Bah for today:
we've discovered that we can't get earthquake insurance on Ye Olde House until we get the earthquake retrofit done. That's not the problem. The problem is that the retrofitting contractors know they have us by the 2x4s, and have way upped their prices from when we last got quotes. /Bah.

Yay Westercon:
We will be going to Westercon ( Read more... )

I encourage science fiction fans who aren't going to the Worldcon in Yokohama to consider visiting the town, country and world of Burning Man (1).
Why am I doing this? Same reasons and motivations why we want people who haven't been to a con to go to cons. You'll enjoy it. The more the merrier.

Why should fans go to Burning Man? Sensawunda. ( Read more... )