So now, the serious part of yesterday's ideas.

People hate confrontation.  The word itself sounds antagonistic, like there's going to be a knock-down, drag-out fight before you even start.  In the SCA, this leads to nice people giving in to the jerks who always yell and whine until they get their way, no matter how many nice people get driven out by ( Read more... )

 There is a fine art to mooching off other people at events, and you know what?  Everyone does it wrong.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.  All of you mooches need to get your act together, or the nice people from whom I have siphoned all sorts of hospitality for the past twenty years (including, but not limited to:  Chairs, food, feast gear, a bed, napping ( Read more... )