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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Elements of the IKV Rakehell descended on the Holiday Inn, Bloomington, a day early for MarsCon 2010 in order to set up the ship's party room. Much decorating was done by the crew, with dinner afterwards.
On Friday, the first day of the convention, many of the crew members were there ...
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Elements of the IKV Rakehell rendezvoused with the JaPa, the Cold Death Quadrant commander, and additional elements of the CDQ (Black Thunder, Ice Dagger, Phantom Cat, Warhammer) at MarCon 44/KAG Attacks! in Columbus, Ohio.
Sue'La, Bindi, and myself, arriving later than planned due to an unscheduled trip to the ER (Little ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Well, it's over. MarsCon 2009 has happened and we're now back at home. We had a good time.
I've posted a full report on the Quadrant Website, including photos. Hopefully I'll be able to get the video edited over the next few days, but am not counting on it. Now all ...
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Saturday is done and over. It was a wild evening, as well as a fun filled day.
Steampunk is big here. Let me rephrase: it's BIG! There is a very active steampunk community in the area and they fielded quite a few costumed steampunkers and had a party in the convention ...
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
We made it! Sue, Anna and I made it to OryCon. We're now into the second day, and this is proving to be one heckuva good con. Registration said they were expecting about 1500 people. With the size of the hotel, it is not very crowded, which is nice when ...
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
I went to the Support the Troops rally, which was slated as a counter to the pro-terrorist parade taking place in St. Paul today. Much fun was had. Many of the participants were Gold Star Parents, so emotions were rather high, but in a positive fashion. These are people who ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Convergence 2008 was a wild, fun, and, at times exasperating time. Most of the time it was a very up convention, but they did run into some problems, some of which can be attributed to growing pains. Not surprising as the Con grew by about 400 attendees over last year. ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
We're finally back from Convergence. It was a wild, and at many times, frustrating event this year. Here is the first video clip from the con that I have been able to process for the heckuvit. It's me, Sqotty MacKlingon, with the two guys dressed up as Captain Kirk (Earl ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
ConSarnit 1 proved to a successful event this past Saturday, with about twenty fans of the Western Film in attendance. The convention was patterned using the same model that has been used for fan-run Science Fiction conventions for decades. The Con-Com was not expecting a large turnout for their first ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Finally, after getting past the audio syncing problem with one of the clips, I have completed the videos and uploaded them to YouTube. Faces of British troops have been digitized.
MarsCon 2008 Part 1
[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STb536Lot5Y]
MarsCon 2008 Part 2
[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gva82d5ntww]
Enjoy
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
MarsCon 2008 took place over the Leap Year Weekend of February 29th through March 2nd at the Holiday Inn Select in Bloomington, MN. MarsCon is mid-sized event with an attendance of about 850, which is up a bit from last year, and does not include the spontaneous British Invasion ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
See original post as well.
Silicon 2007 was a big success with attendance easily topping last year. According to a staffer I spoke to, there were over 1,000 attendees, including staff, volunteers (can't run a con with out 'em) guests and kids in tow.
Silicon 2007 also hit an important milestone ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
We are two-thirds of the way through Silicon 2007 and this is the first opportunity I have had to post. It's been that crazy of a week (and most of it without Internet access).
Silicon has a plethora of guests, predominantly from the direct to video horror film industry. This also ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2007
Saturday night was my high school reunion. The turnout, for me, was a bit of a disappointment. This was the reunion for the Class of '77 McLane Highlanders. All told, there were about a hundred people in attendance, including spouses. A lot of people that I was looking ...
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
Yesterday my wife, daughter and I went to the Minnesota State Fair. We did our usual thing of driving to the shuttle lot by the Mall of America and headed up on the shuttle bus. This year we bought tickets in advance, and darn glad we did as the lines ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Convergence 2007 was, once again, a convention that should not be missed. The Klingons of KAG were in full force with elements of the Cold Death Quadrant in attendance included the crews of the IKV Rakehell, IKV Black Thunder, and the IKV Warhammer.
The Rakehell arrived the day before the ...
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Today was the Tax Cut Coalition Rally at the Minnesota State Capitol, and I am very glad I headed up early as there was a competing event on the Capital Mall sponsored by the Sierra Club. When I arrived, there were already about a hundred people at the State ...
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Sunday, April 8th, 2007
The IKV Rakehell hosted a “Day of Honor” celebration, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the original broadcast of the Star Trek episode “Errand of Mercy.” This is the first episode to feature the Klingon empire, with John Colicos as the first major Klingon, Kor, and Victor Lundin as Kor’s ...
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Sunday, March 18th, 2007
Finally, MarsCon 2007 photos. Click the thumbnails for the full sized image. For con reports, check the following:
Part 1
Part 2
As always, MarsCon was a blast, and met some new friends, including Brad and Laurie during the Western Movie discussion.
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Monday, March 5th, 2007
MarsCon was well attended, despite the winter storms that hit the region on Thursday and Friday, with 675 people in attendance. Although down a bit from last year due to snows and bad driving conditions, the con was an overwhelming success.
The Rakehell was very well represented, with most of ...
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