I’m glad you got to have fun at AMA-Con BEFORE your appendix exploded. I think hanging out with librarians and people who talk about sequels to cool movies sound like a blast -- hope you had fun too! (OMG, dinner with the guy who invented Klingon?! I’m SOOO jealous!!)
Just take care of yourself. We don't want you to explode any more organs. That's bad for you and inconsiderate for those of us who have to clean up after you. ;-)
FYI - my former boss had his appendix out because it exploded.... about a month later, he was back in the hospital, having his appendix out. Turns out, in the explosion, they missed the actual appendix. Just letting you have something to look forward to!
That is both hilarious and terrifying. In my case, they showed me my appendix in a jar. Although I guess it could have been someone else's appendix. It's not like I know what mine looks like.
I can't afford to fly you out to my convention in Albany NY next month (Sept 16 - 18) would you be interested in attending to do a virtual reading? Maybe you and your family can attend one of the Boston, Massachusetts conventions, I recommend Arisia in January (Waffle will go nuts over the costumes) and make some connections
Always glad to hear stories about nice, helpful librarians. My h.s. librarian had the deathly devil stare down pat and we avoided her wrath at all costs. At our 50th class reunion, her name still came up but not in a good way. Also, I swear I've seen that Cadillac burial ground more than once but in Illinois. It's always amusing and worth a chuckle or two. Thankfully there were no Texas-sized mosquitos around.
Having spent my college years in Canyon and Amarillo, this whole newsletter has been hilarious. I miss AMA-CON. I met the Red Power Ranger in college - it was great. Burrowing Owl is great, I'll be sure to visit again soon.
I've never been to any "comicon" type of event, although my wife works summer weekends at the Bristol Renaissance Fair in Kenosha, WI, dressed in the garb of that era. The closest I've been personally is the Scottish Highland Games, I play guitar & sing in a Celtic rock band & wear a kilt, the whole deal. It's quite the freeing experience!
This sounds like an awesome convention! And you met the guy who invented Klingon! So jealous! We actually have a Klingon dictionary and an audiotape to learn conversational Klingon. Maybe I can make that a 4th language I can kinda speak. I think it might be more useful than learning French.
Thank you so much for coming to AMA-CON! We are famous now that we got a shout out in your newsletter. :-)
The extra three people you get next year will now be known as the Breakwell surge.
I’m glad you got to have fun at AMA-Con BEFORE your appendix exploded. I think hanging out with librarians and people who talk about sequels to cool movies sound like a blast -- hope you had fun too! (OMG, dinner with the guy who invented Klingon?! I’m SOOO jealous!!)
He was much cooler than me. I very much did not belong at that table.
Just take care of yourself. We don't want you to explode any more organs. That's bad for you and inconsiderate for those of us who have to clean up after you. ;-)
I promise to make less of a mess next time.
lolol...
There were so many notable lines in this one! "Poop the rainbow!"
It would be funny were it not a real life event. Considerably more entertaining to write about than to clean up.
FYI - my former boss had his appendix out because it exploded.... about a month later, he was back in the hospital, having his appendix out. Turns out, in the explosion, they missed the actual appendix. Just letting you have something to look forward to!
That is both hilarious and terrifying. In my case, they showed me my appendix in a jar. Although I guess it could have been someone else's appendix. It's not like I know what mine looks like.
I can't afford to fly you out to my convention in Albany NY next month (Sept 16 - 18) would you be interested in attending to do a virtual reading? Maybe you and your family can attend one of the Boston, Massachusetts conventions, I recommend Arisia in January (Waffle will go nuts over the costumes) and make some connections
Those all sound fun. I'll have to look into them.
www.albacon.org
www;arisia.org
www.boskone.org
Lets talk programming@albacon.org
Always glad to hear stories about nice, helpful librarians. My h.s. librarian had the deathly devil stare down pat and we avoided her wrath at all costs. At our 50th class reunion, her name still came up but not in a good way. Also, I swear I've seen that Cadillac burial ground more than once but in Illinois. It's always amusing and worth a chuckle or two. Thankfully there were no Texas-sized mosquitos around.
I don't think they mosquitos could fly from Texas to Illinois. They can barely get airborne. They're the size of horses.
The Caddies are to attract tourists. The tourists attracted are to feed the mosquitoes- keeping them away from the townsfolk
I attended the first AMA-Con! I grew up in Amarillo and spent more hours at the library than time should allow.
I’m also sending my mom to Burrowing Owl to find your book!
Sounds like fun!
Having spent my college years in Canyon and Amarillo, this whole newsletter has been hilarious. I miss AMA-CON. I met the Red Power Ranger in college - it was great. Burrowing Owl is great, I'll be sure to visit again soon.
Loved it!!!!!
I've never been to any "comicon" type of event, although my wife works summer weekends at the Bristol Renaissance Fair in Kenosha, WI, dressed in the garb of that era. The closest I've been personally is the Scottish Highland Games, I play guitar & sing in a Celtic rock band & wear a kilt, the whole deal. It's quite the freeing experience!
This sounds like an awesome convention! And you met the guy who invented Klingon! So jealous! We actually have a Klingon dictionary and an audiotape to learn conversational Klingon. Maybe I can make that a 4th language I can kinda speak. I think it might be more useful than learning French.
Maybe the mosquitoes were particularly attracted to you because they could sense the threatening appendix.
Loved the line ‘The bad news is I have plenty of other organs that can still explode.’ Made me laugh out loud :-)
My new mission in life is to keep them from exploding.