DarkSyde is plugging the Yearly Kos Convention, which will be held in August in Chicago. I recommend it highly—we attended last year, and it was a blast meeting all those people. I suspect this year's event will be even bigger.
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I'll be there! I hope to meet you -- will you be easy to find? On any panels? Signing autographs with squid ink?
PZ has his headshots tatooed on squids. The signature, from what I've heard, is standard Bic ink. I'm not sure where Bic gets its ink, however.