As part of my ongoing, inevitable, regrettable hippification, I am considering buying non-boot footwear for the summer. Something possibly in the sandal family. The last time I wore sandals, they were plastic k-mart flip flops when my age was in single digits ( Read more... )

Beta colony is open for dropins tonight. Feeling the urge to have my peoples around. Show up any time after 6 or so.

Cory Doctorow coming to Toronto this Friday

I am not sure if I'm going to go to this. My Friday's more or less open at this point, though, so it's a definite possibility.

neeuqdrazil and I are thinking about going camping on the weekend of July 17/18. Any suggestions on where good places to go are? We went to Rockwood last year, and while it was nice, we feel like we pretty much did everythign to do there last time. We also ended up having the flodo lights from the bathrooms pointing at our camp site, so our spot was overly ( Read more... )

I am really upset about this. Local SF author Peter Watts was beaten, pepper sprayed and arrested by US border guards while trying to cross back into Canada. For, basically, asking why his car was being searched ( Read more... )

Reminder:
Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day: 12-8-7

Dance class is almost over for this set, but there's another set of classes starting up again in February.

Contact Improvisation Dance Classes ( Read more... )

I am trying to figure out my vacation time for next year. Because hey, the earlier I book it, the less chance I have of being turned down because someone else got it first.

I'm trying to think of events to try to hit in 2010. My list so far:

• ACUS March 25-28 2010
• Notacon April 15-18 2010
• Kaleidoscope Gathering August long weekend at the new ( Read more... )

Reminder: The next God Save the Queen Nano-Victorian Future sessions are October 4th and November 22nd.

First, a reminder; the next Nano-Victorian Future session is Sunday September 13th ( Read more... )