It’s only Wednesday, and Denvention 3 has barely begun, but I’ve already started uploading my first pictures. The way I figure it, what’s the point of having fun if I can’t make at least a few people out there kick themselves because they can’t be here with us?

I meant to only stop in my hotel room for a few minutes, but then a tornado siren went off, and people have reported sighting funnel clouds. So the real reason you’re getting these photos so quickly is that I thought it might be wiser to stay here for a little while longer instead of rushing right over to the SFWA suite. (That weather report is to make a few other people out there happy that they can’t be with us.)

Meanwhile, here I am with Robert Silverberg, in a photo taken during the hour I waited to register (from 10:17 to 11:17), which is the longest it’s ever taken me to get my badge at a Worldcon. I’m hoping that isn’t an omen.

A fuller report will follow when (and if) tonight’s partying ends.