Registration - Only 2hrs!

Registration at Dragon*Con was supposed to open a 2:00pm, but since they had so many people in the morning they opened early. Or, at least that is what I heard.

My hotel's shuttle took me and two other conventioneers directly to the registration site. Smart guy took us to the back of the line. I got there at 12:30-1:00 and the line was half way around the block. A good 400 people. Surprisingly the line moved quickly. I took us about 2 hours to register, about half the time it took last year (According to George, who with his daughter & her boyfriend, had gone the last couple of years).

There were two women from my hotel in line with me. Beth from New York, who didn't talk much. And Kathy from Minnesota. Kathy is published author and Hugo award winner (best magazine short, I think). You can find her page here.

After a $12.00 off the clock cab ride back to the hotel and a quick post, I'm off to the Braves game.

PS - I have photo's of the registration, but I don't have time to post them.

Here are the some photo from Registration:

Kate & Beth

Something for Every One

The Crowd

You can't really see it, but those girls got so board that they began to play with this guys pony tail.

I hope the knew him!

The registration booths. I was hoping for 13, but got 7 instead.

Toyota and the pedal recall

I am an owner of one the Toyota Camry’s that is being recalled. If you know me, I don’t get in huff about some of this stuff. Yes, Toyota should have been more forth coming about this whole thing. It does disturb me that a company with the reputation of Toyota did not figure this out earlier, and do something. I will get my car fixed when the time comes, and get a free oil change to boot.

The Camry hasn’t really impressed me anyway. I hate the way seatbelt gets stuck in the door all the time. One time the catch was in the door when I closed it. It put a dent in the door jam. No big deal, except it was the exact spot where the door ajar button is located. And it was just deep enough to keep the button being depressed. Thus keeping the signal buzzing when ever the car was on, making it impossible to use the automatic door lock. Thank God for duct tape.

Anyway, thinking about the pedal and recall, I remembered something. Just after I bought my car in 2007, I was driving on the highway. I need to accelerate into a merge. And, yes, my petal stuck. At the time, I thought, this is kind of cool. After hitting about 90, I repressed the gas pedal, then the breaks. The car has been fine since then.

Well that’s that.