Bits and bobs

[nwhyte]

1. Is this legal? Due to the large number of applications we are receiving and the particular nature of the position, please only apply if you hold a degree from any of the following institutions:
   • Oxford University
   • Cambridge University
   • University of Edinburgh
   • London School of Economics
     Although I clearly am qualified on that basis alone, I'm not sure I would ever want to work somewhere whose management thought that way.
     
     
   • The local elections in Georgia have been called for October 5th. Election observers will probably be needed.
     
     
   • I think that one of the "lunatic fringes" to which Chris Priest referred in his GoH speech to last year's Worldcon has just expanded to include most of fandom. [edited to add: I should make clear that I myself do not regard the people concerned as in any way lunatic.]
     
     
   • wwhyte has an interesting observation about Rose's story arc in Doctor Who. Go read it.