>> On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:58:09 -0400, Cheryl Martin wrote
(in article ):

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> Much fun, laughter, tears and hugs!  If you were there, please post you=
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> experiences!  I had a wonderful time.  The big reunion panel was very,=20
> very special.  And JMS' panel on Friday...there are no words. <<


I'll have to get around to posting my own reminiscences, but for now, I h=
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lurker named Ilene contact me privately to ask me to post this:


"I've been a long-time lurker in r.a.s.t.b5.mod.=A0 The last time I poste=
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the unmoderated group was in 1995 but I don't think I ever posted to the=20
moderated group.
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"I decided to go to Phoenix Comicon because of the B5 20th anniversary.=A0=
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really glad I went, though I doubt I'll go to another Comicon--very large=
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intense.=A0 Among the serendipitous outcomes was that I remembered going =
to a=20
little con in Massachusetts years ago--it turned out to be Rebelcon in=20
Taunton in July 1996.=A0 I vaguely remembered getting Michael O'Hare's=20
autograph, and I found it (personalized with my name).=A0 So one of the=20
greatest gifts I received at Comicon was something I already had, and (in=
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view of the timeline discussed at Joe's Friday panel) it means more now.=A0=
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Rick Biggs and Pat Tallman also were at Rebelcon.
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"I introduced myself to a couple of newsgroup luminaries at the first B5=20
panel but didn't really do any socializing.=A0 I went to most of the B5 e=
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and a couple of Whedon panels (no autographs or photo ops).=A0 Saturday e=
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I started feeling like I needed a change of venue so I decided to take in=
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Padres-Diamondbacks game.=A0 When the fire alarm went off on Sunday, it w=
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almost time for me to go to the airport anyway so I took off.
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"Joe is a hoot!
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"Back to lurking,
Ilene"



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