Due to my mother's health problems, most likely I will wind up missing the entire convention. If anyone is making recordings (whether video or just audio) and would be willing to trade for some videos of previous years, keep me in mind ( Read more... )

We've got light, fleecy clouds over much of the sky, tinged pink here at sunset. Even the clouds on the eastern horizon are pink. And there's a full moon shining through those pink fleecy clouds.

At 4:10 PM or so local time we had two noticeable jolts here, a couple seconds apart. No damage, no swaying pictures, nothing knocked off shelves ( Read more... )

Christmas is a rather quiet holiday for us these days (though of course those who don't celebrate Christmas at all might wish things were a lot MORE quiet at this time of year). So let me just wish for everyone a bit more Peace On Earth, let me try to do a bit more Good Will To Men*, and may the upcoming New Year be a bit better for each of you in ( Read more... )

I caught this PBS special on Tommy Emmanuel. Wow. For those who like great guitar work, you won't want to miss this.

From the number of posts I've seen about it, this crossposting thing is a big concern to many.  So let join the chorus that says "I will not be crossposting anything." 

We celebrate another year made happier by the presence among us of the lovely, talented, vivacious and just-a-darn-nice-person vixyish!

The BayCon committee ran into some rough waters earlier in the year, but overall managed to put on a reasonably good convention (at least, the parts I attended).

Friday:  I got to the convention in the middle of the 4 PM panels and decided to just slip quietly in for the Graphic Novels panel.  The part I saw was very good, I wished I had been able ( Read more... )

Not that I'm in the habit of flinging my friends very far, mind you.  But a couple thousand miles over to ohiblather and a few thousand miles more over to katyhh  - Let The Birthday Wishes Fly!

Today is the day
Retrieve the music, press PLAY
Since you are not here

This technology
Refreshes my memories
Of wonderful friends

Waiting for the day
We meet again in person
And the ( Read more... )

Sigh.  Apparently I picked up a virus over ConSonance.  Typical URI, and allowing some incubation time (and mingling with a lot of people from all over the place) that seems the logical source.

So I don't plan to go over to the usual Wed. night gathering.  No sense spreading this around.