Twicon disabled their Ning site earlier, and I guess that ends the sorrid drama of this con's dissolution. I've pretty much knew from the beginning it was a convention going the wrong direction. The admission was too steep, the location far too expensive, the organizers were clueless, and apparently they treated their volunteers like dirt, which ( Read more... )

The latest Fandom Wank post is following a developing contraversey in the comics world. It seems Nick Simmons, son of KISS front man Gene and would be reality TV celebrity, has been caught in a nasty bit of plagraism in fact the LJ community bleachness has an extensive example of Nick's swipe file.

The first rule of plagarism is never make it too obvious. ( Read more... )

Spent most of the afternoon at the ORAC meeting, much fun was had and I've already come to a decison about the Fencon video room. The British mock science educational shorts look around you are going on the schedule. That is definite, and this shows you why...

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