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I've been getting ready for a bunch of events I'm selling at, and one I wanted to sell at, but couldn't get a table for.

Two weekends ago I was at Costume-Con (#26) [link] [link] which is at various locations around the US. I was mostly in the dealer room, but got to the Fantasy Masquerade, the fashion shows, the Museum of Mad Science, the swap meet, and a few other events, and missed the Historical Masquerade and the panels and workshops. The beauty, complexity, humor, and workmanship in the various costumes was mindboggling. And, as a fan of the web comic Girl Genius [link] , I was delighted to see Master Payne and several other characters wondering the convention hotel.

And last weekend I was at (but not selling at) Maker Faire [link] (last years was nice, too: [link]) I got to shake hands with *missmonster in her amazing werewolf outfit [link] and wonder among the SWARM orb-bots [link] and, in the steampunk courtyard, talk to the members of steampunk band Abney Park [link] [link] and tour the Neverwas Haul [link] and see ~porkshanks' matched rayguns [link] and Sinister Device [link] in person, and much else besides. And there were lots of amazing robots, and robot kits, and crafts, and alternative technology, and so on. One of my favorite events.

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