We stopped by another housing development on the way out to Dragoncon this morning, by the same development company as building in Smyrna, but these are "traditional" houses, not split levels. Most of them we could have worked with, but none of the kitchens had enough storage. They all came with pantries but we like to buy in bulk. Where you could have put extra cabinets they all have breakfast nooks with big windows. They were all open-plan kitchens, which neither of us like.

Our first panel at D'Con was the one I had been looking forward to for months: Dean Stockwell. This was a fun panel. He was very personable and we had a nice hour of Q&A. His favorite roles are comedic ones and his favorite role of all time was his character in Married to the Mob. He told us the story about how he almost got the role of Michael in The Godfather. He talked a little about working on Blue Velvet in an old apartment and about his input into Al's costumes on Quantum Leap.

Next we saw "Growing Up Addams" with the kids from The Addams Family. Lisa Loring is still as cute and attractive as a woman as she was as a little girl. Ken Weatherwax, on the other hand, is almost unrecognizable except for his eyes; he is now trim and fit, and has arm tattoos. He has worked as a grip in Hollywood since his schooling was over. Lisa Loring now has a catering service. They had nothing but good memories about appearing on the show, although they did admit being a child actor make you grow up early.

Our last celebrity panel was with James and Oliver Phelps, who are Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films. They are just a pair of "regular guys," who aren't much into acting except on the films they were hired for, and who like to play golf and videogames. Oh, and they like Lucky Charms. :-)

We then took a turn around the art show; I'm losing interest in convention art shows as I get older. There are a few good artists, and fewer and fewer remarkable entries each year. Some of the 3D art is excellent, but nothing I would buy.

We also went back into the exhibition hall and committed McFarland again. I bought The Halloween Encyclopedia and James got a fascinating book about the old SF series Space Patrol, which has lots of sidebars about old-time radio and live television. James also bought me the two-volume Television Cartoon Series for Christmas.

Our last panel of the day was an exhibition of rapier and katana swordfighting. I hadn't planned on attending, but we found out our friend Clay Weaver was going to be one of the participants. He fought with both rapier and katana.

Clay and Ann hadn't eaten, so we headed home intending to meet them at our house. We almost didn't make it; traffic stopped dead in the middle of I-75 (six lanes across) just before our exit. They had to shut down the freeway for about 15 minutes to send the Lifeline helicopter in: a red Ford Explorer went on its side and someone was flung out of his seat (not wearing a seatbelt) and was killed.

The four of us had supper at Sweet Tomatoes and Ann is staying with us for the night so she won't have to drive back down to Warner Robins in the dark.

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