So we left for Chicon on Wednesday August 29th, the day before the convention started. I used to fly to convention on the first day of a con, but after getting burned more than once and missing panels I really wanted to attend, I changed that up.
So, in order to get down to the airport for our 7 am flight, we had to be up at oh-dark-thirty. Luckily a friend was kind enough to drive me, my sweetie-wife, and another pal down to the airport saving us taxi fare.
Passing through TSA was relatively painless, as much as that process can be now days, and we waited for our flight, along with at least two other fans heading to Chicago. (Side note, the prohibition of small blades and knives on airplanes is really a pointless rule. No highjacker or set of highjackers are going to take an airliner that way again. As we have already seen passengers adapted to the new terrorism very quickly, tackling anyone they suspected of foul intentions, including their own pilots. The days of meekly sitting there while the plan is taken are over and they are not returning.)
The flight was pleasant and I watched Captain America: the First Avenger on my laptop to pass the time. We arrived on time at Midway airport and after a short taxi ride found ourselves at the Hyatt Regency hotel. Check in went quickly and before long we had our badges and were ready for the con to begin.
showing in San Diego. One evening one time.) Go to Tugg.com to find were it is showing in the U.S.
early the first time, the shock of that first attack having thoroughly unnerved me. Nothing in my horror film experience had prepared me for such a superbly crafted thriller. On the second attempt I stayed in my seat the entire film and thoroughly loved the experience by the film’s exciting conclusion. 
This was another film that I had a vague interest in seeing when it played in theaters earlier this year, but procrastination prevented me from actually going out to the cinema. Red Tails is loosely based upon the real life WWII 332nd fighter group, better known as the Tuskegee Airmen. It was a fighter squadron comprised of African-American pilots at a time when the U.S. Armed services still suffered from racist segregation of black and white personnel. 
