I mean the term “geeks” lovingly of course, especially since I’m one of them. That’s right I’m heading down south from my home in (currently) sunny Vancouver [mbv] to attend the Emerald City Comic Convention [eccc] this weekend at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.  For the next few days I’ll be a guest blogger on the site, and one of the several of Metblog types at the convention.

If you’ve not yet considered going to the convention this weekend I’d certainly have another think on that one. It promises to be a really cool show, with lots of top name comic book creators there such as Ed Brubaker (he killed Captain America), Dan Didio, Gail Simone and Scott Kurtz.

If you don’t like reading, or looking at colour picture pages, then there’s television stars there to including Julie Benz (Buffy/Angel), Wil Wheaton [wwdn] (from Stand By Me & Star Trek: The Next Generation) and whatever science fiction actors could be coaxed down from Vancouver for the weekend.

All in all it should be a great time. This is the third year in a row I’ll have come down for the show, so that’s just not idle speculation.

Sample comments on today’s weather, mercilessly stolen from various Seattle Metblogs authors on Twitter:

• Oh hey there, wintery mix.
• SNOMFJ. Surprise icefall again and again
• The Flying Spaghetti Monster is not well pleased with those in charge of the SLEET in SEATTLE in nearly APRIL
• DAMMIT STOP SLEETING IT IS NEARLY APRIL AND THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR
• *almost* snowing in pioneer square… wtf?
• I dub this month: Apruary
• OMG WEATHER. Seriously, though, what the fuck? Next, I predict a rain of locusts and frogs and scorpions. Cats and dogs living together.

Got a grumble about the weather? Add it in the comments!