[HIVEMIND] No Gencon for you!

[Tallok]

Thanks Silvermoon, I'll try to print those out, but my laptop isn't hooked up to our printer and the other computer is too slow, but I think I can get them on a disk and print them out, I do have lots of Terry Pratchet to read, so those will also keep me occupied

 

[Mark]

Yeah, I know I'm not bringing my laptop, but maybe I will bring my dice, I don't want to lose them as I have a pretty nice dice collection

If they get lost, they get lost. You can always get more (and probably will) so use em or lose em!

 

[Silver Moon]

Where in Chicago? Do you still have other relatives here?

Not anymore, the last one passed on a few years back. They lived in Berwyn, which is where I was born. We moved to New England when I was three. My father was born in Cicero.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Thanks Silvermoon, I'll try to print those out, but my laptop isn't hooked up to our printer and the other computer is too slow, but I think I can get them on a disk and print them out, I do have lots of Terry Pratchet to read, so those will also keep me occupied

Just go get a copy of Dune. That'll keep you occupied for a good long time.

 

[Tallok]

My dad grew up in Chicago, and my grandma who lived there just moved here a few years ago

 

[Silver Moon]

I'll try to print those out, but my laptop isn't hooked up to our printer and the other computer is too slow, but I think I can get them on a disk and print them out, I do have lots of Terry Pratchet to read, so those will also keep me occupied

Pratchet is good. I usually read Star Trek novels when on plane flights. I have most of them, but am seldom in the mood for them while at home. Comic book trade paperbacks also make for good plane material.

As for Story Hours, I wasn't just meaning my own (although I'll always put in a shameless plug for them).
Doc Midnight's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is worth printing out. It was just a four-hour game, and the text of the actually game itself isn't that long, but well worth reading.

I'd also recommend that you could also print out some of Piratecat's too - (the actual story posts, not the reader comments) it doesn't matter from where, take a few chapters from random pages - each chapter is its own self-contained masterpiece.

 

[Mark]

Sure is amazing how small the world gets when you communicate with folks online, isn't it? EN Worlder Capellan just popped into Chicago on his way to Gencon from Australia. Got some pics on my site -

http://www.creativemountaingames.com/board/read.php?TID=83

Make sure to register while you're there and grab some of the freebies sprinkled throughout the forums!

 

[Silver Moon]

Capellan just popped into Chicago on his way to Gencon from Australia. Got some pics on my site -

Great pics! Thanks! I always wondered what Capellan looked like. It was good to see the "sights" again, as it's been four years since I last was at the Windy City. I think the only thing missing from your pic's was a shot of a nice juicy one-pound steak from Morton's. (There's also a great rib place on the South side, whose name escapes me. It's in an old brick building that used to be some type of manufacturing plant).

 

[Mark]

Not sure of the name of the ribs place but now I want a big steak!

 

[Silver Moon]

One funny story from that GenCon. One of the sci-fi guests who I wanted to hear speak was writer Peter David, and I made sure that I was free during his seminar, so I offered to watch our little one during that gaming slot. We arrive for his section, and he is about ten minutes in when Jani starts to cry. So I take her out, calm her down, and go back in. Then minutes later she starts to cry again, so I repeat the process. It happens one more time, then she finally falls asleep.

A few hours later I was in line to get some autographs from him. When I get up to him I apologize for the baby's interruptions during his speech. He smiles, and says "That's alright. I have three young children myself. There is no greater joy in the world than hearing a young child cry, and realizing that it isn't yours."