Wednesday 17 September 2003

  • Moon Mechanics: What Really Makes Our World Go 'Round

    Well, I'm letting things get back to normal.  I started reading weblogs I got behind on this past week.  It'll probably take me a few weeks to catch up on everything that lost priority to CopperCon.  I discovered a new weblog along the way, which I've reviewed for your pleasure. 


    My mother and stepfather visited me last Monday after the convention.  They treated me to a Greek place that they like before Mom and I went to a healing mass at Saint Jerome's Parish.  She had been asking me to let her know when the next healing mass was in our bullitin, and Saint Jerome's Parish advertised their healing mass in our bullitin a few weeks prior.  Well, it turned out to be a charismatic mass, something with which my mother was none to comfortable.  She's really mellowed in recent years though, because in the past she would have walked out on the mass altogether once it made her feel uncomfortable.  Because that day I had learned of several people who needed prayers due to events which happened over the weekend while I was at CopperCon, it was nice to have been able to get those intensions in a mass as soon as possible.  So I think the Lord wanted us there, even if it wasn't for what my mother wanted. 


    Last night we had the LepreCon XXX walk-through of the Sheraton Crescent.  It's much, much nicer convention space.  Everything will be near each other, and there won't be a need for using hotel rooms as function space.  Additionally, most of the function space is either as big or bigger.  The current plan seems to be to have the Hospitality Suite on the VIP floor of the hotel, which is rather awesome if you think about it.  Like most hotels, they will have a Mother's Day Brunch.  Because LepreCon XXX is Mother's Day weekend, it should be interesting to see if the brunch helps, hinders, or doesn't affect Sunday attendance. 


    I found out at the meeting that Lee didn't get his tv for SF Tube Talk.  He sounded rather bitter about that.  That doesn't bode well.  I wish he would have said something earlier.  Considering how the tv went out and came back at noon, I'm left wondering where it was for two hours now.  Not that that's the only displaced equipment story from the weekend.  Kitty hinted that someone might have been trying to sabotage things for me, but I totally disbelieve that.  Who would bother to go to that effort?  I've stayed out of their petty politics and up until CopperCon had been in the good graces of all the different factions.  I refuse to fall into the paranoia which breeds that petty politics. 


    Lee also made it clear than John wasn't too happy that the Doctor Who panel didn't happen.  He said that John was willing to do a Doctor Who presentation if a panel couldn't be assembled.  *sigh*  John knows I'm a big Doctor Who fan.  I wish he'd have told me that he was willing to do a Doctor Who presentation.  It's the 40th anniversary this year.  I really wanted the panel to happen, but John was the only one who wanted to sit on it.  If he'd have told me that he was willing to do a presentation I would have set him up in a heart beat. 


    So, now I guess they both really dislike me.  It's miscommunications like this that lead to bad blood which lasts for years.  Hopefully, I can get back in their good graces some day. 


    Anyway, it's late and I should go to bed.  Night all.