Attempted scam thwarted ( Read more... )

I expect it's not unusual, strange or unexpected for me to have people I admire.

Not all of them are "famous" in the celebrity sense, but I know who they are, and most of my friends do as well.

Hell, the majority of the people on my list of people I admire are the people I call my friends, though I'm not totally sure if I should thank or curse ( Read more... )

Just a quick note of how I got yelled at by a foursome of early 20-somethings tonight...

( Which, so far, has been the only blemish on a really really fun and awesome convention. )

And with that last entry, this 6-month experiment comes to a close... And I'm not cutting this entry like I did for all the others, because I want you to read it.

Here are the things I learned from doing this:

The first is that I can write decent essays - or at least coherent blocks of text that can pass for essays by the admittedly loose ( Read more... )

This week, ( I was a 'nip-picker. )

This week, ( I saw a judge... )

This week, ( I went to a house-filk and also to a welcoming ceremony )

This week, ( I got my car inspected and I made some zucchini bread. )

This week, ( I went on a picnic. )

This week ( I paid some people to mess with my head. )