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(Come on, I'm sure some of you have played "Missile Command"! :D )

Wil Wheaton is a nerd and a funny guy.
I've been reading his blog (yeah, I know, "Welcome to the party, pal! A little late ain'tcha!"), it's amusing and charming.
I want to meet him and shake his hand.
Maybe that's why I'm suddenly considering going to PAX '07, the Penny Arcade Expo up in Seattle in late August.
Wil is a keynote speaker there. They bribed him with a Wii. :)
And the expo is all about videogames and videogame stuff!
This would all be dependent upon how the Sibling royalties thing shakes out next month, of course.
I have oodles of paid-time-off saved up, I just need oodles of buck$ to make this happen.
With E3 dead and buried (turned into a tiny by-invitation-only event pretty much means dead and buried to us all), PAX might
be a good susbtitute, and the list of sponsors certainly seems to bear this out: lots of game companies normally at E3.


And speaking of gaming, there's one con I'm sure I won't make: Ziggurat Con
The first gaming con ever held in a war zone! Yes, military games take on a whole new form when you play in Iraq!
By the way, if any of youse got unloved roleplaying stuff laying around the house, send it all to the Ziggurat Con!
Several companies are already donating games, books, and comics, but every bit helps.
An interesting way to support our troops, for sure.


Next weekend (using my definition of "next" which is not this one but the one after) is Star Wars Celebration IV, the gigantic
SW con from hell, actually happening in Los Angeles! At the Convention Center even! Where E3 used to take place.
I'm planning to attend on Saturday (that would be the 26th) to see just what hive of scum and villainy awaits the unwary.
And I'm hoping to see amarafox! I ain't seen her in ages!!
This should be interesting...


Tomorrow Saturday is the anniversary meeting of the C/FO. Mitch Beiro will be in town and will come by the Kzinti Freehold.
The C/FO will celebrate 30 years of existence. That's three with a zero. Damn, that's a long time for an animation club!
I jumped onboard around 1984-1985 myself, I recall going to meetings on my kick-ass Honda Elite 250 scooter (the big one).
Back then, there were multiple chapters of the C/FO and I was member of the Santa Monica branch. The meetings were held
once a month at "A Change Of Hobbit" bookstore on Lincoln Blvd. Jean "Moebius" Giraud's son was a regular attendee.
I still have all the handouts and synopsiseseses from ALL the meetings! I don't know, they might come in handy some day.
So anyway, that's what I'm doing tomorrow: C/FO with BBQ and an anniversary cake, and hanging with Mitch.

I'll probably have the place to myself on Sunday because Pascal will be in the studio, working on his track.


And finally, I just wanted to mention, for those who have asked,
that absolutely nothing whatsoever happened today in sector 83x9x12.
I repeat: nothing happened. Please remain calm.