91 shopping days until Christmas

Shop early and often. Coming soon will be the online JonCon store. T-Shirts, hats, over sized coffee mugs, key chains and leather totes will all be available bearing the classic JonCon logo. Be the first kid on your block with the official merchandise of JonCon08!

Happy Birthday Bilbo

"My dear Bagginses and Boffins, Tooks and Brandybucks, Grubbs, Chubbs, Hornblowers, Bolgers, Bracegirdles and Proudfoots. Alas, eleventy-one years is far too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

The immortal words of Bilbo on his eleventy first birthday. Today is the day of his Birth, September 22. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the release of "The Hobbit" . Well done J.R.R.

Enjoy the day in the Shire and do something Hobbit like in honor of dear old Bilbo!



IF MORE OF US VALUED FOOD AND CHEER AND SONG ABOVE HORDED GOLD, IT WOULD BE A MERRIER WORLD.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit or There and Back Again

Avast and Yo Ho, Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. So ye best be enjoyin the day ye olde scurvy dawg. make sure ye share yer best Pirate Jokes like this one within yer friends:

Why do Pirates sail in ships?
Because they can't drive carrrrrs. Arrrrrr

A couple of quick notes. I have found a picture of me favorite Pirate




Also below is a list of the top Seven Pirates in Movie History

7. Walter Mathau as Captain Red in Pirates
6. Erroll Flynn as Captain Blood in Captain Blood
5. Tommy Lee Jones as Bully Hayes in Nate and Hayes
4. Keith Richards as Captain Teague in Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
3. Robert Newton as Long John Silver in several movies and an Australian television series
2. Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook in Hook
1. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

JonCon Movie Alert

As movies come out from time to time it is our custom, as Adventurers, to review and share the out come of these films. Why do we do this you may ask? Because friends don't let friends see movies as bad as Dungeons & Dragons:The Movie. And as it is also our custom to not reveal the endings or serve up any spoiler info, ala The Perfect Storm, I want to discreetly talk about a couple of films. The first is the Western that is currently out, 3:10 to Yuma.

A movie that has a pretty good cast, including Christian Bale and Russell Crowe, this is a classic western. I would highly recommend it and would go with any of you to see it again. It is a remake of a flick from 1957 starring Glen Ford and Van Heflin. Beautiful scenery, great classic western story line and some good performances make it worth a trip to the theater. The costumes are outstanding and it doesn't look like it was the first time any of these guys had been on a horse. Russell Crowe's character is outstanding. I really hope that Hollywood continues to make classic Westerns such as this and Open Range which came out several years ago. I really liked this movie and I give it 4 Floyd's (out of 5).


The second is Highlander:The Source, which came out on the Sci-Fi network this week end. I love Highlander, Adventurers love Highlander, going back to the original from 1986. Who can forget "I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod?" What other clan would he have been from? A lot of purists felt the franchise should have ended there (and this film makes their case)but it did not and several sequels sprang forth. There was also a pretty good TV series that featured Duncan MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. Well, did you ever wonder where the Immortals came from in the first place? This movie will make you wish you had never begun to think of that question.

This latest Sci-Fi attempt to continue the story is pathetic. It brings back some of the actors from the TV series but their presence is not enough to save this dog. As far as that goes this dog deserves to be handed over to Michael Vick. Don't waste your time to watch this and just think of it as me taking one for the team. Spend two hours with your family, friends, people you don't like, harassing the homeless, torturing kittens or playing croquet just do not waste it on this movie. If I had a negative rating for films this would receive it x2!

Jon Con exclusive

The organizers of JonCon are proud, nay pleased, to announce that a brand new game will be making its debut at JonCon. Ghetto Life will be available for demo at this event. The latest creation from Wallet Draining Lich games is sure to bring countless hours of wholesome fun for your gaming group or your family. Learn the most current phrases in hip hop culture and brush up on your ebonics. Enjoy the detailed game markers from exact replica weapons and bullets, authentic looking rocks of crack (replica only as the organizers of JonCon and the people at Wallet Draining Lich Games do not approve of the use of crack cocaine) to switchblades with moving parts. Check back for more details and releases.

Happy Labor Day

Should we have a Fall gaming week end or maybe an outing to The Renaissance Festival? Any suggestions?

Happy September

Make a mental note of the dates June 25-29, 2008 kids. It is only 265 days to JonCon 08. Circle those dates on your favorite Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Redneck Life calendars and make plans now to join us for the Con of the decade!!