[June 30 – July 04, 2011 – Minneapolis, MN, US]
Convergence, as good as always. Met a few new friends and promptly got connected via Facebook 🙂 I was having too much fun at the party rooms that I totally missed the masquerade and the subsequent pictures. Oh well, sorry about that… Here are the pics as usual:
[June 22-26, 2011 – Columbus, OH, US]
So, I went to the “Origins Game Convention” which was from June 22-26, 2011. At the convention, my production company, talcMedia Productions, released the Nuclear War “Radioactive Fallout Spinner”. It’s a simple add which is just the spinner replacement in electronic form for the Android (available now) and Apple (coming soon). Voice over was done by Claudia Christian (of Babylon 5 fame)… The full Nuclear War Game “app” will be coming out in 2011, so stay tuned! More information is available at:
Nuclear War was invented by Doug Malewicki (and I met him earlier in California). The game series is distributed by Flying Buffalo Inc. (which is owned by Rick Loomis which is the person of the left side of the picture below).
So I went to Origins for the first time to see how the convention went. I attended the Nuclear War tournament and most of the pictures are from there, as follows:
[June 17, 2011 – Arizona, US]
Monument Fire Arizona – Bizarre effect. Focused on the sun. Try staring at this picture for 30 seconds and look away. It will feel like you were looking directly at the sun as if you were there.
This is a picture of the sun looking through the atmosphere saturated with the smoke and soot from the Monument fire, southeast Arizona in the Sierra Vista area looking from Oracle, AZ. This picture was taken on June 17, 2011 at 7:22 pm, looking directly at the Sun. No filter was used. The camera used is a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28.The The saturated air traveled well over 100 miles to create the picture, totally blocking out the sight of the four ranges of mountains that can usually see on a clear day. These ranges are from 15 to 110 miles the west end of Oracle. This was taken by my father Robert R. Roszko and is copyrighted. You may use the photo for personal use; however, any publication, re-publication on any medium (including websites, whether free or for pay) requires written permission.
[May 20-22 2011 – Somerset, NJ US] So… The Steampunk World’s Fair 2011 is over. Second year in running. As with any new con, still not running smooth. From what I heard, the Crowne Plaza hotel totally dropped the ball and didn’t file the appropriate paperwork so all the “in room” vendors were closed down by the Fire Marshall. So, all the vendors moved into the program area constricting the activities. It was a not a good scene. But of course, the mighty con goers took it in stride and made the best of the situation. Hopefully, next year, third time will be a charm… Here are the pictures I took:
[Mar 31 – Apr 03, 2011 – Miami, FL, US] I had another random encounter with history. I was at the bar at the Miami Airport Marriott in Florida and guess who decides to have a few drinks at the bar? The members of America and Lovin’ Spoonful!!!
That was amazing. As I was posting picture to FaceBook at that moment, Mark Hennings commented on my photo and asked me to ask them the meaning of “…Seasons crying no despair Alligator lizards in the air, in the air…”, so I did. I asked Willie Leacox of America and got the answer! But not tellin’. Okay, I’ll give you part of the answer – it’s the imagery. It’s all about the imagery…
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Oh and then more history with the Lovin’ Spoonful… On of the tidbits I learned was that Joe Butler has an apartment in New York City – he lent the apartment to John Lennon and Yoko Ono way back when.
Nothing like touching history!