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Wow! Thanks for being so kick ass and letting us into your world when it comes to conventions! Wish more celebrities were like you!

The "Keep Music Evil" lady story was my favorite!

Keep being cool!

thats the best thing about Star Trek cons, watching all the nutty people in attendance. we also met George Takei at a con in Baltimore in the early 90's. he was very kind and gracious talking to us, even though we almost ran over him in the hall of the hotel.

I went to one convention several years ago. It was in a small venue and I wanted to get to see William Shatner up close! It was a great day for watching people, and being in the heart of the bible-belt, there were more than a few who would have been offended by your t-shirt. Awesome!

When I was going through high school I would work for my cousins catering company as a waiter, cleanup person, whipping boy, what ever got the paycheck coming in.

My cousin specialized in doing parties for actors. We did Truman Capote's birthday in an abandoned prison, John Wayne's party on a yacht and even a party for Rin Tin Tin. (They made a 40 pound cake out of dog food just for that mammoth shepard.)

Anyway, the point is that I have met a lot of actors and actresses. I have seen them at their best and their worst (Charlton Heston puking on a waitress and just laughing about it).

Most people loose their sense of reality when they enter Hollywood. It is good to see that you have managed to retain a grip on yours. (Though, I do remember you an your "posse" at the LA gaming conventions.)

John
My living in China blog

She'd really love my "God is busy right now. Can I help you?" with a picture of a devil head T-shirt.

I'm used to working conventions and festivals from the side of the table. At the last big one I worked we had a couple members of the headlining band signing autographs. Things to be signed were passed through the holes in a chain-link fence or through a small slot I'd created between two sections. The band members kept telling me they were safe and I could leave.

They were pretty shocked with my answer - "Gentlemen, I'm not here to protect you. I'm here to protect the festival organizers. If one of these girls tells a friend you groped her and it turns into a sexual assault charge and lawsuit I'm here to be the witness that it didn't happen and to testify that it was physically impossible due to the way I setup the area." It sucks, but welcome to the world of commercial music festivals.

Actually it's "Ich bin eine Sexmaschine" because, for some reason, in Germany all machines are female even if they are James Brown.

Unless you did that on purpose to add to the funny, which worked for me.

Always enjoy your writing. Keep it coming!

I knew there was a reason I have never gone to one of these conventions.
I did "meet" WFS at a car show back in the 80's though.

very funny .. .hopefully the internet radio ruling will change .. makes no sense at all ... apply the same rules to broadcasters and they would owe millions of dollars ...

Amazing such a small panel can make such a ruling ...

Hilarious! Thanks for sharing it with us.

A truly awesome article! Thanks!

Thou sucketh not.