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I just unloaded a bunch of FanTasia pictures from the camera in preparation for GenCon; my blog is the beneficiary of this wealth. It wasn't a heavy picture-taking trip for me but I got a few good shots. Please keep in mind that Montreal is much prettier and funkier than one might think from my photography.
More...Aug. 18th, 2004
Hey, I hear I'm going to be at GenCon. So, they say, are some of you.
I am not going to post my full schedule because nothing horrifies me more than people knowing where I'm going to be. Shudder. However, I will be at the Indie RPG Awards on Wednesday night around 9, and before that I will swing by Nicky Blaines since there's a rumor that some people I know will be there, if they don't mind me crashing the party. Hopefully the fine people at Nicky Blaines will have forgotten me from last year.
I will also be at the D&D Thirtieth Anniversary Party. I think this is Thursday night.
If anyone local needs me to pick anything up while I'm there, let me know -- in particular, harder to find indie stuff. The No Press Anthology, the Iron Game Chef Fantasy Compilation, Nine Worlds, and Dogs in the Vineyard will be out. Mmm mmm good.
Looking backwards
Aug. 18th, 2004 08:42 amI just unloaded a bunch of FanTasia pictures from the camera in preparation for GenCon; my blog is the beneficiary of this wealth. It wasn’t a heavy picture-taking trip for me but I got a few good shots. Please keep in mind that Montreal is much prettier and funkier than one might think from my photography.
[Crossposted from Population: One; go here for the original post.]
From time to time, people talk about Mitt Romney running for President of the United States. For those uncertain, Mitt Romney is the Republican Governor of Massachusetts; he also ran the fairly successful (if you ignore the scandals) Salt Lake City Olympics a few years back. He is a Mormon.
(Yes, Massachusetts has a Republican Mormon Governor. Please don't let that shake your belief that Massachusetts is some kind of a Communist protectorate, though; it's always fun watching people underestimate Massachusetts and its politicians.)
Anyway, as occurs with all successful Massachusetts politicians, people are talking about Romney as a potential candidate for President a few years down the line. This strikes me as a wonderful possibility, not so much because I want to see Mitt running this country but because I think his candidacy could strike some of the fracture lines in the Republican coalition. I think it would be fun watching the conservative Christian faction within the party grappling with a Romney candidacy, let alone a Romney nomination.
So this is a thumbs up for a Romney run. You heard it here first. Alas, the guy's probably smart enough to know he'd go the way of Orrin Hatch.