Archon is this weekend – October 1-3. I thought I would post my planned activities, in case any friends or stalkers wished to find me. I am not yet a writer behind a panel desk; just a fan attending the con. However, I did enter the Archon Writer’s Contest.
Friday – October 1
10 AM (if I manage to get to the con that early) — Researching Historical and Fantasy Novels – Geneva
11:10 AM — Different types of publishing and how to choose the right market – Zurich
12:20 PM — find lunch somewhere
1:30 PM — Opening Ceremonies – Matterhorn
2:40 PM — Filk Writer’s Workshop – Davos
3:50 PM — Wander around con — maybe go to dealer’s room — art room — grab dinner
6:10 PM — Writer’s Workshop – Poetry – Zurich
7:20 PM — Filk Concert in the Round – Matterhorn
8:30 PM — grab dinner if I didn’t manage to do it earlier
9:40 PM until I collapse — Open Filk – Davos
Saturday – October 2
9-11 AM — **
11:10 AM — Paranormal Plotting Writers Workshop (2 hours) – Zurich
1:30 PM — Writer’s Workshop – Editing and the Necessary Art of Revision
2:40 PM — Archon Writer’s Contest Critique Interviews – Zurich
3:50 PM — Twitter, Facebook, New Media and Marketing – Basel
(or, if I want to risk spending money, the Charity Auction – Matterhorn
5 PM – 7 PM — **
8 PM – get in line for seating at the Masquerade
9 PM – Grande Masquerade – Versailles
After the Masquerade until I collapse – Open Filk – Davos
Sunday October 2
1:30 PM – Luke Ski Concert – Matterhorn
2:40 PM – Filk in the Round Concert – Matterhorn
** – I will be sitting behind a “Fan Table” handing out fliers for the USS Discovery, a local SF/Fantasy fan organization
Yes…it is all but certain…within the next few days we will be eliminated mathematically from the playoffs.
Those disconsolate fans upset with the way the Cardinals collapsed, and who once again are swearing they will never root for the Cardinals again — read my post from last year.
St. Louis, Boston and Colorado are each adding another year to their streaks of avoiding the annual Baseball Vacuum Cleaner.
If I had to guess, it looks like Pittsburgh and Seattle are this year’s Hoover Award winners. Nothing unusual about that in either city. However, the season isn’t over.
I know. Bragging about not finishing last place isn’t exactly what every fan dreams about. However, we haven’t finished last since 1918. Boston hasn’t finished last place since 1933. And Colorado hasn’t done it yet (give them time.) Every other team has done it at least once since 1973.
On Monday, a cartoon appeared in a couple Canadian newspapers, and online at cyberpresse. It featured prominently the front of the Parliament buildings. Here’s the cartoon.
B’nai Brith Canada – Quebec Region is shocked by the cartoon which appeared in the September 20, 2010 edition of La Presse. The outrageous cartoon depicting Parliament dominated by a Star of David insinuates the false and offensive allegation that Jews control the Government of Canada.
I know I am 1000 miles away, but I definitely can see where they’re coming from. That looks like a Star of David to me. And looking at the cartoon knowing only that that is the Parliament, my first assumption as to the meaning of the cartoon is the exact same assumption B’nai B’rith Canada made. It’s not hypersensitivity. That’s a Star of David. And it is simultaneously a symbol that the Jewish community proudly wears, and has been forced to wear in the past. So when it appears drawn on a government clock tower in an editorial cartoon, there needs to be a really good reason.
And perhaps the cartoonist actually came up with one. Referring to the actual clock tower, “If you look…closely…you can see a Star of David.” I had to go to Wikipedia, but he’s right.
As to the missing Roman numerals, and the smaller six points:
I didn’t draw all the bricks on the building either,” Badeaux told QMI Agency. “When I draw windows, I’m not gonna draw every tile. I had to draw the whole building, so I didn’t have time to draw all the roman numbers.” (source)
And the explanation makes sense. If one looks at the size of the cartoon (and it hasn’t been resized from what I found at Cyberpresse) there isn’t enough room to clearly draw the smaller set of points and the roman numerals without crowding that section of the image. At that size, that is a great representation.
Sometimes a Clock Tower is Just a Clock Tower. (Or this is evidence that we really do control the Government of Canada. Evil laughter.)
