I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I am blessed with incredible friends and family who are each on their own brilliant and amazing.... and are currently massing for one hell of a party ( Read more... )

Another year, another penguicon. I've bounced ideas around about trying to sync vacation back to Michigan and con time.... it's not an impossibility, but this may have to be the last P-con I do for awhile ( Read more... )

People are coming to see me talk in the Olmstead Room at Kalamazoo this monday. Just me.

I mean, this is the shmancy room with all the books where professors do readings and people who know about stuff do their talks.

Should probably find somewhere to sleep Sunday night, so as to not appear homeless and disheveled.

I had something amazing and beautiful made just for me tonight... but I can't SHOW it to you until the official debut.

Suffice to say that Kythryne at Wyrding Studios is a master artist, and you should go buy every available piece of jewlery she has.

Ok, one little hint. It involved an item from this:

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I firmly believe that everyone does have a favourite book. When asked the question, I have a book that flashes into mind, unbidden. It's the one I love and continue to love ( Read more... )

Starting this July 1st, I will be an internal medicine resident at Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia


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The "five things" meme that ran around the internet about a month ago. Five prompts generously provided by Mr. humbleminionTeam Fortress - A relative newcomer. I got sucked into a fantastic little flying game based on a mp3s called "Audiosurf" about a year ago, and as a result I now have a steam account, so Nick and I watch when games go on deep, deep ( Read more... )

What's your favourite instrumental music from a movie?

Preferably not stuff that is immediately recognizeable from the film (ie, the main themes of Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park...)

Youtube's nice, but a track name or a scene description ie, "the music playing when Rorschach and Nite Owl kiss in Watchmen" would work too.

Costumes for Penguicon:

Nick: (Scout) .. Me: (Medic)

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I should watch more TV, because more often than not this is what my brain fixates on for long periods of time:

Map visualization of the growth of Target vs. the growth of Wal-MartI'm sure there's a fascinating socio-economic report to be written based on this data (obviously, by someone smarter than me ( Read more... )