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Update on various topics
Nov. 10th, 2025 03:28 pmLike the label on the tin says, updates on various topics.
1) I attended Windycon this past weekend. My schedule was light - two panels and a writer's workshop session - but I had fun and got to chat with a bunch of people. I'm glad they have a new hotel for next year - the Doubletree is sad and tired. I also note that Windycon will be a month earlier - October 9th-11th 2026.
2) It snowed heavily last night, but at least in Darien we only got 2 to 3 inches, it quit in the early AM, and it's rapidly melting.
3) I took today (Monday) off - after working a literal month of Saturdays I figured I earned it. Among other tasks, I went shooting. My dad gave had a Taurus 1911 in .45. He no longer has the grip to rack the slide, so he gave it to me. I fired a box of bullets through it. I also at the spur of the moment shot my Ruger LCR, a very lightweight .38 special. The range only had personal defense ammo for .38, so I shot that. Due to the extreme light weight of the gun, it's literally painful to shoot.
1) I attended Windycon this past weekend. My schedule was light - two panels and a writer's workshop session - but I had fun and got to chat with a bunch of people. I'm glad they have a new hotel for next year - the Doubletree is sad and tired. I also note that Windycon will be a month earlier - October 9th-11th 2026.
2) It snowed heavily last night, but at least in Darien we only got 2 to 3 inches, it quit in the early AM, and it's rapidly melting.
3) I took today (Monday) off - after working a literal month of Saturdays I figured I earned it. Among other tasks, I went shooting. My dad gave had a Taurus 1911 in .45. He no longer has the grip to rack the slide, so he gave it to me. I fired a box of bullets through it. I also at the spur of the moment shot my Ruger LCR, a very lightweight .38 special. The range only had personal defense ammo for .38, so I shot that. Due to the extreme light weight of the gun, it's literally painful to shoot.
