I'm really enjoying seeing all these pics too. Always great to put faces to names.

Here's me.

What great pics! Many thanks for posting them. Makes me wish I'd been able to attend. I was at Horrorfind in Baltimore that weekend -- and I really did have a blast (two tires' worth; one in my car on the way up to meet Beth Massie, and one in Beth's van on the way back, just outside of DC; ah, such adventures). Got absolutely no complaints about Horrorfind -- in fact, it was quite fantastic -- but it's a pity that travel budgets and timing of cons don't allow for attending more of them more frequently.

Yes I do.

Don't get me wrong, there are some strong aspects to the Adam storyline (Robert Rodan's acting not least among them), but having sat through that storyline twice, I don't think I'll ever bring myself to do it again. But don't give up. While there's a distinct difference between the earlier episodes and those ahead, some superlative moments lie in wait--many, many of them, as a matter of fact. The tone of the show changes, and I'll be the first to say I prefer the "real world" feel it had in its formative days, but there is lots to look forward to, especially in the 1897 period. The actors got to shine many times over in some of the storylines yet to come.

--M
http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey

I've missed wishing a lot of people happy birthday, since I haven't had the opportunity to check in as often or as long as I'd like to. I, for one, really appreciate it when someone takes the time to recognize my birthday, so here's a great big Harpy Barfday to everyone who has just turned or is turning another corner on that hopefully long and winding road toward your final resting place.

OK, so it's a little morbid, but that's what we horror writers do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

'lo, BOB. Harpy Barfday.

--M
http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey

My all-time favorite moment is when Barnabas takes Sarah's flute, shakes it at her, and says, "I hope you like playing 'London Bridge' on the moon, 'cause that's where you're going! Ho ho, bang....ZOOM."

Yep, that's my all-time favorite moment.

--M
http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey

When Nathan Forbes waits for Barnabas with a crossbow... and when Barnabas comes through the door, fires. Barnabas appears stricken, but then defiantly pulls out the bolt and menacingly growls, "You didn't get my heart, Lieutenant. You didn't get my heart."

I originally saw that at a friend's house before I ever got to watch the show regularly as a kid, so it was sort of a stand-alone ES moment -- and for me, a defining one.

--M
http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey