Silicon wrap-up

[mdlbear]

Went to Silicon this afternoon after my walk and lunch; spent most of my time there in the dealers' room, and almost all of that at Peter Beagle's table. The fact that I was waiting for him to get back from a reading so he could sign the two books I bought there was only a minor part of a very enjoyable sequence of conversations and eavesdropped conversations.

Was persuaded by the cute proprietress of Queen of Caps to buy a raffle ticket, and amazingly enough it won (I think it was a very small field). I picked a purple cap with long, floppy ears that will go very well with my purple shirt. So now I have something to wear to Furcon, if I decide to go. She was doing a land-office business in caps.

Spent about another hour and a half (after the dealers' room closed at 3:00) talking to people in the hall by the coffeeshop. The flower_cat and I decided that we probably don't need to go next year, though we may relent if someone we particularly want to see is on the schedule.