gathering prep

Bookstore window in Vienna.


Allison and Jodi came over yesterday for our last practice before The Gathering, which starts tomorrow. We ran through our entire two-hour set, went over last-minute details, drank plum wine. We've also printed up a bunch of special laminated Waiting For Frodo/Urban Tapestry bookmarks for The Gathering, to include with every CD purchased at the event.

I've been wanting to update Waiting For Frodo more frequently, but lack the time and arm strength to do so, and I will be offline for much of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Allison had a good suggestion last night... to catch up gradually with the strips over the next couple of weeks (i.e. not be stressed about having the strips be "live", with the characters having to walk in the movie and theater at the same time as everyone in the real world).

I like this idea, because I would rather end the story of Sam and his friends in a satisfactory way rather than post one last strip in a hurry. I'm sure some people will kick up a fuss about this but hey, it's my comic. :-)

Chris Conway's response to my photo question in my previous Blathering made me laugh:

"In the photo you have caught a popular way the Austrians have of selling cocaine in the festive season.
'Snow Logs' have been around for centuries and an Eric Von Schippelhorn held the record for snorting 12 of these in 1923. A record that remained unbroken until Ozzie Osbourne's visit to Austria in the mid 1980s."

:-D

What's ironic about this is the fact that during our visit, we saw a ton of posters around the city advertising the fact that Ozzie Osborne was going to be performing locally soon.

Here are some more Vienna photographs for your perusal:



"Riesen marzipan kartoffel" -- I assume this means
potatoes made from marzipan?
Any advice from you German speakers out there?





This crown and other historical items were in the
Schatzkammer (treasury of the Imperial Palace, now a museum).





Brad Morden and me, in the airport at Vienna.
(I took this photo by holding the camera out in front of us. )

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