all right, you primitive screwheads

First off - happy 27th birthday to my sister, dahlianna! She's still at an age where she'll admit how old she is ...

As I posted earlier, Sunday night was our attendance at W00tstock 2.0 in Chicago. finding_neo, a_silver_rose, and I stayed overnight near O'Hare (for those of you who remember TurnerCon '08, our hotel was across the road from the Holiday Inn we were at *G*). W00tstock - or as metalkatt calls it, "Nerdvana" - is the creation of Wil Wheaton, Adam Savage, and Paul & Storm whose focus is geekdom, fandom, and all the associated nerdiness of four decades of pop sci-fi/fantasy culture that have influenced our lives. It's stand-up comedy, music, humorous visual aids, stories, and general geekery, and I highly recommend it - with tax, my ticket was $33 and it ran FIVE HOURS.

Here's Wil telling us we're free to photograph and record the entire show:



( And so - we DID )