2017

Wow. We are living in surreal times. Yet at the end there seems to be some hope that people are fighting back against the nonsense and winning.

If one good thing comes out of 2017 is that everyone learns to treat everyone with respect and not take advantage of each other.

For me it was not that bad. Things that I planned happened. I need ( Read more... )

The day started out with Sunday mass that had a few fans attending. I considered going to an earlier mass but there were no masses earlier then 9:30AM ( Read more... )

I took care of some business. I supported the New Zealand in 2020 bid and upgraded my membership to attending for Dublin 2019 An Irish Worldcon.

Then I went to panels and the got ready for Masquerade. I was working the check in desk. The Masquerade had 25 entries and there were very good costumes. Here is a sample.

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The day started with a line. The convention center did nt open its door until 9AM.

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I tried to to go on bike tour of a scale model of the Solar System but I get there late and I missed it. It was long shot since the person in charge told they might nothave a bike my size. I got some riding and walking out of it. On the way I saw a cool skate park.

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The day was a bit unusual. I wanted to checkout where the convention center was. It was a slow go since it rained alot in the morning an early afternoon. I did checkout the central train station, Rautatieasema and figured out how to get tickets and understand how the mass transit system works. I took a tram ride and later when the weather cleared ( Read more... )

The day was going to be busy. When I booked the con hotel, I could not get Friday and Saturday night booked in that hotel. I had to book another hotel for the first 2 days and then go to con hotel ( Read more... )

The day started out doing the bus sight seeing tour. This was a great way to see the city, even though I think the bus' English recording was out synch with the tour at times. After the tour, I walked over the National Musuem (see below)


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