{"id":143,"date":"2008-08-28T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-28T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2008-08-28T00:11:54","modified_gmt":"2008-08-28T04:11:54","slug":"dragoncon-preview-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"DragonCon Preview Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I can&#8217;t freakin&#8217; wait until Friday!\u00a0 <a title=\"DragonCon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">DragonCon 2008<\/a> is shaping up to be a fantastic convention!\u00a0 Loads of panels I&#8217;m interested in, great times to look forward to with friends, celebrities to see, and funds to be dropped in the dealer room.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait!\u00a0 Be warned, I may miss a day or two of blogs next week due to &#8220;Post-Con Culture Shock&#8221;.\u00a0 This is a condition we all suffer from after being deeply immersed in geekdom for four days, and then forced to return to the hell that is called &#8220;the real world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"The Unique Geek DragonCon Preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/issue-76-dragoncon-2008-preview\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/images\/podcast.png\" alt=\"The Unique Geek Podcast\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This past Sunday we recorded <a title=\"The Unique Geek DragonCon Preview\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/issue-76-dragoncon-2008-preview\">THE UNIQUE GEEK issue #76<\/a> featuring the usual gang discussing the upcoming festivities at DragonCon.\u00a0 Be sure to check it out!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-143\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-143\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-143\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/28\/dragoncon-preview-podcast\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t freakin&#8217; 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I've been horribly negligent and haven't mentioned the podcasts I've appeared in recently. The Unique Geek Issue #76 features the usual gang as we discuss what we were looking forward to at DragonCon 2008 (obviously recorded prior to the event). 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