Category Archives: The Chucky Report

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Posted on May 17, 2022 by Hatboy

On this day, back in the final year of the Twentieth Century, I turned twenty-two. I was in Manhattan, cowering in a dingy hostel and all alone in a city of eight million people. No small fraction of whom were … Continue reading →

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Halloween 2021

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Hatboy

A week or so back, my very own Wump decided she wanted to host a Halloween party in Bar Äijä’s. Actually she decided this back in August sometime and that was when she started planning it. There was, last I … Continue reading →

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Ulkomaansplaining: Sima

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Hatboy

Sima, or mead, is a classic sweet drink brewed for the 1st of May around these parts. In Finland they call the day Vappu, and it’s a day of general merriment and drunkenness (I may have talked about it before … Continue reading →

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John Hunter

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Hatboy

Today I was saddened to read of the passing of John Hunter. John was a true legend of the Perth Highland Pipe Band, President of the PHPB for 20 years and granted life membership when he retired in 2000, just … Continue reading →

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Ten

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Hatboy

Today my impossible dork of a firstborn, who we have nicknamed “Wump” for the purposes of social media, is ten years old. Last weekend, we were up at the family cottage for midsummer. A few of the adults decided to … Continue reading →

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Pandamonium 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Hatboy

I’ve only got a couple of pictures to share and not much to tell about this, the fifteenth official book-release party held at Bar Äijä’s[1]. We’re getting steadily better and better at organising these things, and by now it’s a … Continue reading →

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Worldcon Dublin 2019: A Chucky Report

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Hatboy

The following is my brief, overdue and rushed account of Worldcon 2019, which happened in Dublin. It was a lovely trip and the con went without a hitch. I’d never been to Dublin before and it was a brilliant place. … Continue reading →

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Summer holidays…

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Hatboy

I’m going to be taking another little hiatus from the blog, most likely. My summer holiday (part one) starts now, and next week we’re shipping out to Dublin for Worldcon 2019. I’ve been looking forward to this (and saving up … Continue reading →

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Write Weekend 2019

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Hatboy

Well, work starts in a few hours and that means my Write Weekend is over for this year. My Write Weekend, in case I haven’t mentioned it before, is the 2-4-day stretch where Mrs. Hatboy goes to the summer cottage … Continue reading →

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Ropecon 2019, with pictures

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Hatboy

This year Ropecon was mostly about the cosplay. Which it often is anyway, for us, but this time I was really too worn out to do anything else. Plus the weather was dismally hot (despite the airconditioning in the convention … Continue reading →

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