The year is what happens in between Dragon*Cons

That pretty well summarizes my perspective on life these last few days. For whatever reason, I find myself needing to go to Dragon*Con very badly today. Maybe it is because of what a hoot Skepticamp Atlanta was last week last week. Perhaps it is because I have been listening to back episodes of AstronomyCast and have just reached the but where they are clearly getting excited about going to Dragon*Con. Regardless, I am totally jazzed about seeing the Monsters of Skepticism (heheh) Tour when it comes to town. I've been looking at the guest list, and so far, I'm pretty damned pleased. Folks who look like they will be on the Skeptic/Science Tracks include Brian Dunning, Pamela Gay, D.J. Jazzy Grothe, George "Fresh Prince" Hrab, Daniel Loxton, who is the first out the limo (and if you got that joke, you are as hella lame as I am!), Joe Nickell, Phil Plait, Ben Radford, JAMES f'in RANDI! (sorry, emoting there for a sec), Richard Saunders, Adam Savage and Karen Stollznow. I'm sure Derek, Swoopy and Masala Skeptic will be a presence (not unlike a Trinity of sorts, or a triumvirate). I'm pretty sure at some point I was promised some Kylie Sturgess and Rachael Dunlop action, even if they have to ship it in from Australia.

By the way, I think the Seventh Seal was just opened--the weather just got freaking awful. Did anyone else hear trumpet blasts?

On the lighter side, I spent the morning having a 3-way....conference call on Skype. A class I am teaching over the summer has become a collaborative event for my program and since we are all scattered across the nation, I bought a little video camera for my PC. I have not had much of a reason to use a camera before, and I have like no interest in setting up a YouTube account, but it was sort of interesting to watch the back of my head in real time.

Bing at his computer.

I honestly can't think of anything else to do with this camera. If you have any ideas...OOH! I could moon Ken Kam! Because a moving picture of a butt is worth the word "butt" written a thousand times.

HJ