Free Hugs

Free Hugs on YouTube.

For about 10 seconds I thought this was cheesy. Then I started grinning. via drusni, thanks!

If you are havning trouble with the link, it seems to work if you cut and paste the URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4&eurl=

Looking for a game con MLK weekend

I have a long weekend coming up on January 12-15, since my employer has no school on January 12 or 15 for report writing and MLK, Jr. day. I really would like to go somewhere with illyaa, and we really could use some time away together. But I have a hard time envisioning three or four days somewhere with him without something to hold our mutual attention, sad to say. In the summer or even the earlier fall, that could easily be hiking (like we did in the Rockies about a decade ago). I have my doubts he's interested in cross-country skiing, but maybe he will pipe up and contradict me. There's only so many museums I can stand to visit when we can't go walking in between without bundling to the nines.

Ideally this would be a game convention. Two and three years ago, we went to this cool little all-train-games convention in Chattenooga on MLK weekend. BTW, you'll find a picture of me there if you look through the pictures, and there is one of illyaa as well. Last year, we were dealing with some bad stuff (illyaa's mom had died a few months previous, and he was the personal rep of the estate, for starters), and we didn't go.

illyaa told me that the con was moved to February for 2007, which was corroborated by the yahoo group that Mark set up. It's not on the web site AFAICS.

Does anybody know of a games convention that weekend (Jan 12-15)? It's probably a long shot, but, hey, I figure I don't loose anything for asking.

I found an SF con in Boston (Arisa), but I've been off SF conventions for a while. Long story, with way TMI when told correctly.