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Politics sucks
I was just on Daily Kos, and saw the article linked here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/06/1369043/-Terri-Schiavo-episode-comes-back-to-haunt-Jeb-Bush-but- ( Read more... ) -
Civic Duties
Got a jury summons a few weeks ago. First time ever for that. Today, I'm at the Kane County Courthouse, waiting for the judge to call for the pool to select jurors for a trial. No idea what the case might be, or if I'll be chosen to actually sit as a juror or alternate (and I won't be able to talk about it before the trial's over, so this is ( Read more... ) -
The things that come up at filks . . .
Be warned: this is Sunday afternoon sillyness at Windycon, from the dead dog filk ( Read more... ) -
Bad timing and Bad Words
I'm making this public because I have to. Someone I am friended with here on LJ has locked me out from replying to them in any other way, and I have to say it would be my fault. Since we don't appear to have any mutual friends I can appeal to this person through, I have to go this route since they don't appear to have removed me from their ( Read more... ) -
Texas Time
OK, I'm still at Worldcon (San Antonio) with friends and acquaintances, listening to Jordan Kare and thinking about upcoming events. Spokane, Washington won the Worldcon bid for 2015 (which didn't surprise me half as much as it did the bid committee for Orlando). I'd been expecting Helsinki to lose, since I've never seen two non-North American ( Read more... ) -
Worldcon musings
Between financial and time pressures, I find that I've let more deadlines for the Reno Worldcon go by than I would have liked, and now memberships are up to $195.00 each. I'm posting this in the hope that someone who knows me would either have a membership for sale, or know someone who does. I'll wait until just before the next deadline, which is ( Read more... ) -
Hoping to make some political hay . . .
Well, I just sent the following to Mark Kirk, who currently sits as the junior Senator from Illinois. I'd sent my 2 cents worth as part of a drive to let Congress as a whole know many of us do not want funding for Planned Parenthood cut. I'll let my response speak for itself (I've copied it below); I tried to keep it civil and stay factual, I ( Read more... ) -
And the Weather Outside is Frightful
That, of course, is putting it mildly. I was hoping the weather guys would be wrong, but the reports are coming in that Chicagoland got around 20 inches before the snow stopped earlier this morning. Kathy and I are fine, sitting at home because our offices are officially closed and the roads are very near impassable. The wind is still gusting ( Read more... ) -
A Mixed Weekend
Kathy and I have been spending the weekend in Atlanta at GAFilk, seeing old friends and treasured acquaintances like Dave Clement, Cat Faber, Amy McNally, and Kathleen Sloan. The music has been wonderful, as usual, though the hotel is cold in odd places (Atlanta is NOT supposed to be this cold, even in January) and there is a threat of an ice ( Read more... ) -
Wondering where time gets to . . .
Due to circumstances of work and just plain forgetting about it, I was only able to attend one day of Madcon 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin, which was today. I'd wanted to both have a chance to see Harlan Ellison again, and catch up with Allen Steele. When I arrived, the first person I saw was Allen, who was pleasantly surprised to see me since he ( Read more... )