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Definitely the nerdiest thing I have done in a very long time, but it was so fun to be at a huge convention with so many fellow Sci-Fi fans in Germany. FedCon is Europe’s largest Star Trek convention and apparently way more manageable than the big Con in Las Vegas. I only had two day passes, but I enjoyed the panels and plunked down the absurd amount of cash to have my photos taken with Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes. And it was all in the name of research for my new work on feminist utopias.
I'm enjoying some time in the German capital, a city I first visited in 1990, almost 30 years ago. Needless to say, it has changed a lot in the intervening years. Here is the view from my temporary apartment in Mitte.
Once every four years, I get completely sucked into the World Cup and fail to do anything productive for weeks. And so it begins again. I just watched Germany get walloped by Mexico in a surprise upset. I like the German team, but boy were they outplayed in this game. Thankfully, Sweden and South Korea are the other two members of their group, but they need to get their acts together. They weren't looking too Weltmeister-ey today.
