On my morning drive I listened to a podcast this morning interviewing James Randi, noted stage magician and skeptic. He raved about Dragon*Con, calling it a gathering of 37,000 people where everyone is weird, smart, and surprisingly nice. Randi expressed amazement at the way that everyone “fits in” at Dragon*Con, even a cranky 80-year old magician, and that he’d be attending future Dragon*Cons whenever possible.<\/p>\n
Fandom sure doesn’t have all the answers, but when we get it right, fandom rocks, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
I hope to go next year. I wanna meet some Mythbusters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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