Wow, it's been another year; and this year, I attended all four days of the convention. And as it turns out, I live very near the bus line that runs right between the convention hotels. The most striking difference I found this year was the relative lack of people from years past. Specifically, the gamers were reduced in number, the gothy/vampire types were almost non-existent. I'll leave it for later discussions as to what role was played by GenCon occurring two weeks ago, SIEGE occurring a month from now, and the cumulative effects of $4 gas. In addition, there was a perceived lack of people, as the convention has expanded its events to include the Sheraton, spreading out the action enough to make the crowd flow much better than past years. The Marriott still looks awesome, though they really need to change out the projectors in their sports bar; those are looking faded and dull. Marriot and Hyatt also rolled out extra bars and sandwich/pizza stations this year, so finding quick bites to eat/drink was never really a problem. (It sounds like someone got hold of the food court's numbers from prior years...:) I actually hit the Art Show early this year, and it was mostly a dud. Faeries and Furries were the main themes, it seems. And don't get me started on the big-eye faeries taking up a half-dozen stalls in the back (think Bratz with "wingz") :/ Still, I made off with two new pieces for the collection, so that's a bonus. I also caught the last half-hour of the voice auction, which is the first time I've seen that in many years. FYI: The artist graffiti canvas went for $405 this year. |
| posted at: 15:40 | permanent link to this entry |
Today's topic for discussion is:
| A well-done parody of Gov. Palin's selection as VP candidate, so we can have something to laugh about while crying in our beer. [NSFW language, h/t Scalpel or Sword] |
| posted at: 10:58 | permanent link to this entry |
| [most of this was crossposted]
So, a Bush baby wrote the speech, and Palin delivered it. It makes me nauseous. The republican ticket now represents four more years of taliban placeholder, this time as a VP, and eventual president and/or nominee. Those analysts were caught on tape describing Palin's nomination as 'cynical', and I think that's a best-case scenario. Specifically, if McCain didn't have the balls to nominate Tom Ridge in the first place, he should have stood down and let Huckabee take the nomination. |
| posted at: 08:33 | permanent link to this entry |