It's the 8th sign of the apocalypse, I tell you!

furcon has announced a theme/title (and when the hotel room block opens) and it's not a pun!

Next Year's FC is "Surf Safari!"

We're all about the tiki...

for jorhett

I've set an alarm for April 2 (it's a wednesday) to remind me that FC hotel reservations are opening. You should too. This year is going to fill up even quicker than last year.

Since I can't seem to muster enthusiasm...

...let's look at the convention plans:

Here are the likelies:

• Costume-Con (April 25-28): Membership and hotel taken care of
• BayCon (May 23-26): Hotel taken care of
• WesterCon 61 Vegas (July 3-6): Supporting membership, no hotel, no transportation
• Vintacon: No hotel, no membership
• Denvention 3 (August 6-10): Hotel, supporting membership, no transportation
• Silicon (October 3-5): No membership, no hotel
• Further Confusion 2009 (January 22-26): No membership, no hotel
• Gallifrey One (February 2009): Membership, no hotel

Here are the unlikelies:

• Yaoi-Con (September 26-28): no membership, no hotel, hotel selling out fast
• Gaylaxicon (October 10-13): no membership, no hotel, no transportation

Am I missing anything?

for marquesate

You've probably already seen this:

So what do your Russki contacts have to say about this one?

For the rest of you. Yes, it's a music video. Yes, it's allegedly features a company of Russian paratroopers. No, the guy singing the lead is just this guy, not an active-duty airman (I'm guessing).