You couldn't keep me away from
DragonCon,
on Labor Day weekend 2008 in Atlanta.
And for the first time in my twelve appearances there, I will be an
official guest, rather than "just a program participant." Yay!
The 2008 edition will mark my twelfth DragonCon overall, my
11th in a row, and the tenth anniversary of Jeopardy!
I will be appearing at Archon
in St. Louis, October 3-5, 2008.
Recent Appearances:
I had a table (as part of White
Rocket Books) at the Windy
City Pulp and Paper Convention
in Chicago on April 25-27, 2008. Right next door to
Ron Fortier and Rob Davis of Team Hazzard! It was a ton of fun and
we did a lot of business, too!
I and WhiteRocket / AvengersAssemble in
general were represented with a table at HeroesCon
in Charlotte, NC, June 20-22, 2008.
We participated in a
panel called "Avengers Assembled!" in which we presented a check
for $1200.00
from the ASSEMBLED! book to the HERO Initiative charity.
OmegaCon,
March 14-16, 2008,
in Birmingham, AL.
The list of SF/fantasy authors and editors was amazing, and a fun time
was had by all.
DragonCon,
August 31-Sept. 3, 2007, in Atlanta, GA (some
photos here)
My eleventh DragonCon and possibly
the best yet! A panel just for us to roll out the Assembled!
book (to a warm reception from the big crowd), plus another great year
of Marvel vs DC Jeopardy (200-plus attendees!) and numerous literary
panels, among other events. Fantastic!
Video on YouTube of me on the
"Politics in SF" panel at DragonCon 2007,
with Bill Ritch, John Ringo, and Tom Kratman:
Trinoc-Con,
August 3-5, 2007 in Raleigh, NC
Fantastic convention; sold a boxful of Assembled!
books and every copy of every Sentinels book I had with me. This
is the friendliest, coziest little con I've found, and they always treat
me so well.
Windy
City Pulp and Paper Con,
May 4-6, 2007 in Chicago, IL My first visit to Chicago and to this con. Enjoyed meeting
some other members of the Pulp
Factory and sold a few copies of
the Sentinels books.
ShowMeCon 5,
April 20-22, 2007 in St. Louis, MO
A fun little con in St. Louis, held in conjunction with "Anime St.
Louis." Sold some books, met some nice folks, and successfully
defended my trivia title from Archon.
Archon
October 5-8, 2006, in St. Louis, MO
(Collinsville, IL)
My first time at Archon, and what a blast it was! Super-friendly
folks and lots of fans in attendance. I hosted three Jeopardy tourneys,
served on several panels, and even won their big trivia contest.
Hooray!
Dragon*Con Labor Day weekend, 2006, in Atlanta, GA
This was my tenth year at Dragon*Con, and my
ninth year of hosting
panels, trivia contests, and other events. Eight panels in
three days! What a great weekend.
Trinoc-ConJuly 21-23, 2006 in Raleigh, NC
A good time was had by all at the 2005 edition.
Thanks to the fine
folks at Trinoc-Con for the repeat invitation. See you again in
2007.
HeroesConJune 30-July 2, 2006 in Charlotte, NC
A big gathering of friends and professionals-- big enough to
make me add it to my list, for the first time since I was a guest in
2001.
Outfoxed (DVD): Exposes the
hypocrisy of FOX News Channel, not to mention the lack of real news
journalism there.
The War Room (VHS):
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the Clinton presidential campaign of
1992, from the perspective of James Carville and George Stephanopoulis.
They changed the way campaigns were won.
"There is nothing wrong with
America that cannot be cured by what is right with America" --Bill Clinton
"Reality has a well known Liberal
bias." --Stephen Colbert
"Right,
temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The dogmas of the quiet past are
inadequate to the stormy present... As our case is new, so we must think
anew, and act anew."
--Abraham Lincoln
"Darkness
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out
hate; only love can do that." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Give me liberty or give me death."
--Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), after Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said: "None of your civil liberties matter much after you're dead."
"He who
passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to
perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is
really cooperating with it." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"But you know as well as I,
patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my
country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always
right, which is imbecile." --Patrick O'Brian
"Human
progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the
goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the
tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When people think, Democrats
win."
--Bill Clinton
"I still believe in a place
called Hope." --Bill Clinton
"The era of big government is
over." --Bill Clinton, obviously not clairvoyant enough to predict what G.
W. Bush would do when given the presidency...
"Politics and driving are the
same-- put it in "D" to go forward, and "R" to go
backward."
--Various
"When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil."
-- James Carville
"...To strive, to seek, to find,
and not to yield." --Tennyson
"The avalanche has already
started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." --Kosh, Babylon 5
"It's easy to find something
worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?" --Lorien, Babylon 5
"...and we choose to go to the
Moon. And we choose to do these things not because they are easy,
but because they are hard." --John F. Kennedy
"Ask not what your country can do
for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy
"A Constitution should be short and obscure." --Napoleon Bonaparte
"A leader is a dealer in hope." --Napoleon Bonaparte
"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights." --Napoleon Bonaparte
