Barbeque.

I'm working in Utah for a month... and the fridge at home is full of Shiner Bock... (unless DH has consumed it all).   There are some good beers here, though... who knew?

I used to work at 6th and Congress at an architecture firm there, and one day I got off the bus and there was Leslie fixing something on his bike, bending over in his g-string, and I got a big shot of hairy ass at 7:45 before even getting my coffee.

So, when I got into the office, I explained what had just happened in this sort of shocked way and the receptionist almost exploded as she couldn't figure out whether or not to laugh or cry, if I was joking, or if this was something really really  serious- she just stood there with this weird smirk, shaking.

Then got it- as my brain was still decaffeinated, I remembered- the woman who hired me at the office was also a Leslie, and she thought I was referring to her hairy ass.

It probably was.

And I never want to know what exactly was brewing around in the receptionist's mind.  

Wouldn't have it any other way :-D

covers all of your costs for the convention for real, and lessens the amount of fundraising they have to do.  But they don't want to restrict the event just to people who can pay that much, so they offer lower registrations for people who can't afford the whole amount, and do a lot of fundraising.  If you can afford the full amount, it's great to pay it. If not, pay what you can.  And, either way, if you can come up with something to auction when they do auctions, or buy something at auction, or contribute in some other way, that helps too.