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I think it isn't too early to ask... after all, http://www.anticipationsf.ca/English/Home]Anticipation (host to the 67th Worldcon) is only a shade over two months from now.

Alas, I can't make it. I can't justify spending a week away from Ottawa and work when (a) one of my co-workers is off to care for his wife while she succumbs to cancer, and (b) my mother is still recovering from a stroke. (Things I didn't bother mentioning at the time, because Bob had more important events happening in his family's life at the same time. There's a time and place to kvetch, and that wasn't it.)

I recall somebody who attended last year's Worldcon has a relative who collects shot glasses from the various Hard Rock Cafes, and I have a spare from the Ottawa Hard Rock... and I've got a Neil Gaiman hardcover that's just perfect for a dedication... and I can't be there.

But I can justify the drive from Ottawa to Montréal and back to Ottawa for one evening (it's about 2.5 hours each way by car), if people are going to Worldcon and getting together for dinner. I'll just need to know at which restaurant and when on which evening, so I can take the afternoon off work and show up at the right place at the right time...

Oh, yes... if you're coming from NYC or Detroit, http://www.viarail.ca/en_index.html]take the train - the train station in Montréal is less than a kilometer from the convention centre, while the airport is far enough away that the Ottawa-Montréal train stops there before reaching Montréal. (NYC to Montréal by Amtrak direct run. Detroit: to Windsor by car, then Windsor to Toronto by VIA Rail, then Toronto to Montréal by VIA Rail.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Not I. I just got back from Anime Boston, and my next major convention is the one I work security at (Another Anime Convention)
There is no coincidence, only necessity....
- Clow Reed

We're not likely to, sadly. Although I'll mention it to Peggy.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

and I'm a left coast us. Used to come from suuurfer duuude turf, but up here the water's too cold.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

Alas, getting from the West to the East requires funds, and I, sadly, have no source for these funds.

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My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.

I've been writing a bit.

I will be taking the following week off to go to gencon in Indy. So I can't spare more time off sadly
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

US Military in Japan - wish I could make it, though.

Yeah, but out of all of us... If you'd known you could have asked for leave in advance and hopped a MAC both ways and saved yourself a hunka coin. IF you
dont mind riding with Air Farce trashaulers, that is.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

So... nobody here is going to Worldcon this year? That's a first...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

I'm kinda-sorta planning on attending (I'd like to see Montreal), but I have a major project going out the door in that same timeframe -- I'm
seriously afraid I'm going to get caught in huge time crunch at the worst possible weekend. And if I can't take a few extra days off to go
city-crawling after travelling all the way there from Detroit, I've half a mind not to go. (I'm still kicking myself for not taking extra days off to
explore Denver, but that literally got planned and executed less than 48hrs before I hopped on the plane).

Although, if I do go, I do plan on taking the train. Looks like less hassle and much less expense than flying, although longer.

Quote:Although, if I do go, I do plan on taking the train. Looks like less hassle and much less expense than flying, although longer.

It isn't that much longer, once you take into account the one to two hours before the flight for security checks, and the trip between Dorval Airport and downtown Montréal.

And, yes, http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/]Montréal is a beautiful city...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Another reason to take the train - Wi-Fi for $8.95 a day. (I'm typing this somewhere between Ottawa and Toronto...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012