{"id":6497,"date":"2009-10-21T17:17:44","date_gmt":"2009-10-22T00:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2015-09-25T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T16:18:33","slug":"upcoming-howardian-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/upcoming-howardian-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Howardian Celebrations in the Lone Star State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6499 aligncenter\" title=\"dog&amp;ducklogo\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dogducklogo1-300x77.gif\" alt=\"dog&amp;ducklogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dogducklogo1-300x77.gif 300w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dogducklogo1.gif 953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conan.com\/invboard\/index.php?showtopic=7508&amp;pid=136762&amp;st=0&amp;#entry136762\">Official Robert E. Howard Forum<\/a>, Paul Herman just passed along the news of an REH Halloween party being held\u00a0on October 30th in Austin, Texas. Spearheaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/howardworks.com\/mchaney.html\">Dennis McHaney<\/a> and the Texas Friends of REH (TFOREH), this beer-haunted gala will be convened at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dogandduckpub.com\/\">Dog and Duck Pub<\/a>, generally considered the finest establishment of its type in the Austin area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6500\" title=\"D&amp;Dext\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DDext-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"D&amp;Dext\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DDext-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/DDext.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6507\" title=\"reh_days_2007_blohm_romeo_mchaney\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/reh_days_2007_blohm_romeo_mchaney1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"reh_days_2007_blohm_romeo_mchaney\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/reh_days_2007_blohm_romeo_mchaney1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/reh_days_2007_blohm_romeo_mchaney1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides McHaney (seen\u00a0here with <a href=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=1511\">Gary Romeo<\/a> and Ed Blohm),\u00a0Howardian poetry czar, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robert-e-howard.org\/crossplainsman\/\">Frank Coffman<\/a>, is also threatening to attend. Rumor has it that\u00a0Frank will celebrate the occasion in his now-traditional guise of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Skipper\">Jonah &#8220;Skipper&#8221; Grumby<\/a>. Do not let the photo\u00a0below fool you. These days, Mr. Coffman is the spittin&#8217; image of Alan Hale, Jr.\u00a0This blogger wonders: Will Gary Romeo (a Texan resident)\u00a0appear to reprise his role as Gilligan? No further celebrity guests have been confirmed, but Paul Herman has indicated that he is a definite maybe for next Friday. This sounds like it&#8217;ll be a great party.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6502\" title=\"fcoffman1\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fcoffman1-167x300.jpg\" alt=\"fcoffman1\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fcoffman1-167x300.jpg 167w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/fcoffman1.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slightly\u00a0more distant on the Howardian holiday calendar is the celebration of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glenn_Lord\">Glenn Lord&#8217;s <\/a>seventy-eighth birthday in Houston on November 14th.\u00a0The always-busy Paul Herman is the organizer\u00a0of this shindig held in honor of REH scholardom&#8217;s towering\u00a0<em>eminence gris<\/em>. The <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6503\" title=\"tampico2\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tampico2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"tampico2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>event will be held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g56003-d484572-Reviews-Tampico_Seafood_Cocina_Mexicana-Houston_Texas.html\">Tampico&#8217;s Seafood and Cocina Mexicana<\/a>. Bill &#8220;Black Indy&#8221; Cavalier, grizzled warlord of the REHupan horde, provides complete details over on the REHupa blog. Judging by the discussion over on the Official Robert E. Howard Forum, TC&#8217;s own [redacted] will be in attendance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6504 aligncenter\" title=\"tampico1\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tampico1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"tampico1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tampico1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/tampico1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every Robert E. Howard fan in the world owes a debt to Mr. Lord. If you have the time and money, I urge you to pay your respects to the man who has done more for the legacy of Robert E. Howard than any other.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6505\" title=\"glennlord-wiki\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/glennlord-wiki.jpg\" alt=\"glennlord-wiki\" width=\"483\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/glennlord-wiki.jpg 483w, http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/glennlord-wiki-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on the Official Robert E. Howard Forum, Paul Herman just passed along the news of an REH Halloween party being held\u00a0on October 30th in Austin, Texas. Spearheaded by Dennis McHaney and the Texas Friends of REH (TFOREH), this beer-haunted gala will be convened at the Dog and Duck Pub, generally considered the finest establishment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,46,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fandom","category-robert-e-howard","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6497"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16722,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions\/16722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}