{"id":119,"date":"2008-07-27T00:32:22","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T04:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress65\/?p=119"},"modified":"2013-02-14T21:20:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T02:20:18","slug":"back-beach-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/back-beach-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Back from the beach, off to a con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just returned this afternoon, lightly sunburned and heavily fatigued, from a week in Myrtle Beach, and tomorrow I&#8217;ll head over to Trinoc*coN, a local SF&#038;F convention. 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It&#8217;s a &#8220;relaxacon&#8221; this year, with minimal programming, but even so they got a big-name GOH in Catherine Asaro. 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