Conventions

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• Robert Englund at Nostalgia and Comics

  
  The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log — Authority: 595
  The great Robert Englund graced our Nostalgia & Comics store in Birmingham this week and Dave from N&C tells me that he was a real delight, utterly charming his fans and staff alike and telling them some great stories while signing copies of Hollywood Monster. I’m quite jealous, would have been wonderful ...
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• Jim Harmon Briefly Hospitalized

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  Jim Harmon, well-known fan, sf writer and popular culture historian, suffered a mild heart attack on November 29 during Loscon. He now has been discharged from the hospital after several days of treatment. I met Jim for the first time on Saturday when we were together on a LASFS history panel, and I happened to be ...
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• SFContario Comes to Toronto in 2010

  
  File 770 — Authority: 136
  SFContario will gather sf fans in downtown Toronto over the November 19-21 weekend in 2010 for a “big tent” type of convention offering guests of honor Michael Swanwick, author of Bones of the Earth and winner of five Hugo awards; Karen Linsley, writer and performer of the Mars Society anthem “Pioneers of ...
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• Rumor: Celebration 5 confirmed? Yeeeaaahh….

  
  Club Jade — Authority: 141
  GalacticBinder is reporting that ‘reliable sources’ have confirmed a Celebration 5 date and location to them: Mid-August 2010 in Orlando. With all respect to GalacticBinder, I’m not ready to believe quite yet. Alas, I have to hit the hay early tonight, but you may want to keep a weather eye on StarWars.com ...
  12 hours ago

• LDI 2009: SeaChanger’s Booth

  
  Jim On Light — Authority: 130
  One of my favorite booths this year was SeaChanger’ s booth.  Besides the fact that they have a great product and are using the LIFI lamp like rockstars , SeaChanger had their standard setup – Eileen Morris (gourmet chef and wife of Tom Morris at SeaChanger) cooked those of us at the conference some of the ...
  17 hours ago

• Search This!

  
  My Word And Welcome To It — Authority: 121
  The Afghan insurrection is a bitch and Tiger Woods seems to have some explaining to do. If he IS a cheating husband, and I’m sure the the retiring Oprah would agree, Tiger’s wife would be the only person entitled to any information from Tige. It looks like the cops have left Tiger alone and simply ticketed the ...
  21 hours ago

• Obama Troop Announcement Renews Focus on Bagram

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  One of many consequences of President Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is that those troops are likely to capture many more prisoners that end up at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram air base .  That’s raising concerns among human rights groups that the recently revealed secret prison run ...
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• CON-Con: The Official Leverage Convention

  
  Convention Fans — Authority: 128
  Believe it or not, the TV show Leverage now has it’s own fan convention. Yep, you read that right! With just 23 episodes under it’s belt, the TV show has garnered enough of a fan base to host it’s own con. The official Leverage convention is being called CON-Con (cute name), and it is being held March ...
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• Why It Is Recommended To Use Content Management System For Web Site Maintaining Purposes

  
  Your Online Security Authority Blog — Authority: 487
  Consider a Content Management System. This allows you to easily maintain your web site. Any staff member—with or without an IT background—can use a content management system without a webmaster’s help. Make sure your content management system is search engine-friendly, with smart navigation, architecture, and ...
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• Miss The International Magic Convention? Check Out This Video

  
  iTricks.com Magic News, Magic Videos and Podcasts — Authority: 485
  As recorded and edited by Andrew Webb of Magic Convention Guide. He had full and complete permission to record the proceedings. Very cool stuff.
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• From our continental correspondent – Strip Turnhout also for foreigners

  
  The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log — Authority: 595
  On December 11th to the 13th, 2009, Strip Turnhout , the best little comics festival in the Low Countries, takes over the quiet town of Turnhout in the middle of Flanders.  For three days, everybody who’s anybody in the Flemish comics world will be there, either as a visitor or signing their work. Most of the ...
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• Official Twilight Convention Updates

  
  Twilighters.org — Authority: 148
  THANKS to our fellow Twilight fans for their amazing support of the upcoming 2010 Official TWILIGHT Convention Tour ! We’re stopping at 25 cities across North America next year and we’re working round the clock to provide a most amazing time for attendees! Grab your tickets TODAY by clicking through to ...
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• Can All These Conventions Co-Exist: Filip Sablik and Ron Marz Sound Off

  
  The Top Cow Blog — Authority: 144
  Do you think the comic book industry can support two conventions on the same weekends, what are your plans for those respective weekends, and why did you choose to participate in whatever manner you chose? Ron Marz ( Witchblade, Angelus ): I think when you have regional shows that are far enough apart on the same ...
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• 2009 Gold Key Award

  
  Today @ Hilton Anaheim — Authority: 100
  Hilton Anaheim is honoredand proud to be a recipient of the2009 Gold Key Award presented byMeetings & Conventions Magazine.M&C have been recognizing and awarding meeting properties, catering departments and convention and visitor bureaus with an M&C Gold Award for 30 years!Awards are given out annually ...
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• Home again, and another Orycon recedes into the past...

  
  AlmaNews — Authority: 127
  Saturday was busy. Sunday we went to Alexander James Adams concert in the morning (ALWAYS a joy, that) and then hung around for a bit until it was time to meet [Unknown LJ tag] who had generously offered to give us a lift to the Beaverton Powells for the book signing event that afternoon. When we arrived at the ...
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• Tasting the Perimeter: The Porn Bible and God Loves Fags

  
  The Dunedin School — Authority: 492
  A few years ago, evangelical Christian, Craig Gross started handing out “Jesus Loves Porn Stars” Bibles at erotica conventions, which provided a titillating story for the mainstream media  to exploit. His ministry, which includes an online church for those suffering from porn addiction ( XXXChurch.com ), has ...
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• Reminder: Suffragan Bishop Election in Los Angeles this weekend

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 526
  The information on the nominees may be found here; note the links to biographical information as well as the link to the videos toward the bottom of the page .
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• 15 Minutes of Fame: Amazon grace, how sweet these guilds

  
  Warcraft Bloggers Aggregation — Authority: 160
  15 Minutes of Fame is WoW.coms look at World of Warcraft players of all shapes and sizes -- from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, the remarkable to the player next door. Tip us off to players youd like to hear more about. Why would players want to play only with others just like themselves? Members of ...
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• Taxi Weasels

  
  ThinkWeasel.com — Authority: 119
  They say that San Francisco is a pedestrian friendly city, they never mentioned anything about being “a taxi will pick you up before you have to walk 12 blocks” city!
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• Horror Society Holiday Festival

  
  Eternal Vigilance — Authority: 134
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