Not only will Scott Lynch and Elizabeth Bear going to be here on Oct. 8th, but Steven Brust will making his first-time author appearance at Pandemonium on Oct. 20th!

So excited!

Any suggestions?  Right now all I can think of is Bertucci's and Pizzeria Uno.

Is Emma's (near Kendall) still around, and still good?

Now this is a campaign idea for the Middle-Earth Role-Playing Game: Very nicely reasoned!

http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html#cutid1

Thanks to Ken Hite for pointing me at this link.

Hey all,
My birthday is tomorrow, but Karyn and I are celebrating it a day early as I'll be busy with work and my D&D game then.  Tonight we're going to be going to the Midwest grill in Inman Sq. for dinner at 6pm.  I know this is last minute, but if anyone wants to come by, hang out and partake of the huge amounts of Brzilian BBQ with us, please ( Read more... )

 I went to a 1-day seminar the ABA was holding in Chicago on how to do neat things with the website they provide to ABA bookstores (like Pandemonium).  So I had to get up at 4:45am, get driven to the airport by my wife (who really really loves me), fly to Chicago, get to the seminar (via shuttle), learn stuff at seminar all , get back to the ( Read more... )

My wife and I might get lucky:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/04/kerala-temple-treasure-found

No, wait.  As crammed with stuff as our basement is, my wife bought our house less than 12 years ago.  The chances of centuries-old treasure ( Read more... )

...The King's Speech was absolutely fabulous.  I wish Geoffrey Rush had been my speech therapist.  Colin Firth's portrayal of The Man Who Would Be (However Unwillingly) George VI was simply brilliant.  The mix of anger, frustration and desperation a stutterer feels when forced into public speaking was perfectly captured.  I've felt that way so. ( Read more... )

I am celebrating my birthday this Sunday. I've never really done dim sum before, so I am interested in giving it a shot.  I am a little intimidated by the concept, so I definitely would like a bunch of friends along for moral support ( Read more... )

 My sister is getting married in October and Karyn and I are looking for someone to mind our dog Kosh from Thursday (Oct. 7th) through to Sunday (Oct. 10th).   Kosh is a 13-year-old Keeshond, who is very quiet, very friendly and thoroughly house-broken.  I confess to not being a dog person myself, but Kosh is a Good Dog.  He gets along with cats ( Read more... )

but I need decent elf/Vulcan ears.  Where does one get those?