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What follows is my tentative schedule for...

The Great 2008 Midwest Fandom Freakout and Rainbow Express!

Friday, November 21st
7:30 AM EST - Load the Haunted Police Car, depart The Mousehold.
9:30 AM EST- Arrive at U.S. border.
12:30 PM EST - Arrive in Battle Creek, Michigan, to inspect the Slan Shack and get lunch. The Slan Shack visit is just a check in for Youtube, and Battle Creek is a good place for a pit stop. Also - the home of Kellogs! And a shopping cart factory!
1:30 PM EST - Depart Battle Creek, Michigan.
3:00 PM CST - Arrive in Wheeling, Illinois for Midwest Furfest. (4:00 PM EST)
3:00 until 4:00 PM CST - Check in, registration
4:00 PM until 6:00 PM CST - Connecting with disparate freaks and weirdos.
6:00 PM until Bedtime CST - Good times and bad food.

Saturday, November 22nd
Morning - I'm usually up for 5:45 AM, so even 7:30 AM is "sleeping in". I fully intend to stay in bed as long as possible, however. For breakfast, I intend to do research on greasy spoons in the area. Failing that, I'll spring for the hotel buffet and cram myself silly.

Saturday is otherwise indeterminate. I have volunteered to assist with panels, and to run a game of Usagi Yojimbo, but nothing has been scheduled yet. Saturday evening will most certainly involve a group dinner with the Sanguine folks and assorted friends.

Through the day, I intend to record footage of the con for "Pyat's Fortress."

For the evening, I intend to bring some DVDs, and possibly host a mini-room party of themed movies on one or two nights. Titles include: Skullduggery, Knight Chills, and Mazes and Monsters! Yessir, when pyat wants to get his nerd on, he can really put his weight on it...

Sunday, November 23rd
Up whenever. Breakfast. Attend panels or run game as scheduled.

Sunday is the day I intend to take the jaunt up to Lake Geneva, as part of a Gygaxian pilgrimage. Possibly visit Mr. Gygax's grave (if I can find it), and the site of he early Gencons, and other "historic" places I may uncover. This will likely fill much of the afternoon, getting me (and any interested riders) back in time for supper.

Sunday night at a large convention is always a little melancholy. I expect to play a lot of board games on Sunday night.


Possibly with normanrafferty.

Monday, November 24th
7:00 AM - Checked out and out the door, darn you! As early as possible! We're burning daylight, you miserable slugabeds, you cantankerous slowcoaches! Blast your lazy hides!

Five hours after we leave, I'd like to stop in Detroit for lunch or supper or midnight snack (as appropriate) and visit with kianir and tigerwolfvix, before heading back on the highway. If time permits, I would not mind taking a detour through Ypsilanti, Michigan. They have a tower shaped like a wang, and Dallas Eggbert lived there.

MFF is in a new hotel this year. You can listen to a talking dog tell you about it!