The Baymont and the Wyndham. They are now property of the great state of Georgia.

Hrrrm. And now I can't even remember which hotel we had reservations at. Definitely a good sign.  

Ah, found it on my email. The Renaissance Atlanta Downtown Hotel. So I guess we're OK. It looks like it would be walking distance from the various conference hotels, < 1 mile. But is downtown Atlanta safe to walk around at night? (Assuming I am accompanied by a big strong guy, and would not walk alone, that is.)

You would still have to deal with the lines

Bleh.  OK...if it's too overwhelming, we can just tour Atlanta then. I've never been there. And hey, it's time off without the kiddie-winks, so if nothing else, we can just sleep in. Ahhhh, how my standards have changed!

Wow....DragonCon is looking insanely huge.  I've never been before.

I would love to know what's been scheduled for him at DragonCon, too. I wish they'd print the DragonCon schedule, already, so I know if I want to go for all the days, or just some.

I still haven't received the "Changes" tour itinerary.  Hold your horses. You never know! 

So there might still be more appearances? Something in Raleigh (or anything in the Triangle) would be awesome.

I had forgotten about the jeep! Now that is just so wrong, on so many levels.

Jim has said it's Mar-cone.

I noticed that Spike says in Mar-cone in some audiobooks, Mar-con-e in others.  (but he still does a great job, of course! I wonder if authors get to give a pronunciation guide to actors doing the readings...) I personally assumed it was Mar-cone, to rhyme with (Al) Cap-one. I figured when you write about a Mafia boss in Chicago, you have to be referencing Al Capone, to some extent.

Uhhh...wasn't the show only 1 season, or am I missing something? It's too bad...because while I thought the show got off to a rocky start, it was getting pretty good by the end of the season.  I'll give a sci-fi/fantasy show one year of leeway, since most Star Trek shows started out pretty bad - I mean DS9's first season was pretty horrendous but it ended up being my favorite trek show.

But I had read the books long before the show. Was definitely disappointed by the very limited use of magic in the first episodes of the show, and the hockey stick. Ugh.