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RIP Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr has died at age 93.
He was one of my heroes. Cantakerous troublemaker that he was, he seems to have done what was right to keep the public informed, especially of government misdeeds, regardless of the cost to himself.
I'll miss your voice on Saturday mornings with Scott Simon, Mr. Schorr. But you know, 93 isn't such a bad run, ( Read more... ) -
Fundraiser for Master Huon
As many of you know, Master Huon Daimbridge of Gode Cookys fame, feast autocrat of many fine events over the past 25 years, was hospitalized for three weeks with a serious infection and complications of diabetes. He is still sick even though they sent him home over a week ago.
This week I found out that, although the hospital gave him prescriptions ( Read more... ) -
Book Review: Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Recently finished the newest book by my favorite author, Guy Gavriel Kay, "Under Heaven." As usual the plot and characters were intricate and brilliantly rendered, the descriptions vivid and the various subplots complex and interesting with surprising twists. I loved the book... right up until the ending, which I thought fell uncharacteristically ( Read more... ) -
Marian of Edwinstowe
Marian of Edwinstowe, of the Barony of Carolingia, was a fixture in the SCA long before I joined. She was a Lady with a capital "L", warm, kind and caring but with just the right touch of sass and humor. I was saddened to learn that she passed away last night after a long illness.
I only knew Marian slightly, though she was always kind to me. I ( Read more... ) -
Political ridiculosity
Michael Brown apparently doesn't realize that his 15 days of infamy (as opposed to 15 minutes of fame) were up 4-1/2 years ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/05/brown.obama.oil.spill/index.html?hpt=T2
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Blast from the past
Recently I was digging through some old photos and found the oldest one I have of myself in the SCA. This is from an East Kingdom Crown Tourney in 1977 at a Boy Scout camp on one of the Finger Lakes, in Thescorre. From left: Anne of the Golden Mantle, Elric of Erewhon, me, Morgan Elandris, and Rosamund Mableswin Entenheales.
I was 19. Man, that was ( Read more... ) -
McSpelling
Tonight after a trip to the bookstore (as a reward for both kids getting the best grades of the school year so far for the 3rd term), we stopped at McDonalds. The little placard on the tables advertising their hunt for new employees caused the kids to insist that I take a photo and post it to FailBlog. You can see it here. -
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Happy Birthday to my apprentice, lrstrobel ! Big hugs and no birthday smacks (at least, not from me!) :-) -
An update
I thought this was pretty funny, though the news of threats of violence against Democratic Congressmen who voted for the health care reform bill make it somewhat less so.
If you think you've seen this before, you're probably wrong - just wait for it.
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