RIP jan howard finder a.k.a. Wombat, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. He was a good friend to both me and sdavido for many years (and one of the few people who knew us independently before we met). jan (lowercase!) was my Fan Guest of Honor when I chaired Arisia in 2001 - he was my first choice and I was delighted when he accepted. His ever- ( Read more... )

Just got the word that our friend Hal Haag has passed away. He was my first friend on the Arisia concom, and he was also a rabid game vector. If I ever introduced you to FLUXX, it was because I got it from Hal. (Literally - he gave me a deck, which I still have ( Read more... )

Finally got around to installing the software for our new camera (yay!), so now I can show y'all the cake I made for Arisia!

As I've mentioned, this was the 20th Arisia, so the chair asked me to make a cake for the staff party. She said I could do whatever I wanted. Hee hee.

I was thinking of doing a topsy-turvy cake (a.k.a. a "mad hatter" cake ( Read more... )

A friend of ours*, who used to come to Arisia every year but hasn't been able to for a while, would like to come this year but didn't make a hotel reservation in time. He needs to stay in the main hotel for medical reasons. Does anyone know someone who might be looking for a roommate? It would be wonderful if he could be there... Thanks ( Read more... )

We're going to be having Shabbos dinner with introverte and 530nm330hz. Would anyone else like to join us? We'd be glad of more company, but if you're interested, please respond this week (1/7 - 12) with a note as to what you'd like to bring. I'd like to have final arrangements made by 1/16 at latest, and I really don't want to have to chase people. Thanks for ( Read more... )

For those who'd like to know... ( Read more... )

Apparently the situation may not be as dire as we thought - see update here.

For those of you who know Lois Mangan... ( Read more... )

Someone reminded me that I hadn't posted a photo of the Arisia GOHs with the GOH cake... ( Read more... )

With all the prep for Arisia I've fallen about a week behind on posts, which are at skip = 500+. There's no way I'm going to catch up. If I missed something you think I should see, or would find of interest, please let me know. Thanks!

As a partial apology, though, I'll share one of the things that was taking up my time. ( Read more... )