Huh, look it's a History of British Fandom. Is there an American equivalent?
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
DavidS - Jun 29, 2004 9:57:21 am PDT #921 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ginger - Jun 29, 2004 9:59:57 am PDT #922 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
No, I definitely didn't come to fandom through my parents. I was 22 and married, and we drove down from Atlanta. I would have spent my days in the dealers' room selling Heritage Press limited edition prints.
DavidS - Jun 29, 2004 10:02:17 am PDT #923 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was 22 and married, and we drove down from Atlanta.
Bet that feels like a lifetime ago, now huh? Which is not a comment on age, but just the different directions your life took from what you probably expected at that time.
Ginger - Jun 29, 2004 10:09:55 am PDT #924 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Bet that feels like a lifetime ago, now huh?
It feels like several lifetimes. Heritage Press went under and then my marriage did, and fandom was too much of a reminder of both. I think most people have to completely remake their lives a couple of times, though.
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2004 10:12:15 am PDT #925 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think most people have to completely remake their lives a couple of times, though.
Yeah. My penguin dairy farm didn't turn out so well.
Daisy Jane - Jun 29, 2004 10:13:34 am PDT #926 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Twice now, and I'm only 28. I've probably got at least 2 more left in me.
DCJensen - Jun 29, 2004 10:21:47 am PDT #927 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
My penguin dairy farm didn't turn out so well.
Their milk makes terrible cheese?
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2004 10:28:51 am PDT #928 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Their milk makes terrible cheese?
Well, it's more that it's difficult to make penguin cheese with a complete lack of penguin milk.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 29, 2004 10:32:06 am PDT #929 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Isn't penguin "milk" semi-digested fish bits that they puke back up into the chick's beaks? I can see how that might not go over so well with the grocery-buying public. Well, unless one hit the jackpot with a fad diet craze in southern California.
Gus - Jun 29, 2004 10:39:24 am PDT #930 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
My first worlldcon (first of any kind, really) was Iguana Con in Phoenix, which was the next year after Miami. Robert Forward had a great presentation about "Life on a Neutron Star."
Did anyone mention Forward for hard science? If not, consider it done now.
I want to see tommyrot milk a penguin. Mammals have dominated that market for way too long.