The unexamined life

Is anyone else disappointed with the party rules for MidAmeriCon II?

• Parties!
• Party Packet #1
• Party Packet #2
• Suites

"The MidAmeriCon II party complex will be located in the Kansas City Convention Center (KCCC) on the exhibit hall floor in the heart of the Fan Fair."

"As a reminder, all open parties will be held in the Fan Fair in the convention center"

But what about suites?

"Small closed parties can be held in the hotel. They must be private — that is, you cannot post party announcements in the hotel, in the newsletter, or publicly on social media. They must also be quiet — no loud music or other noisy activities. The hotel does not do party blocking so there could be general public in surrounding rooms and the hotel will close the party if there is a noise complaint.

If you want to have a larger party outside of convention space, several of the hotels have function areas that can be rented, but you will need to buy all supplies from the hotel."

So, that sounds like a real wild time.

"the KCCC requires that no food or beverage be served in the convention center without Aramark’s express permission."

"Come up with fun and creative ways to engage attendees beyond the typical room-decorations-and-snacks party."

Because you won't be having your party in a room, and you'll all have to serve only pre-approved snacks.

"Our corkage waiver for the Exhibit Hall allows parties to serve their own snacks, soft drinks, juices, and bottled water. However, substantial meal-like foods will need to be acquired through the convention center’s caterer at a cost."

"You cannot give away or sell your own alcohol."

"We anticipate the convention center hours to be as follows:

• Wednesday, August 17th 12pm ‐ midnight
• Thursday, August 18th 10am ‐ midnight
• Friday, August 19th 10am ‐ 2am
• Saturday, August 20th 10am ‐ 2am
• Sunday, August 21st 10 am ‐ midnight"

"You should close your party at least 30 minutes before the KCCC shuts down for the night for clean‐up."

Any sort of 4am pulse check is going to be very disappointing.

Is anyone else interested in going to see Shaun of the Dead? It's going to be the midnight movie at the Uptown Theater on April 28th and I'm thinking of going.

Just bought tickets for Summit's Big Brew.

It looks like it will be a great line up:

12:00pm - Minnesota Pipes & Drums
12:30pm - The Alarmists
1:30pm - Big George Jackson
2:30pm - Tapes ’n Tapes
4:00pm - The Suburbs
5:30pm - Richard Thompson
6:45pm - Soul Asylum
8:30pm - Cake

A reminder that I'm going to be hanging out at My-T-Fine this evening from 6:30 to 8 pm and laurel will probably be there as well. If anyone else wants to show up and chat, play games (I'll have Fluxx with me plus a few others) with me/us that would be cool.

Some pictures of our home before the MnStf meeting ( behind the cut )

A reminder that I'm going to go hang out at Caffè Tempo (4161 Grand Ave. S.) tonight from around 7:30 pm until 9:30. Laurel has said that she'll probably be there as well. If anyone else wants to show up and chat, play games (I'll have Fluxx with me plus a few others) or whatever with me/us that would be cool.

A reminder that I'm going to be hanging out at My-T-Fine this evening from 6:30 to 8 pm and laurel will probably be there as well, though maybe not the whole time. If anyone else wants to show up and chat, play games (I'll have Fluxx with me plus a few others) or whatever with me/us that would be cool.

A reminder that I'm going to go hang out at Chapterhouse Coffee a.k.a. Caffé Tempo (4161 Grand Ave. S.) tonight (leaving now so won't be there until around 7:45) until 9:30. It looks like Laurel won't be there this time. If anyone else wants to show up and chat, play games (I'll have Fluxx/Eco Fluxx/Family Fluxx with me plus a few others) or whatever with me that would be cool.

A reminder that I'm going to go hang out at Chapterhouse Coffee a.k.a. Caffé Tempo (4161 Grand Ave. S.) tonight from around 7:30 pm until 9:30. Laurel has said that she might be there as well. If anyone else wants to show up and chat, play games (I'll have Fluxx/Eco Fluxx/Family Fluxx with me plus a few others) or whatever with me/us that would be cool.