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In order to change, you have to do things differently
I recently resigned from the WASFF Board, and from my role on the Convention Steering Committee, because I could no longer cope with the sustained negativity, insults and general reluctance to make difficult choices. I have largely lost faith in the ability of the Swancon community to actually achieve the goals it set itself to grow its membership ( Read more... ) -
Why yes, it is a stupid question
No you shouldn't bother. You aren't the victim and you still aren't welcome. -
Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty memberships
Thank you to everyone who has already signed up as a member of Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty. Online payment is now up and running, so you can pay online using the Paypal links provided, or register for membership online and send us a cheque in the mail ( Read more... ) -
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My vodkandlime brings all the boys to the yard
and they're like
it's better than yours.
Which song was this lyric from?
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Dear Lazywebs
I'm using a Mac, which very kindly displays attached images in the body of an email as well as being an attachment. That's usually a good thing, except when people receiving my images have MS 2007. They only get an embedded image, not an attachment.
Does anyone know how to fix this? At the moment I have to zip everything. -
#split
Tony Abbott, [...] has told a Sydney conference a bad boss is a little bit like a bad father or a bad husband, but that is better than no boss at all.
"He might be a bad boss but at least he's employing someone while he is in fact a boss," he said.
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Seven Things
Tagged by girliejones and I think we all know that one must not disobey Ms Jones
1. I am ridiculously addicted to Mocha Chills
2. That thing in your head that's supposed to make you worry about consequences is set to only kick in once it's too late to back out of stuff. This has me doing stuff like saying yes to running a Swancon and quitting my job to work ( Read more... ) -
Agency and 13 year old girls
Kate Harding writes:
I mean, that's what's so fascinating to me about the pro-Polanski arguments here. In many cases, there's overlap between two of the most common defenses of him: "He only pled guilty to sex with a minor, not non-consensual sex," and "We should listen to what the victim says -- she doesn't want him prosecuted!" We should listen to ( Read more... )
