TCon 23 report

Some cool things about Technicon 23:

Giving rattrap his combined holiday present for the next several years.
Playing the WoW board game with jsciv, meiran, and candidevoltaire; then buying a copy.
A copy of The Heroic Trio from kittykatya.
Opening the wrong door and accidentally joining this year's Vile Skit.
Being practically the only character in vileone's LARP that was exactly what he said he was: no more, no less.
Friday dinner seated between Dwight, raininva, and Christy.
Friday night panels that went Most Excellently. (Some details soon in a filtered post, heh heh.)
A Vile Script that forced me to wrestle with rainbowsaber. (Oh, shucks.)
Helping southernsinger perform "The Dragon & The Lady" for Holly Lisle.
Late Saturday dinner and great conversation with meiran.
Thanks to trenn, chown -R us:us yourbase.
Frequent backrubby morale- and energy-boosts from shrewlet.
Two boxes full of new reading material from the Auction.
Cool artwork from kittenchan and ranchonmars.
It's my 20th Technicon.

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Some less-cool things about Technicon 23:

It's my 20th Technicon.
Not enough time to be in Whose Con Is It?
Long drives from and to Norfolk.
Not enough quality time with many friends.
My lousy Simon Cowell imitation.
A body that gave out too early on Saturday night. (For once, stomach issues rather than exhaustion.)
Our air mattress developing a hole.
Not enough time for after-con dinner in Blacksburg. (But a good one with Bert & Meche in Salem.)

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I'd call TCon 23 a success, for my part. Well done, nius, and thanks for the good weekend!

Fact-checking

I just found an entry on Star Trek: TNG from "TeeVeePedia, the Internet TV Encyclopedia".

Highlights:

"Star Trek: The Next Generation is set more than 100 years in the future from the original series, when [...] the toupee technology employed by the original series' Capt. James T. Kirk has been banned following the Hairpiece Wars of the late 23rd century."

"Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton): An instant hit among fans, the character of young genius Wesley Crusher became so popular that Wheaton was forced to leave the show in its third season, after producers could not meet his skyrocketing salary demands."

"Guinan: Whoopi Goldberg portrayed the Enterprise's bartender, the last surviving member of a race that went extinct after being devoured by their own enormous, sentient hats."