Maybe It's The Bloodwine Talking

Wee hours of the morning and I find myself still trying to finish packing for one of the biggest gaming events of the year (I know our traveling companions are still packing too). We leave Friday, but that does not mean that my brain is not going into overdrive trying to make sure that every necessary costume piece is packed. I start thinking to myself..."I could do this for a living. Traveling somewhere different all the time, cosplaying someone who isn't me." My dogs pace around my feet, whining and sniffing my suitcase. Gencon 50 is going to be the biggest it has ever been. They have had nearly all badges sell out (100,000+). I can not even imagine being stuck close quarters with that many people at once. FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, SHOWER! Do not be the typical "nerd" stigma. We are a proud community and we have built up this grand thing. Every person is there to have fun to their own level of satisfaction and it is such a wonderful thing to see e...

As a kid I always wondered what I would be like as a parent. I always wanted to be the cool dad, the one who's kid got upset because their friends always wanted to hang at their house. The dad who watched the same shows as them, and listened to their music, and new all the cool things. Then as I got older and realized I was never cool to begin with, I decided to change my approach to it. What is the point of being the cool dad anyways? Most the kids with cool dads hated their dads and would rather be at anyone else's house. That's not even close to what I want with my kids so I had to rethink the whole thing. Now that I have children, I can see where it would be really easy to just give in and be the cool dad. Life would be so much easier if I was just their friend rather than their parent. However, I want me children to grow up with a health sense of right and wrong, and in my opinion you can't do that by being their best friend. Best friend dad doesn't come they ...

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