(Reposted here at Eadric's request.  Must obey....)

I first heard about the SCA as a junior or senior in high school.  That would be roughly around 2003, five years ago.  Because of that, this will be long and drawn-out, but mostly because I’ve been to enough events to make it long and not enough to fully compress them like those who have been ( Read more... )

I stumbled across the chaos that is one person's presumably well-meaning attempt to get people to not treat the SCA like an overaged frat party. Some of the comments mentioned things that remind me of when I first joined.  I had a pair of black jazz slippers (because they're leather and don't have thick soles!), a yellow cotton t-tunic (which was ( Read more... )

If you post, I will ( Read more... )

I'd like to buy a new laptop sometime in the next six months.  After looking for over a year, the only thing I've come to the conclusion about is that it's vey hard to break the habit of looking for a good gaming computer.  Which, of course, I no longer need.

What I do need is something stable, with good battery life, and the ability to do basic ( Read more... )