The next set of photographs is from Friday the 22 of October, which was one heckuva day. The panels ran the gauntlet from a tribute to our old friend Jackson Beck to a “One on One” with Arthur Anderson, with my favorite of the day being the Comedy Panel, filled with giggles both intended and accidental. The Gotham Radio Players performed for the convention once again this afternoon with their usual skill and professionalism, and the evening was filled with the sounds and the voices of radio past.
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As I mentioned, I’ve had an…interesting weekend. Friday morning we decided to drive to a local mall to pick up some things, and didn’t get more than a half-block from the hotel before experiencing some pretty serious car trouble. Ends up we needed a complete transmission rebuild, which makes this the unquestioned winner of the “Most Expensive Convention” award. (My wife jokes that the next Digest fundraiser discs should be labled the “Tauris Transmision” discs. ;) Thank heavens we decided to head out Friday morning…otherwise we wouldn’t have discovered the problem until this afternoon after the car was completely loaded and no auto repair shops open!

It also means I need to stay at the hotel an extra night; the repair shop (AAMCO) promised me the car would be ready Monday mid-afternoon, so if all goes well I’ll be home Monday evening. (If it doesn’t, I’ll surely rant in this space…) The imposed down-time gives me some time to get some photographs from the convention posted, so at least some good will come from this.
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