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Fan Econ 101: What Media Con Guests Get Paid
A post at Airlock Alpha records the messy details of yet another failed con promoter's bankruptcy. What's really interesting about the account is the listing of fees owed to actors who agreed to appear as guests at the convention. It's a rare look at the amounts earned by actors appearing at such cons, and the hierarchy of celebrity as measured ( Read more... ) -
Star Trek
So, sue me. I came out of the theater liking it. A lot.
(..... or maybe it was just the joy of pissing on Rick Berman's grave....)
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Authorial Justice
Hello, World ( Read more... ) -
Regime Change Begins At Home, Part II
The spousal unit and I spent Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday volunteering for the Obama campaign in Indiana, doing canvassing, phonebanking, and voter protection work. When I arrived at the polling place I was assigned to for election day, a 100% African-American precinct in Gary, a line of 50+ voters waited to vote in the chilly pre-dawn darkness. ( Read more... ) -
Why You Should NEVER Talk to the Police
My contribution to this week's vidspam ( Read more... ) -
(Icon) Love for Bailey
Recovering from a throughly wonderful-if-exhausting weekend at WisCon,and in the midst of news about wank and plague, I sat down to watch the season finale of Grey's Anatomy as an act of sheer avoidance/defiance. And I found out, as I long expected, that Miranda Bailey is not only a fine physician and human being, but also a fan, too ( Read more... ) -
Fandom Wank Goes Upscale
I ask you: Is fannish wank any classier when it's published in the New Yorker?
Fan Feud
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/05/12/080512ta_talk_wu
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Transitions (w/out Internet access)
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Security Theatre 101 in the Playroom
Operation Checkpoint: Scan-It Toy X-Ray Machine ( Read more... )
