may be an understatement.

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Robert Munroe (Ensign, Lexington militia, KIA 19 April 1775, Lexington Green)
Kareem M. Nikoui (Lance Cpl, 2nd Bn, 1st Marine Regt, 1st Marine Div, I Marine Exp Force, USMC, KIA 26 August 2021, Kabul Airport, Afghanistan)

And all 559,328 in between.

I'm so out of practice with these that I've left it to almost the last minute but ... come see ME at ChupacabraCon in soon-to-be-far-too-sunny Austin Texas this coming weekend!! My events such as I know them (and I may be rusty at this but not so rusty as to fail to shrug eloquently when asked about streaming or Discording or etherizing or whatever ( Read more... )

Once more I flee the gray skies of a Chicago February for the sunny Bay Area, and wouldn't you know it's actually supposed to be sunny this time out! My technical excuse for such flight is itself back out, namely, DunDraCon 45, now in the Santa Clara Marriott after oh so many years jammed into the San Ramon Marriott. Lots to see and learn and do at ( Read more... )

So I bought some of that Georgian (Republic of, not State of) Ajika spice blend from Trader Joe's a while back, and not wanting to work too hard on dinner Friday, I thought "I'll just put this on some chicken thighs and make a Georgian vegetable dish to go with." Rejecting Georgian eggplant stew on the previously-noted grounds of not wanting to ( Read more... )

I've split my attendance at the Chicago International Film Festival between virtual and in-person screenings, the latter of which appear below. Bereft as I will be this year of the boon companionship of his_regard (work thing) I turn to my Friends community to step into the vacant boon slot and slip into the vacant seat next to me at any of ( Read more... )

With only half the Batgirls, and with extra masks, Dragon Con resumes this Labor Day weekend in Atlanta. All attendees, guests, and personnel must be vaxxed, and I count as "guests" this year as I have each and every year they've had me. This year, this is what I bring (along with my pfizzing Pfizer mRNActive blood) to the capacious and well- ( Read more... )

Robert Munroe (Ensign, Lexington militia, KIA 19 April 1775, Lexington Green)
Bryan Cooper Mount (SGT, Troop B, 1st Sqdn, 73rd Cavalry Regt, 2nd Infantry Bde CT, US Army, KIA 21 Jul 2020, eastern Syria)

And all 559,315 in between.

I first made this (or its precursor) about a decade ago during the year that, inspired to frenzy by Paula Wolfert's superb Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco, I taught myself a whole bunch of Moroccan recipes. (I was also inspired by eating Moroccan merguez sausage in San Francisco and buying a jar of preserved lemons which, it turns out, ( Read more... )

If any of you good people have any good virtual conventioneering left in you, I have a good one for you to tune into -- ChupacabraCon VII, normally in Austin, this weekend on Discord! So click one, click all ( Read more... )