The Road to Denvention

I was up early on Friday morning.  3.15am.  Time to get ready, into a cab, and to the airport.  I had a pleasant, uneventful flight from Perth. Had an empty seat beside me, so I was comfortable and happy. I’d planned to sleep, but couldn’t so I read and watched a movie until the entertainment … Continue reading »

Up at 4.00am tomorrow.  It’ll take till roughly 1.30am on Saturday morning to get to San Francisco, and then maybe another hour or so to get to Casa del Locus. Expect intermittent blogging at best (maybe from Sydney or the airport tomorrow morning).  That aside, see you on the road to Denvention!

On Saturday morning I went to see my doctor. I had bruised a rib and it was sore. I thought, given that I’d not seen a doctor in some time, that I’d also have a bit of a check up. He took a blood pressure reading which was high, very high. It was clear some … Continue reading »

The good folk at Denvention have put their pocket program online. You can download it here. I’m delighted by this.  I always feel to busy at the con to pay proper attention to it, so it’s good to have a chance to think it over before next week’s events.

Confident in the almost complete irrelevancy of this to the rest of the world, more on getting ready for Denvention. I’ve had a ridiculously long period of time (by my standards) to get ready for this trip, so I’ve spent most of it doing something else. Dealing with medical issues, getting new glasses, buying clothes, … Continue reading »