Last day of my Thanksgiving break, and it was a good one--a fine mix of productivity and fun ( Read more... )

I went to my first SCA event yesterday, the Simply Allegorical ball, which I posted about earlier. I ended up wearing bess's hand-me-down Italian Renaissance garb, which fit me surprisingly well. I had to adjust the shoulder straps on the overgown/giornea, because I am notoriously short-torsoed, but the height and other measurements were just about ( Read more... )

I had an interesting conversation with Alison at the rehearsal dinner for acousticshadow2's wedding, this past weekend. Many deep thotts were touched on, but one that stands out for me is this: people perceive me as prickly and unapproachable, afraid I'll bite their head off if they wake the sleeping bear.I can't say I'm surprised by this. I can see where I've ( Read more... )

Readercon 25! It was a thing that happened, with lots of the most intelligent and amazing people I know--SFF writers and readers.

Here's what I did:

Thursday, as per tradition, I met up with sabredanse for dinner at Burton's, and then we attended the free part of the event. We went to the following panels: (this time we didn't walk out of any!)

Power ( Read more... )

On Saturday I puttered around the house in the morning, doing cleaning in preparation for the Big Party (tm) later this month.

In the late afternoon I went to Purgatory Chasm in Sutton, MA, near Worcester, with endlessgame and puppy Fiona. We climbed through the chasm, which itself is not a very long walk, nor particularly rigorous. We watched someone rock- ( Read more... )

Very, very tired today. I had late nights both Saturday and Sunday, and the Daylight Savings Time switchover didn't help ( Read more... )

Another weekend, another TESO beta invite. I have not gotten to play very much, and, sadly, when I've most wanted to play, I've had technical issues. They're really stress-testing the game now ( Read more... )

I look back on this post from yesterday and realize it was really grumpy. Unnecessarily so. This is my apology for that ( Read more... )

Work gave us a half-day on Friday, and Monday off, so I had an extended weekend.

I'd like to say I spent it productively. I spent it relaxingly, at the very least ( Read more... )

The title is the chapter of the History of Britain I'm listening to right now--but really, this is a random post.

This is an amazing article, and one which resonated with me personally.

This is also an amazing article. This blogger--and the example of St. Francis of Assisi--really exemplifies what Christianity is at its best ( Read more... )