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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I
have not got married just yet, though my girl and I did pick up our marriage
license today. We should be hitched in less than a month. I am still working on
her about </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>San Diego</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. I REALLY
want to go, but reality might dictate the necessities of other things involved
with moving, finding an appropriate place to live, and both acquiring new jobs,
etc. Maybe I will get lucky by then and NOT be able to find a job, which might
otherwise restrict scheduling the con into my calendar. </span></font><font
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mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>By
the way, I got the poster you sent me today! Yippee. Thanks SO much. You’re
the best. Although I must say you are way too much a rebel. You STILL did not
send me any extras, even at least a second one for me to send on to just Yodazone
as originally planned. (You did send him one yourself, right?). Way too nice, </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>! ;)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Myron,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I
like </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>’s
idea of the octopus. Kids swirling all around you would certainly flow pretty close
to how an octopus moves. When </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> suggested
the octopus I also thought of the mythical serpent-like beast Hercules killed,
the Hydra. Unfortunately that has 9 heads, not seven. Of course you could use
that to your advantage by having each head able to detach… as if in mid
slaying. Meanwhile your wife, who would have a designated head herself, could
be on an errand getting food or walking one of your kids to the bathroom, etc.
If you do not know much about the Hydra, you should definitely know that each
time attempted slayers would cut off one head the Hydra would grow back two
heads in its place. Hercules was able to kill it by <font color="#333333"><span
style='color:#333333'>cauterizing the necks as he cut off the heads. Maybe you
could even make it interactive by inviting new-found friends at the con to
become a head. I am not sure how exactly you would go about being able to
detach & re-attach heads. Perhaps with Velcro, or even red ribbon (the red ribbon
might actually look similar to blood spurts too) you could tie and untie, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>When
I told my girl about </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333333'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color="#333333" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#333333'>’s octopus idea she liked it, but offered another
suggestion of a caterpillar or snake. You could also just go with a spider with
one missing leg, and say some little geeky comic kid had done experimenting
with you by ripping one of your legs off. Maybe your wife could keep hold of the
eighth leg… or flip it around and she would be the spider (since it sounds
like she would b looking after the kids more) while the children would be the
legs, and you could be that evil freaky-geeky kid from next door. Either way if
you do make a costume involving your whole family in time for the con, you
could obviously certainly use it for the upcoming Halloween! Never loose
another limb too!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'>_<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>TONE</span></i>_<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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