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The crew of the Dragon Con Star Trek Strange New Worlds Live Tribute performance
DragonCon / Science Fiction

First Live Fan Tribute to Subspace Rhapsody

September 10, 2024September 11, 2024 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

On Labor Day weekend I managed to score a seat at a deeply historic live Star Trek event – no, not the Bell Riots (thank goodness) – I was at the …

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DragonCon Parade Route Milestones with Elevations
DragonCon

How to Survive the Dragon Con Parade

August 27, 2023September 11, 2024 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

So you think you’re ready to march in the Dragon Con Parade? That is AWESOME! I’ll bet your costume will be great and people are going to love seeing you! …

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IA Solidarity
Your Pal Drew

Why is IATSE Ready to Strike?

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Some of my friends may have noticed I’ve made a flurry of union posts over the past few weeks. I have posted some articles but thought that I would provide …

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Post DragonCon Testing Protocols
Your Pal Drew

Post-DragonCon Testing Protocols

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

AS I WRITE THIS, Dragon Con 2021 is winding down one of its strangest years on record, and one of its most joyously attended. The convention managed to navigate a …

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Smart Design / Your Pal Drew

Vintage Handmade EPCOT Box

July 26, 2020December 28, 2022 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Have you seen the incredible series on Disney Plus detailing the history of Disney’s theme parks? Highly recommended. When I finished watching the series I remembered a box that I …

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Your Pal Drew

Typhoid Rug Kills Family

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Preface: As we shelter-in-place to weather the spread of Covid-19, I was reminded of our family’s tragic history with a different type of outbreak, back in the 1920s. Your first …

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Your Pal Drew

Coronavirus Time Capsule #1

April 2, 2020April 4, 2020 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

I saw a few people posting a chain letter around Facebook designed to memorialize today for them to find again in the future. It was pretty good, but it was …

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Structured settlement
Your Pal Drew

Life Before Plague

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

RELAX. When I was a kid I had my tonsils removed. It was a pretty awful experience because surgery in the 70s was less refined, so the first few days …

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Rare footage from a 1980s sci-fi conventions.
Atlanta / Cosplay / DragonCon / Science Fiction / Your Pal Drew

Rare 1980s Sci-Fi Con Documentary

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 - by Drewprops - 2 Comments.

Note: I never imagined I would be posting TWO “rare sci-fi convention” videos within weeks of each other, but here we are! So here’s the story… In the fall of …

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Segments seen in this video clip of Atlanta's DixieTrek 1986 convention!
Atlanta / Cosplay / DragonCon / Science Fiction

Rare 1980s Sci-Fi Con Footage

December 26, 2019December 26, 2019 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

Note: this resided in my VHS collection for 33 years before I finally transferred it into a digital format in December of 2019. I am tremendously happy to share it …

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