Tomorrow I take Sarah to Heathrow Airport to see her off.
I read Neil Gaiman\’s journal today and noticed that he was in the UK for Eastercon, a science fiction convention. For kicks, I looked at the convention\’s web site.
It is this weekend. At a hotel 1.6 miles from Heathrow airport (I could walk there in less than half an hour). A day membership is only 25 pounds (compared to hundreds of dollars for many conventions). Two of my absolute favorite writers are going to be there as guests of honor: Neil Gaiman and Charles Stross. I go with Sarah to the airport at 7, and I take a bus to Norwich at 1. Six hours to kill.
I won\’t do it, because 25 pounds is 50 dollars and fannish settings like that disturb me slightly. And because I want to spit in the eye of Fate, of course.
But it makes my head spin a bit.
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