My weekend, let me show you it

Millennium Com = zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Seriously, sales were very low. I think it's because all the RPG players (who were ensconced upstairs) would come down, see only miniatures and landscape sellers, (and players) and leave. The minis guys were almost all older, pretty conservative, and not interested in t-shirts. But we got some customers, and I told Mr. Pegasus what to send next time, so maybe we'll sell more. (I did sell some jewelry, though, which was a nice bonus.)

Saw a couple of folks I hadn't seen literally for years; "met" a co-worker there, and talked to one of my ex-playtesters (from when I worked for Steve Jackson Games). The cheap motel's convention center had free high-speed wifi, which meant my almost 12-hour Saturday* was at least semi-interesting. The World's Best Niece brought me dinner, too.

My car now has new motor mounts! It's almost like having a new car! The first time I started it up after I got it back I thought it hadn't started at all, it was so quiet. Which tells me how long the old mounts had been loose. o_O  Next on the list is a bunch of stuff around the radiator, but BobbytheMechanic will get me a quote on that.

I saw Quantum of Solace with my brother last night. I can't figure out if it was a lame Bond movie or an exceedingly clever one. (After remembering where I'd seen one of the writers' names before, I'm edging more towards "exceedingly clever".)

We got the new Star Trek trailer, and my brother made a little "meep" noise and started chanting "Coming at Thanksgiving!" under his breath until the release date of May 09 came up. He was quite disappointed with that. He can be such a geek about some things.

Now I need to make vet appointments for Ripley the Wonder Cat and her Lumpen Sidekick, Slinky. And make a cake tonight for the Departmental Thanksgiving Potluck tomorrow. I am once again attempting to use the Bundt Pan of Doom. Wish me luck.

* Seriously, the posted hours were 8 am to 9 pm. I came in at 9 and could have come in at 11. The reason? They run games in the dealer's room. Not just demos, but actual games. Really crappy use of space in my opinion.

Bundt pan 1.5, Me 0.5

I used Baker's Secret on the pan, and the recipe I used baked up fine. I forgot that you really need to depan within 10 minutes, but I'm not sure that had anything to do with the slight sticking problem I had. I got about 80% of the cake out in 1 piece, and the rest in 3-4 pieces. It looks OK, and I should be able to disguise cracks with berries and sugar. The only time the damn thing came out perfectly was the first time I used the pan--I know now that it was taunting me.

I bought a Very Large Turkey (aka the Rock) tonight, along with stuff for my share of the sides. L and J and J's mother and I are doing Thanksgiving, and we decided to have a turkey big enough for leftovers for 4 people. Luckily my brother has a chest freezer and said I can store the Rock (and the green beans) until it's time to thaw.

...and it looks like my sister (and her husband) will be able to go with my brother and his family to Alabama for the Big Family Get-Together. I can't--it's too hard for me to get Wednesday off. I hope this helps her get her head together. She got her second DWI a few weeks ago, and I really hope it's finally scared her completely straight. She's going to counseling and seems to be serious about quitting drinking. I really really hope it sticks this time. They need to leave that craphole of a town they're in and get a fresh start somewhere else. *sigh*