tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post5443988608441393928..comments2024-03-26T09:32:26.565-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Where's Braldo? The four SH birthday dinners edition.Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-14729767548363993462016-02-01T16:23:35.844-06:002016-02-01T16:23:35.844-06:00I believe that assigned seating at BSI dinners lon...I believe that assigned seating at BSI dinners long preceded 1987; there were assigned seats at my first BSI dinner in the early 1970s, and at every subsequent dinner I attended. I wonder if Asimov was simply irked at the specific assignments in 1987; he seemed to complain about the seating every year, and there are loads of stories about him rearranging the seating before dinner, only to find that someone else came in later and rearranged the seating again. I counted myself lucky to be seated next to Asimov at my first BSI dinner, though in his comments to the crowd that night he also complained at length about smokers at his table...Donald Pollocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-47400731110802213872016-02-01T09:03:15.895-06:002016-02-01T09:03:15.895-06:00A 221B Con postscript just for me, I'm honored...A 221B Con postscript just for me, I'm honored sir. By the bye, Holmes these days is never a far cry from wrestling, in the Alphabetical Listing of Holmes Performers you will find Santino Marella, The Great Khali, Ron 'The Truth' Killings, Damian Sandow, and Sami Zayn all wrestlers, all in Sherlock Garb for various WWE skits. Plus, I knew that wasn't Haystacks because he wore a horseshoe around his neck, even at formal events :-)Howard Ostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974147547261766167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-41951461720489603012016-02-01T07:10:42.252-06:002016-02-01T07:10:42.252-06:00Any minute now, just because you're Howard.
T...Any minute now, just because you're Howard.<br /><br />That wasn't Haystacks Calhoun, that was John Farrell, the biggest Sherlockian I ever met and as grand a fellow as his size allowed. He reviewed opera in L.A., if I remember correctly, which is a far cry from wrestling!Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-49511337342136612012016-02-01T06:41:37.710-06:002016-02-01T06:41:37.710-06:00Wow, I never realized (3rd pic down behind you &a...Wow, I never realized (3rd pic down behind you & lady) that Haystacks Calhoun was a BSI member. When do we get the 221B Con Brad fanboy photos?Howard Ostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974147547261766167noreply@blogger.com