Chicon 7 - room reserved

Room reservations for Chicon 7 are now open.
I just made ours.

( https://resweb.passkey.com/go/CHICON7 )

a healthy breakfast

My breakfast consisted of home-made cheesecake. I should probably have something more nutritious besides that. Coffee maybe?

"I see friends shaking hands..."

Louis Armstrong-What a Wonderful World by redhotjazz

( http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ysp1_louis-armstrong-what-a-wonderful-wo_music )

"An Artificial Night"

I just finished Seanan McGuire's fantasy novel "An Artificial Night". Children of Fae Folks who live hidden among us suddenly disappear from the San Francisco Bay Area, along with some human kids, and private investigator October Daye, being who she is, takes it upon herself to find what happened to all of them. Her search takes her to nightmarish places where childhood and lives will be stolen from the kidnapped victims if she fails them.

I thought about objecting, but dismissed the idea and nestled against her, enjoying the feeling of security given by knowing someone bigger and stronger than I was would stop anything from hurting me. That's all childhood is, after all: strong arms to hold back the dark, a story to keep the shadows dancing, and a candle to mark the long journey into day.

I loved it.

"Wizards"

I felt like indulging one of my few guilty pleasures (really I don't have many of those) this afternoon - Bakshi's "Wizards".



"Brother, there is no need for me to destroy you. Surrender! Surrender your world!"
"You always did need an audience, you sap."