From: <swstiles at comcast.net>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Back From ConFusion
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 20:49:00 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Elaine and I are back from Detroit and ConFusion and are
busy doing the usual things one does after a brief vacation,
in preparation to kicking back later and relaxing for the
rest of the evening.

There's going to be a post-con e-zine, ConFused (my title),
posted on Bill Burns' site and elsewhere, sometime in a week
or so, and I'll be doing the cover and some sort of trip
report. Meanwhile, very briefly:

We had a terrific time at a good convention
and were treated very well by the
committee. Marvelous meals, including Indian,
Lebanese, and Vietnamese (notice how one of the first things
I mention is food?).

I had originally set aside the 12th to start work on my GoH
speech, but no sooner had I gotten home from work that
evening then Elaine and I discovered one of our two cats,
Boots, had suddenly gone blind. This was terribly upsetting
and for the next few evenings I was hardly in a mood to
attempt anything at all that was even vaguely humorous, but
finally it got written and (I think) it went over rather
well at ConFusion --I had some stiff competition: *all* the
GoHs had good speeches.

(As for Boots, within a few days he had adjusted to his
blindness and was able to reach all his favorite spots, both
upstairs and downstairs, without any help. Still, we're
naturally unhappy about this. The first tests revealed that
the two most common causes of blindness, hyperthyroidism and
high blood pressure, were not to blame, and we're still
waiting for the other way-overdue lab results.)

People have asked about the full color tee-shirt design I
did for the convention: it will be available, for $20 bucks
+ shipping, at www.offworlddesigns.com

--Steve