Hah. A fringe-fannish friend whom I encountered at last night's symphony concert in San Jose asked me if I was attending Con-Volution. I said I wasn't even aware of it. If I had your interests, I'd be attracted by SilverRail too: sounds like a great thing for its fans.

I've mentioned this before, but when you speak of having Second Breakfast, be aware that you're being a Jackson fan, not a Tolkien fan. In Tolkien, a hobbit might have a second breakfast, but a regular meal of that name is purely a Jackson invention, like the helpless eyeball at the top of Barad-dur.