MarsCon 2007, Day 1
MarsCon 2007 is off to a good start with lots of good panels guests and parties! After missing the first panels on Friday and Opening Ceremonies due to a luggage…
Photos of qraS
It was just a couple of weeks ago that I posted a piece on the passing of my friend Sally. Since that time I have dug up a few photos…
Sad News Today – Another Death Howl
My wife told me the news when I got home tonight that an old friend in California, known to many in Bay Area Fandom as Auntie Sally, or in her…
Star Trek 40th Anniversary
Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek. It was on September 8th, 1966, that Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise hit the air waves.…
Convergence 2006 Report
Convergence 2006 kicked off with a blast and never slowed down. There were five ships from the Cold Death Quadrant, and Klingons came from points further to see Robert O'Reilly…
BayCon Meets MacDudes
Now that I've spent a good chunk of the last couple of days playing with windows Movie Maker and have figured out how to include it on my website, I…
Rakehell Meeting
Okay, I don't normally write about Rakehell meetings, but this time I will. You see, after we were finished with discussing plans for the upcoming meeting, Patrick pulled out a…
L. Sprague de Camp Library For Sale
Some how, I missed this in the blogosphere, but picked up on it in the Clan MacDude list server. The Half-Price Books in Dallas , Texas, has acquired and will…
God’s Speed, Kelly Turner
I just received the following via the Clan MacDude mailing list: Kelly Turner, November 6, 1961-September 18, 2005 Kelly Turner passed away today after a brief and completely unexpected illness.…
James Doohan: Here’s To Ya, Lad
StarTrek.com has the obituary on the passing of James Doohan: James Doohan, the beloved actor who portrayed engineer "Montgomery Scott" in the original Star Trek and six movies, passed away…