Not surprised to see that LJ still has a rotten search feature. Maybe I'm using it wrong, but it still doesn't work. I'm also not great at tagging in the right way, so that I don't have hundreds of post to scroll through to find what I want ( Read more... )

Whew, that's almost over. Some two years ago, I stepped up as chronicler for the barony, after being begged to do so. No, I wasn't begged because of my mad skilz, but rather because there really wasn't anybody else to do it. I knew I was unlikely to make meetings, but figured that as long as somebody else sent me minutes, I could managed to do it. ( Read more... )

Don't faint from shock, but I went to an event this weekend. On about Wednesday, I realized from internet chatter that it was near Fredericksburg, and since that was less than two hours, decided to go. We were all going to go, but Jeff bailed to work in the basement. We've found that taking one boy to an event is pretty easy, so Henry came with me ( Read more... )

I fully realize that I’m going to anger people with this post. I don’t ask you to agree with me, but I do ask that you at least respect me and my opinion.

( cut for lengthy post about SCA politics )

It's been a while since we've hosted sewing day on a Sunday afternoon around here. And since Jeff is spending most weekends cranking on the basement, I'm hesitant to commit to too much activity on Sunday afternoons ( Read more... )

Late last week, I posted something on my live journal, criticizing a practice that I heard about at Pennsic. Since it was hearsay, it was a rumor, whether or not it was true. It turns out it wasn’t true, and I edited my post accordingly. I suspect that one thing was said and another was heard, not anybody’s fault, but a bit of a game of telephone. ( Read more... )

Two things I’ve recently overheard got me thinking about sharing of information and research. They’re not really related other than they’re about info sharing in the SCA, but they both rubbed me the wrong way. They’re also hearsay, so maybe (hopefully) I’m wrong about the facts. I’m willing to be corrected.

I heard tell at Pennsic about a woman ( Read more... )

Tired - I hope this is coherent ( Read more... )

Who is going to Tournament of the Lily? Who is staying for feast? Is anybody staying overnight in the cabins? Is anybody breaking down Sunday morning?

I'm a little tired of the old meme that somebody who is not a laurel shouldn't actively want to be a laurel (or any A&S award). It's certainly acceptable behavior to want to be a knight, and to take steps to accomplish that. So why does pursuing the laurel have to be stepped around so carefully, where almost nobody is willing to admit it ( Read more... )