HEAR THEM HOWLING, MY HUNGRY CHILDREN ...

CONFLUENCE 2006 -- Sudden Death with Worm Quartet
Originally uploaded by Looly Huheet.

Arrived safely home from Confluence late last night, and after allotting myself a day to decompress, run errands and so forth, here's the traditional conrep, with LJ tags whenever I can find 'em. As usual, it's not so much a blow-by-blow account of the weekend as it is a recollection of particular moments that stood out.

For the uninitiated, Confluence is Pittsburgh's annual general science-fiction convention, an event that brings authors, editors, musicians (we call it "filk"), artists, and enthusiasts to the Iron City. It's a fairly small, friendly, intimate con (though it posted record attendance this year, I'm told), and my favorite general con. That's due in large part to the concom and PARSEC in general, and in particular mrgoodwraith's efforts in putting together an amazing filk track.

I've posted a few shots from the weekend -- mostly from filk circles and concert slots -- to Flickr; click on the accompanying shot of Devo Spice and ShoEboX to get to my page.

( And so and thus, we press forward: )