Can you lend me a fencing mask for the Ig Nobels?

[rosefox]

Hi all,

I'm an editor of the Annals of Improbable Research and a regular participant in the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony (got your ticket yet? There's still time!). This year, I will need to wear a fencing mask during part of the show. The only snag is that I'm coming up from New York, and fencing masks are bulky and annoying to carry around. It makes

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[volksjager]

I can lend you one. My studio is in Cambridge.

[rosefox]

Apparently the people I'm staying with have one I can borrow! Problem solved. Thank you, though!

[ravenword]

I don't even live in Boston anymore, but I just wanted to say: I want to be you when I grow up.

[inahandbasket]

I can vouch for rosefox's awesomeness. ^_^

[rosefox]

Aw, thanks. *)

[rosefox]

It's really just about writing good cover letters.

[chaiya]

Rose, did you not know I fenced in college and in the SCA? I still have my mask. ;)

[rosefox]

I had no idea! You didn't mention it when I posted on my LJ about this. *) That works perfectly, then.

[chaiya]

I'm sorry, I totally missed that post.

[boblothrope]

Was the Ig Nobel ceremony always so expensive? Even if I pretend to be a student, the cheapest ticket is $31. I went a few years ago, and I don't remember paying that much.

[rosefox]

I have no idea, as I've only ever attended as a participant. I suspect that query should be directed to the Sanders Theater powers that be.

[boblothrope]

Sanders doesn't set ticket prices -- the event producer (Improbable Research) does.

[urbpan]

Please stop, I'm bored!