Steve’s photo spread of dillocon left out one very important event: The very first RevSF editors panel. Finally we were all rewarded with the public adoration we always knew we so richly deserved.
Amazingly, people actually showed up to our panel. Although the only panels counter-programmed against us were "Nylon: The Futuristic Textile" and "Commodities Trading Principles Explained by Howard Waldrop."
Ah, what happy, fun times. From the left: Me, Finn, Klaw, Porter, Wilson.
Like usual, I manage to say something mildly embarrassing.
Blaschke finally stoops to joining the rest of us.
The rest of my con-going experience was pretty fun. It was a big change from the first Dillocon I attended, which intimidated me and made me feel out-of-place. This time I could barely walk anywhere without getting into conversations, frequently with people I even liked.
It was also a very educational experience. I learned that if you mark off the "I feel comfortable with moderating" box on the con programming questionnaire, that you will then be assigned to moderate virtually every panel you sit on. I also learned that if you fill out the programming form while drunk and casually slap out a panel suggestion without much fore-thought, oh, I don’t know, something like "Who would win in a fight: Godzilla or the Death Star?" that you then stand a fairly good chance of not only being on said panel, but also being the moderator. You also stand a fairly good chance of having Rick Klaw publicly finger you as the author of said dumb-ass topic. If you are particularly unfortunate you will also have Joe Lansdale assigned to the panel and he will pwn you repeatedly.
On a side-note, I highly recommend the Dillocon writer’s workshop. This was my second year teaching. I think everyone got a lot out of it this year. Next year I plan to actually be nice about some of my critiques.