{"id":144,"date":"2008-08-29T05:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2008-08-28T23:26:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T03:26:04","slug":"dragoncon-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/29\/dragoncon-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"DRAGONCON IS HERE!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assuming all is well with air travel, I should be in Atlanta by 10:30am!!!\u00a0 Me and 30,000 of my closest friends all weekend long!\u00a0 Check out the <a title=\"DragonCon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\">DragonCon website<\/a> for details on the event!\u00a0 Here are a few snapshots of me at previous DragonCons.\u00a0 To see a gazillion (yes, that&#8217;s a technical term) DragonCon photos, be sure to <a title=\"The Unique Geek Photo Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2\" class=\"broken_link\">visit THE UNIQUE GEEK Photo Gallery by clicking here<\/a>!\u00a0 Talk to you soon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Tricia Helfer (from Battlestar Galactica &amp; Victoria&#039;s Secret)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=1903\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=1903&amp;g2_serialNumber=1&amp;g2_GALLERYSID=117d7e2218cf9655b9a7887334a9085a\" alt=\"Shag &amp; Tricia Helfer (from Battlestar Galactica &amp; Victoria's Secret)\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Mark Singer (from Beastmaster and V)\" href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/theuniquegeek\/122270209\/sizes\/o\/in\/set-72057594093212883\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/43\/122270209_f51e9e90ee.jpg\" alt=\"Shag &amp; Mark Singer (from Beastmaster and V) \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Erik Estrada!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=503\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=503&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag &amp; Erik Estrada!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag, Serv, Jon, New Guy, Ed, and Simon at DragonCon!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=2092\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2092&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag, Serv, Jon, New Guy, Ed, and Simon at DragonCon!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Timothy Zahn (Star Wars novelist)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=509\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=509&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag &amp; Timothy Zahn (Star Wars novelist)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag gets busted by CHiPs!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=1254\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=1254&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag gets busted by CHiPs!\" width=\"362\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Guess which one isn&#039;t a Muppet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=1897\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=1897&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Guess which one isn't a Muppet\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Staying up WAY TOO LATE playing games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=2112\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2112&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Staying up WAY TOO LATE playing games\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Halo (Red vs Blue rules!)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=1899\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=1899&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag &amp; Halo (Red vs Blue rules!)\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; a Dalek!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=1248\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=1248&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"Shag &amp; a Dalek\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Unique Geeks!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=2314\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2314&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"The Unique Geeks!\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Shag &amp; Michael Stackpole (Star Wars novelist)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniquegeek.com\/wpg2?g2_itemId=489\" 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dropped in the dealer room.\u00a0 Can't wait!\u00a0 Be warned, I may miss a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;podcasts&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":129,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/08\/dragoncon-countdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":144,"position":1},"title":"Dragon*Con Countdown","date":"August 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"As usual, I will be attending the upcoming Dragon*Con convention.\u00a0 If you're not familiar with it, Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.\u00a0 Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic 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