Up at 6 this morning to finish packing the car. Unfortunately, we didn’t get underway until a bit after 8 so the schedule was trashed from the beginning. It’s an 11 hour drive from our house to the Marriott Hotel in Burlington, MA. Of course that includes a few stops along the way. So, it had already been a long day when we got here and checked in. Then we searched out food and tried to get to the evening panels. More...

Friday 7/10/09 Panels

This is the first full day of the convention. Registration opened at 10 in the morning so, we went off in search of caffeine and our registration packets. Caffeine was fairly easy to find as during the morning hours the hotel has a Starbucks coffee bar n the lobby with some breakfast type baked goods.

I picked up my tags and the program materials. My panel isn’t until Saturday at 10 and the dealers couldn’t move into their space until about 3 PM. This left time to go to some panels and stretch our imaginations and our intellect...more...

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Friday 7/10/09 Meet The Pros

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Saturday 7/11/09 Rhysling Poetry Award / Slan

Saturday 7/11/09 Catherine Asaro Rock Concert

Saturday 7/11/09 Random Dealer's Room People