Important Lessons Learned At NECON

No good can come of a bottle of amaretto larger than your head. Ever.If Matt Bechtel tells you he's a leprechaun, don't believe him.The words "Oh, look, a yarn shop" hold terrifying mystical power.No, you're not going to find something appropriate for your 8 year old nephew at the art show. Just saying.You will get no reading done in the lobby because everyone will come over and ask you what you're reading. The difference at NECON is, they're genuinely curious.Mixing a drink in a container sized and shaped like a bowling pin is never a good idea for anyone involved.It takes more planning than you'd think to get a lot of people to agree to drown on a schedule.FIFA corruption extends even to the foosball table in the hotel bar.We're not writers because we're good at math. See also: divvying up the check after any meal.Duckpin bowling is New England's raised middle finger to the laws of physics.Once you start trying to quantify the exact number of tentacles in a Lovecraft story, it's all over.