Chris and I vacationed in Scotland May 15-27(more on that later), and a taxi picked us up at 7:00am at our Edinburgh hotel to take us to the airport. We flew to Heathrow, where we had a four hour delay while they wrestled the forward cargo bay door into submission (it didn't want to close), and we made it to Chicago and cleared customs just as our ( Read more... )

Chris and I spent this weekend at Leprecon in Phoenix, where once again, Arizona fandom has proven to be a mixed bag. (I blogged about earlier experiences back in July 2009). Although there were a few shiny, happy moments, Arizona fandom did not perform well when given a chance to redeem itself ( Read more... )

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Some friends and I were talking various music things and somehow Kristen Chenowith's Taylor the Latte Boy, and Taylor's Response, came up. If you aren't familiar with them, here are youtube links ( Read more... )

We were finally able to attend Bubonicon this year, after years of wanting to but being thwarted because it was always the first weekend of school, and I was always unable to get away. School started a week earlier this year, so despite next weekend being Kansas City Irish Fest, we decided what the heck and made plans to attend ( Read more... )

I heard Seanan McGuire do her song The Black Death this weekend at Marcon, and the idea for a filk seized me by the scruff of the neck and wouldn't let go until I finished it. So here it is ( Read more... )

I spent a wonderful weekend at Marcon in Columbus, Ohio. Chris and I try to hit Balticon every other year and this was our off year, so we didn't originally have any con plans for the weekend. I'd been working with quadrivium on a project for work - as a graduation present for my students, I create a video retrospective of the year and wrote a verse about ( Read more... )

As I've mentioned before, my co-authored article on Gender and attitudes toward intellectual property has been accepted for publication and will appear in early 2010. A draft is available for free public download at www.ssrn.com (search for the word "filk"). Because the full article is rather long, several folks have asked if I would post a summary ( Read more... )