Oh, Damn

I've just realized that if the World Fantasy Convention hadn't moved its weekend back one week this year -- it was originally scheduled for Nov 5-8, and will now be held Oct 31-Nov 1 -- I'd have the perfect excuse to spend a week on the west coast next November.

You see, the 8th is also my brother's birthday, and he'll be living in Portland (Oregon) then. So it would be just a short hop up to visit him when the con ended.

And then I have an expected business trip in San Francisco a week later -- as much as any of us can predict anything about our businesses ten months in advance these days -- which would have been like the universe daring me to stay in the area.

But now there's a solid two-week span between the two events, which is an awful long time to hang out on the wrong side of the country. So, at this point I am still hoping to make it to World Fantasy this year, but it's beginning to look the slightest bit dubious.