At Friday night's cocktail party with MrBug and Emperor-Fool ( Read more... )

Hey, dig it...it's 10:15 and I'm back in my room. This is the first night I've been in at a decent hour, which can only mean that the Convention is over. Actually, my experience has been tame. When I saw Spedbug at Mass this morning, she told me she was up til 6:30 and I know she had a lot of company ( Read more... )

It's late (do you see a trend here?) but I thought I'd upload some photos from tonight's uproarious trivia night. BC Support formed a team named "Oh Bother" (in reference to the "Oh Bother" warning screen which appears when the BC website goes down). Thanks to BountifulPots, that vexing screen adorns the T-shirts we're wearing in the photos. We ( Read more... )

Those of you who have read the first chapter of my novel, "Til Tuesday" may remember the character of Eleanor (the protagonist's best friend and roommate). Eleanor's name is a fond tribute to a dear friend. My friend Elena was a ready source of love, compassion, humor and common sense when we attended college together. We lost touch for awhile ( Read more... )

It's a beautiful sunny day and I can't tell you how absolutely gorgeous this city is. Think of your fantasy of the perfect antebellum Southern city and you have it in spades. After being up too late, I was up at the crack this morning to head over to the Welcome session and our new CEO's presentation ( Read more... )

The coven...antof9, bookczuk, fsr44. Please note that Margie and I had to lean way over or little Amy would have been cut out of the shot entirely.


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Three hours is more than enough sleep for anybody, right? Caught an early flight on a day so clear that I had stunning views of Long Island (including the campus of my alma mater) and Manhatten and the Statue of Liberty. My dorm was in the flight path to JFK, and during some particularly troubling times way back when, I can remember watching some ( Read more... )

And I don't mean packing (feh!). I've got tickets to see Harry Connick Jr. and his Big Band tonight in Providence ( Read more... )

I've posted this on BC, but in case you haven't gotten over there, bookczuk reports that Sirroy's Mam passed away. He'll be getting on a plane back to the UK Friday at noon. Please keep him in your thoughts.

I'll confess, I'm so techno-impaired that I thought gacking was what happens if you stick your toothbrush too far back in your throat. But I'm told it has something to do with swiping a photo off the net. And so, I'll attempt that here. Hold on and let's hope nobody gets hurt ( Read more... )