( Thoughts on Liarmordhan )

Things that come up in breakfast combo: it seems evident to me that a caucus is much more like embroidery than it is like potted flowers, but Alison felt this wasn't particularly clear, so I'm curious if anyone else has an opinion on the matter.

( Random Thoughts on Free Speech and LJ policy )

The old SGC crew might be entertained by this, from jcreed (who at least annodomini should recognize from an old nomic game).

As some of you know, several of us here in Pittsburgh are working on a new larp. We're hoping to start making stuff public in the next couple weeks, but in the meantime, we need a logo, and occured to me that some of you might actually be interested in making one. We have an artist "on staff", but she's very busy at the moment, and it would be ( Read more... )

CMU's graduate student government, seeking applications, informs me that:
"After a very productive year in office which includes designing a new logo,
GSA representative T-shirts..."

And yet, for some reason, no one pays any attention to them. Huh.

After a much-longer-than-expected period of being away, on both ends, I am finally back in Pittsburgh. I look forward to seeing those of you in Pittsburgh again soon.

Recently finished the first two books of "The Prince of Nothing," The Darkness that Comes Before and The Warrior-Prophet. I think Bakker has some serious weaknesses as a writer, but the books are engaging and have some very neat ideas, so I've enjoyed them anyway. J tells me that the "correct" way to read them is as a sort of thought experiment, ( Read more... )

Last night, on that cusp between conscious thought and dreaming, I dreamt that it was 1905, Marshall was still Chief Justice, and there was a juxtaposition made between the observation that he seemed rather longlived and the announcement that the Supreme Court had extended due process rights to vampires ( Read more... )

I've fallen behind in mentioning the books I've been reading, which was as much for my benefit as anyone else's in the first place ( Read more... )