{"id":1231,"date":"2011-10-03T14:54:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T21:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2018-12-17T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:17:39","slug":"and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/03\/and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is"},"content":{"rendered":"

…ME! For being at VCON<\/a> this past weekend! It’s a smallish F&SF convention, but it’s been going a long time and this year was just lovely. I had all kinds of fun meeting people I know, people I knew from only the net, meeting a bunch of people I had not previously known at all, getting to act out like a crazy person on performance panels (TURKEY READINGS so funny XD ), lolling at Godzilla field research, seeing the single best art show I’ve ever seen at an F&SF convention<\/em>, explaining away wretched science in classic SF, and generally kicking around like a crazy person on speedmetal. And they put up with it!<\/p>\n


Okay, so maybe they had to call in reinforcements.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Guys, you’re great! Let’s do that again next year. Shaddyr, keep this up, f’srs. Garth, Karl, Foxipher, all you lot, it was great meeting or re-meeting you. And I’ve left so many people out it’s just stupid! I’m sorry!<\/p>\n

Also, I have cider<\/a>, bagels of the gods<\/a>, new reading material<\/a>, and GREEN AND BLACK KITTY EARS!<\/p>\n

Kitty ears are, apparently, the fast-track to good behaviour dealing with US customs. I’ve never been treated half that nicely before. ph33r th3 cut3 0n3s, guys. ph33r th3m.<\/p>\n


not one of the cut3 0n3s. ph33r it anyway.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, fine, I’ll stop now. WE HAVE A CONTEST WINNER! For those new, we do occasional polls here at the Blog of Evil, on various geeky topics. They usually appear on Wednesdays, but I make no promises. A couple of weeks ago, we asked about your apocalypse engine of choice, and “Rain of jaguars” was our unexpected winner, and that<\/em> prompted readers to talking about how Apocalypse Jaguar makes a great band name, and people started coming up with album titles.<\/p>\n

So I said, “Okay, I can do that XD” and made a contest out of reader entries, submitter of the winning entry to get an autographed copy of Dick Tracy Must Die<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

AND OUR WINNER IS:<\/p>\n

Rialian’s entry, 2012, Mother Maya Metampomp Up the Volume<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…an entry submitted on the blog, in comments<\/a>. Congratulations, Rialian! Everybody, bow before them! DO IT! Don’t make me use the kitty ears. I’m just looking for excuses. XD<\/p>\n

Rialian, I’ll a physical mailing address – I’ll email you about that, assuming the registration email works. If it doesn’t, email me through the contact page.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who entered, and congratulations again to our winner!<\/p>\n

I’ve got an idea for a poll for Wednesday. It probably doesn’t involve hornets. Probably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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