Originally posted by neo_prodigy at Spirit Day
 
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So how many of my British friends are going to sign the Turing Petition on Number10.gov.uk ??
Seems like such a good idea. More about it here www.jgc.org/blog/2009/08/my-alan-turing-petition.html (not directly linked)

Spring at St Lawrence is a wonderful thing. Some of the farmers had stacks of asparagus more than two feet high. I thought the rhubarb might be be imported until I saw my neighbor cutting some in hr side garden on my way out yesterday. The fiddleheads were not an outrageous price ( Read more... )

So, Jordin Kare was on "As it Happens" on CBC radio talking about his work with lasers and killing mosquitoes. I'm sure it will be a podcast soon.

Happy Birthday to Deborah C. Happy birthday I wish you evey happiness. Thank you for giving me something to celebrate.
You share the day with my very much missed mother in law.

I have a good friend in dlacey. She has a beautiful Gryffindor scarf that she knitted and ( Read more... )

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008) was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson, and co-founding the company Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc.) with Don Kaye in 1974. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of the role-playing ( Read more... )

I am feeling good and sorry for myself at the same time. The good part is the day after Mom's funeral I started a new job. I am doing customer service /tech support for a Canadian electronics manufacturer ( Read more... )

I think one of the things that held me together this week was knowing a housefilk was at the end of it. It was really nice that it was at Dave and Judith's who are some of my oldest fannish friends. I worked on my first cnvention with them many years ago. The music was healing,the company was wonderful as was the food. I felt the knot inside me ( Read more... )

I am just posting a quick link to Alex's livejournal. Alex's rather amazing mother died of an accident on sunday. All the details are in his LiveJournal. I'll have my own things to say about my remarkable mother-in-law and friend later, because now my heart is breaking.