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The price for attending Odyssey is due to go up on Monday 16th November.

The current prices are adult £55, unwaged £45, supporting £25, junior £25.
From Monday, these will be £65, £55, £30 and £30, respectively. All other prices stay the same.

There will be an Odyssey table at Novacon in Nottingham this weekend, and that's a good opportunity to join at the current rate. Alternatively, you can join via the Odyssey web site at:

http://www.odyssey2010.org

Does anybody know the name or website of the Contact Lens booth that was in the dealers room on the lowest level of the Marriott this year?

we are looking for models for our 2011 calender if interested go to www.girlsofthecon.com

Just wondering -- is there anyplace where I can find a floorplan for next year's D*C?  That is, is there a map available that shows where and when events will take place?

I ask only because I don't wanna suffer from cranial overload like I did the first time I went to D*C back in '08.  I would like to have some kind of guide so that when I go next year, it'll make forming a plan a little bit easier, and I won't get so overwhelmed when I go again in 2010.

Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, we're looking for a double room in the Hilton! Apparently October is too late to go shopping for rooms. :( We're looking for Friday-Monday!

contact either kelspawn AT gmail DOT com
or gothichamlet AT gmail DOT com

Thanks!

Well..this is the first head cold of the season. (I'm optimistically assuming it's not the dreaded swine flu..) I don't seem to have much fever so I'm fairly certain it's not the flue. I just really wish my head was less stuffy *sigh*

Thought some of you might be interested in this:

Shane Senter of JumpCon Pleads Guilty, Gets 5 Years Probation, Will Pay Restitution

Today is the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. Here is how cool they are: They make me like Elmo and Adam Sandler... together, even. If you want to link up to any particular favorite video clips, go for it; I'll start with "Rubber Duckie, "Bein' Green", and "Batty Bat".

The big video release today is Pixar's Up (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition + Digital Copy and 4 Disc Combo Pack with Digital Copy and DVD [Blu-ray] Anti-Planned-Obsolescence Edition). There's also Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days and, if you haven't got a version already, Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut (integrating Tales from the Black Freighter, Under the Hood, and possibly some other live-action footage). Anything else just released we need to know about?

Happy Birthday, Neil Gaiman!

My Friday concert at WindyCon was going to be TomBoat, i.e., me and Toyboat. Reasons of time and practicality deep-sixed that for this weekend, although we really, really want to do it soon (I hope CapriCon, possibly not till DucKon). So, I was gonna drag out a bunch of stuff I don't usually do. Any requests? ("Heat of the Blood" is excluded from this offer.)

Dragon Age: Origins rocks really hard. It's funny: the forums are filled with people who can't get it to load, patch, work, nothin' (I've had no problems, apart from a single crash to Desktop); they complain because it's too hard, too easy, too old-school, too innovative, they hate that it's party-based, they want multiplayer and MMO; they say that the graphics are dated, and point to the game being in development for years. But BioWare did what they wanted to -- they created a new game world, which I think looks very good, with a superb, detailed story filled with rich characters and cool plot twists and astonishing detail. It's not a loot-fest, a click-fest, a FPS with orcs, or anything besides what it is. It's tough, at least to a duffer gamer like me; I set it to Easy, and I'm still getting slaughtered in some fights, the first or second time through. But dang is it rewarding, shocking, and fun. If you're interested, I think you will like it a lot. If not, no big.

What's goin' on in your quadrant?

Remember that the 2010 Membership price increases $10 to $70 on 11/13 (Friday)! Get them while they are still $60!!!

... this might help to put things in perspective.

...is happening February 19-21st in lovely Somerset, New Jersey, at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference center, and we just wanted to take a moment to mention that if you like unusual things, you might like us.

It's been running around the 'Net all weekend, but here's the convenient YouTube version:

I admit it. I think she's sexy as hell. Sometimes she goes overboard on the perky, and sometimes her voice grates; she's freakin' ubiquitous in the book and magazine sections of the grocery store, and damn near it on food packages.

But.

This is just being a good human being. Even if they're getting TV footage out of it.

Today's a really good day to kick in something to your local food bank. If you don't know where it is, visit your grocery or supermarket -- they should have some information at least, if not a full-blown donation program. Or visit Feeding America. Or some other place, which I'm sure you'll mention in comments. ;)

'Cause that's really what the abortion issue comes down to.

Does anyone have the email address or web address for Froggy? There still owe me a jpeg and I can't seem to find their site.

As the title suggests, I need either a double room in the Marriot or the Hyatt from Thurs - Monday.

I've gone to D*C 2 years in a row and have no interest in missing out for next year.

email me at danny.minhas@gmail.com

Thanks