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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #255 on: February 23, 2009, 06:05:34 PM »


Coil was wearing a tail, so I chased it. Poor guy:)



The three muskeersride again!
Lacie, Robert and I after dinner with JB and Shannon!

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #256 on: February 23, 2009, 06:11:13 PM »
My con report is I had a blast from Thursday to Sunday.

Thursday evening meet one lady who I can not remember her name and we talked and I said that I was hoping that my daughter would have time off this weekend and may be she could join me for a couple of hours. (But she did not have this weekend off.)

Then on Friday afternoon she came up to me and said "Oh I see that your daughter made it." I gave that look of what the heck are you talking about. And she said the young lady that was sitting with you on the couch a few minutes ago and the one that you were sitting beside at the JB reading. Well the only Lady I have been sitting with up to that point was our Goddess of the henge. Hmmmm that is food for thought!

Saturday got some makeup from one of the dealers of a black eye, messed with the minds of people attending, told them that the black eye was from one of the booth babes and her chain link flay. We both got a lot of mileage out of that. Saturday did my Monty Python costume and got a whole lot of laughs out of that too.

Saturday evening at dinner spent about 15 minutes with JB getting some of his ideas about some Dresden Files costumes. He filled in some details of parts of the costume that I was thinking about and that was just fine.

Sunday was listening to more of the stories that JB had to tell. And catching up with David Weber and clan.

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #257 on: February 23, 2009, 06:26:26 PM »
So what's the 'Cellie-directed "research" you talked about?
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #258 on: February 23, 2009, 06:29:43 PM »
She gave me some ideas on costuming, have to do the research on if it is all possible!

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #259 on: February 23, 2009, 06:39:46 PM »
What was the book on poisoning that Jim recommended to us? I knew I should have written it down.

@Dville: haha! funny. now quit chasing my kid's tail. LOL
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #260 on: February 23, 2009, 06:44:58 PM »
@Dville: haha! funny. now quit chasing my kid's tail. LOL

Your kids were amazing at dinner (+your 'extra one' was funny too:) what neat people, and a testament to your job as mom/teacher. Very cool!

I also got to sit by David at dinner, and noticed the black eye but thought that it would be rude to comment on. Now I wished I had... sigh ...

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #261 on: February 23, 2009, 07:30:11 PM »
If you're talking about the book he mentioned in the "Whodunit" panel - the supernatural Western - it's called "Devil's Tower", Cyanreth.
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #262 on: February 23, 2009, 08:14:36 PM »
I think he's talking about that Writer's Digest series.

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #263 on: February 23, 2009, 09:03:50 PM »
What was the book on poisoning that Jim recommended to us? I knew I should have written it down.

@Dville: haha! funny. now quit chasing my kid's tail. LOL

Jim had thought it was called "Deadly Doses," but the book on poisoning is actually called "HowDunit: The Book of Poisons" from Writer's Digest.  (link is store-friendly!)  The subtitle is "Discover Deadly Doses to Kill Off Characters."

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #264 on: February 23, 2009, 10:07:57 PM »
thanks, Dville. good to have outside confirmation we're doing something right every once in a while!

my only regret from the weekend is that I did NOT get one of the cool skirted corsets the pretty lady from Denver was selling. The one that really fit me well, was not in a fabric sturdy enough for my rough and tumble life style and I couldn't get away from my own table to go shopping for fabric.

and thanks for book link, Priscellie! Definitely ordering that one. Great GM resource.
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #265 on: February 23, 2009, 11:05:03 PM »
I am NOT sending that link to our DM. He already has books full of traps, pitfalls, snares and the like. Too many ways already to die.
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #266 on: February 23, 2009, 11:27:46 PM »
I am NOT sending that link to our DM. He already has books full of traps, pitfalls, snares and the like. Too many ways already to die.

I already am my group's DM.  I'll be purchasing it shortly  ;D.

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #267 on: February 24, 2009, 02:41:48 AM »
My girlfriend got one of those corsets. She's been tapestried!

She also got me a late Valentine's present...the world's most kickass bowler. From an old friend from college I haven't seen in ages. I was thin, then.

Got to be on panels, except the Talking Durning the Movies because they started on time (whoever heard of such a thing?) and I was 5 mins late due to spending 20 mins trying to get our check from the hotel restaurant. Had a blast, dinner worked out amazingly well (I overtipped our waiter, he was so damn good).

My only wish was that Jim could have attended the con, instead of his beardless twin Jerome.
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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #268 on: February 24, 2009, 02:43:28 AM »
My only wish was that Jim could have attended the con, instead of his beardless twin Jerome.

I thought the beard was the source of all his power???

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Re: ConDFW in Richardson, TX: Feb 20-22, 2009
« Reply #269 on: February 24, 2009, 02:45:14 AM »
Nay.  'Tis the Eyebrow.