Silicon

I went to the Silicon convention yesterday with Cyrus. It was a blast from the past. I haven't been to a Silicon or Baycon for a very long time. Everything was very familiar, but on a much smaller scale than I remembered. I bought a bunch of Egyptian things from one dealer and a few trinkets from a couple others. The weapons were almost non-existent. Only one dealer brought four swords; nothing I wanted. We went to a few interesting panels, saw the art show (Stu Shepard, one of my favorite artists, had some wonderful pieces there), watched the Masquerade, aka costume competition, and went to a few room parties before going on. We spoke to someone at the Baycon table and I think I may buy a membership for Baycon 2007. The two best things about the con for me were the cool Egyptian pieces I bought and a drink I got at one of the room parties: coconut rum with pineapple juice -- yum!