This afternoon I found out that the_dark_snack was admitted to the hospital with congestive heart failure. I had heard that phrase before, but I guess like many other people I assumed that "failure" = "failed". Not so much ... she went to the hospital seeking relief from breathing problems that were making her miserable not expecting to hear that her heart was misbehaving. They admitted her and put her in the Critical Care unit in what I was told was room 2310.

The phrase "Room 2310" is part of Community East's subtle plan to keep the riff-raff from invading their Critical Care unit. If you actually walk into the hospital looking for a room called 2310, you will be looking for a long, long time.

People in the know decode "2310" like this:

Green elevators
Third floor
Turn Right out of the elevator
Turn Right at the "No Cell Phones" sign
Room G210, on your right


Once you reach this room G210 you will be rewarded with a sign on the wall informing you that you have reached room 2310.

the_dark_snack is actually in somewhat better spirits than I have seen lately. ("Lately" mostly being times when she might have already been suffering from this, untreated.) Clearly she is a little upset over hearing the term "failure" in reference to her heart, but other than that she is the same the_dark_snack we all know and love. She is looking forward to being out of the hospital very soon...as would we all.

They had a regular TV on in front of her showing Law and Order and an LCD behind her graphing her heart and respiration. If it were me, I would rather have the heart and respiration panel in front of me. How often would I get to watch the "Stephen's Vital Signs Channel"? But that's just my personal preference seeing as I am a technophile and a hypochondriac.

I hope for a time very, very soon when the_dark_snack's vital signs are so regular and unremarkable that nobody needs to watch them.

Video to come later...


The Dealer's Room:



Our artist guest of honor Alan M. Clark and his art:


ardent_firesong

Gamers gaming (note the people in labcoats behind the gamers, L-R: Harry akaconfusedjew 's father, and beldar)


A man sitting at Rosemary Laurey's table. I wish I could remember his name; he asked very good questions at the Computer Talk panel.


Mark Racop at the Magichouse table showing off Rock n Roll Starship:


More gamers:


lcowper talking about the con:



Fans who entered the masquerade as Kirk and Spock:

Mark your calendars now! The Whoosier Network Picnic will be held this year at Ellenberger Park (5301 E. St. Clair St) on July 26th. Times and directions to follow.

Fans of TOS and those classic toys (now on sale again!), check this out:

http://hoserlu.com/STFTW_FINAL.html

(Thanks to George Starkey for finding this.)

It's 1:50AM on Sunday November 4th, 2007, and there will be only one more time I'll ever be able to say that (one hour from now). Renee is working on my PC, ladyofglass is telling me about the people in her life, and Sarah Jane (bunny rabbit) is eating poop.

Nobody ate the Halloween gingerbread house we all three aforementioned humans made for the Circle of Janus Procrastinators Halloween party this evening. It suffered from the awful dilemma of gingerbread house construction: nobody is quite sure if it's edible (and even eating a piece doesn't really resolve the question, does it?).

It's now 1:04AM. This blog entry has taken negative forty-six minutes to write, thanks to the magic that is Daylight Saving Time. I celebrate my extra hour.

This has been an outstanding weekend. Spent lots of time with ladyofglass (naturally), and had an excellent Saturday afternoon and evening with beldar and the_dark_snack. After dinner we went out on an expedition of my favorite September and October pastime: visiting Halloween stores!