All Hail Villainesses

Eliza Dushku, better known as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has just been added to Dragon*Con.

So I have Faith, and Darla(Julie Benz) from Angel. If I just had Calisto(Hudson Leick) from Xena I'd have the trifecta. It's all about bad ass females represent'n.

Can I get a Woot! Woot!

Only Three Days Left to Panic

So in true style of  "everything must happen at the same time" my partner in crime is currently out of state for the next two days. Due to come back maybe 12 hours before our out of town DragonConners show up. It's no fun to run around the house like a chicken with it's head cut off if no one is there to share your panic. I secretly believe he did this on purpose, so like a guy.

If you have a smart phone and you haven't done so....download the Dragon*Con app. QR code to location on a previous blog. Also here are the locations to the Pocket Guide if you don't have them:
2011 Dragon*Con Pocket Guide
2011 Dragon*Con Schedule Grids Only

To get in the spirit of things we attended a gathering of U.N.I.T (Unified Intelligence Taskforce) of Atlanta who are a group of Timelords who get together to watch the latest episodes of Dr. Who. All attendees eagerly awaiting Dragon*Con and I was looked at with disbelief that I wasn't going in costume.  Apparently I'm too geeky for some people I know and not geeky enough for others. There will be a showing of the next episode at Dragon*Con: Advanced Viewing of "Night Terrors" @ Dragon*Con. for any who are interested in attending.

3 Days 3 Days 3 Days 3 Days

So Long Irene

Neither rain,nor snow nor sleet nor gloom of night stays these couriers from their appointed rounds !!

 I now proclaim this motto for our NY Dragon*Con guests.....


Looks like both friends and family from DC to NY weathered the storm without incident.

BRING ON DRAGON*CON

Dragon*Con SmartPhone App

Hints and Tutorials
So the smartphone app has been released for all platforms (except Microsoft but really...do three people count?). As a stand alone app ( as in I don't have a calendar, or twitter or anything on my phone ) it's pretty great. I think it's Ok. I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars. My main issue is the lack of integration of the calendar making this app almost useless for me.

ISS Visible Passes Over Atlanta

Although it will pass over for most of Dragon*Con, on Friday, September 2, it will pass over with a magnitude of -3.2 which is almost as bright as Venus.

ISS Visible Passes

Time to watch is  20:58:01 to 21:02:33 EDT. It should be moving across the sky from NW to SE east of Atlanta.



If it's a clear night I highly recommend putting a reminder in your calendar. The last time I saw it was during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics and it was pretty amazing even with the naked eye. It also moves very fast so make sure you're ready.


Twitter #ISS and/or @ISS_NatLab and let them know you're watching.

Dragon*Con Tips

I'm just going to keep adding to this post as I find more content....

Dragon*Con TV was very nice to put together a set of tips for first time goers.....enjoy

Here are more tips for Dragon*Con:

• How to Survive Your First Dragon*Con
• Sex at Dragon*Con
• Should You Bring Your Kid to Dragon*Con

I'm sure by now you are starting to see similar themes....number one being SHOWER.

One Week and Counting.....

So we're down to the final week before guests arrive and the Dragon*Con madness begins. So much time and so little to do....oh wait....reverse that. Let's see....there's guest rooms to prep and rooms to clean and alcohol to buy (not listed in order of importance). Note to guests.....weather is going to be unseasonable hot. Looks like temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s with heat indexes above that due to humidity levels. Prepare yourself....you pass out at Dragon*Con we leave your ass there( are you feeling the luv? ). On a side note I do have the perfect air conditioned vantage point scoped for DarkChilde( pun intended ).

Sorry for the late post. We have been anxiously awaiting the official Dragon*Con schedule. Still no word on when it will be done. It may be time to start hitting the various tracks and enter as is and fix later. Some of the bigger named cancellations are:
   Leonard Nimoy : if you don't know who this is you're on the wrong blog
   Joe Flanigan : from Stargate Atlantis
   Anne McCaffrey : author
   Bruce Boxleitner : Captain of B5 [Canceled August 25] 
   Adam Baldwin : Firefly/Chuck [Canceled August 26 BOOOOO] 
Keeping fingers crossed that they are the only big name cancellations.

Oh and a BOOO HISSS to Dragon*Con for the finishing of the iPhone app and not the Android especially since this IS a geek convention.

Also note that badge pickup has moved to 2 on Thursday. Still no real word on how they saaay they've fixed the disaster that is badge pickup. [Edit] After much confusion between the websites the official badge pickup time is going to be 10am. 

8 Days to Dragon*Con
*Snoopy Dance*