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9/11 anniversary thoughts

As today has slid by, my thoughts have been occupied with getting back in the swing after vacation, checking on our accounts, catching up with friends, etc. I’ve not thought much about 9/11 since I read the paper this morning. I guess the reason is that nothing has really changed in this country. Foreign policies are still frelled. Duhbya is still in power. Terrorism still rages. Did 9/11 make an impact on the US? Yes for the short term, of course it did, but the long term? Certainly seems not to have changed a thing other than giving the conservative Christians a reason to decide that it’s a good time to make our own Christian Taliban and push the US closer to theocracy.

::sigh::

May the victims all rest in peace and may the terrorists get ALL they deserve.

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Short update

Well, we’re back from Con… LOTS more on that later when I have more time to write.

Until then, I’ll cover all the loose ends:
1. CRIKEY! The Croc Hunter gets killed in a freak accident. That sucks!
2. Sorry to everyone who left a comment and it’s taken me weeks to get them posted. I had to root through the spam trap just now. Anyone who has commented here before has been cleared, so please let me know if the system keeps holding your comments, ok?
3. Having a honking big suite/room at the Con is heaven. Gotta get it again next year!
4. Living in the Bad Trip Tent for the first 36 hours of the con is a real bummer.
5. Andy loved his Ozzy collectible record. Yay!
6. Shout outs to everyone who stayed or just visited the room this year! It was grand!
7. Now Nick wants a cap for the Ranger. Being able to sling 500# of con crap into the covered truck bed rawked! LOL
8. Sorry we missed Farshad’s. We were busy with Bad Trips, Klingon parties and dancing.
9. Shout out to Ted and Kelly! Thanks for having us to the party! It was fun! Sorry we missed you on Sunday. I was tired of people and the dumbasses who run the Hyatt so we had to leave.
10. Damn, it’s true: Be it ever so humble, there’s NO PLACE like home!

That said, now we get ready to drive to Myrtle Beach for a few days! Tee! We’ll be back from holiday on Saturday and back to real life on Monday 9/11. Hmm, kinda somber, isn’t it?

Well, everyone, I hope you had a safe trip home from the con and I’ll post more when we get back!

TTFN

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Con, Con, Con, wonderful CON!!

Sing that with the Spam tune from Monty Python.

I have more info about the animal testing stuff, but all that will have to wait! It’s down to 5 days until the Con and we are SO excited! And distracted! I can’t keep my mind on anything other than the con planning!

We’ve got a suite and an adjoining room and a CROWD of people who are staying or crashing with us! This promises to be a banner year for DragonCon!

Andy’s party is Friday Sep 1 in the suite. Call my cell at the con if you need more info.

Main page with current guest list: Dragoncon.org

Ok, enought posting, I’ve got PLANNING to do!! :-D