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Snorting salt water is not for the faint of heart.
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I am behind on a number of things
Like getting MidFanzine in the mail to people who couldn't get it hand-delivered in A2 or at Windycon.
And posting a more descriptive page on the web about me and Brian for people who don't know us and are trying to figure out if they ought to vote for us for TAFF. (The most commonly brought up reason that I hadn't thought about before at Windycon: the TAFF folks selected then administer TAFF for two years. Brian and I, having chaired cons, have rather demonstrated that we're organized. This is important to some people...)
And putting together Wellspring - though I've started on that and hope to publish around about November 30 -- THERE IS STILL TIME if you would like to submit something.
In the meantime, a head cold is kicking my ass. Or rather, my throat and sinuses. So I'm going to forgive myself these things and go have some juice and a nice breakfast of comfort food.
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Having a good time at WIndycon
TAFF and DUFF Candidates
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Erik V. Olson picked me up at the airport last night around 6:30 and I've been having a lovely time ever since. Chris and I ran into each other and decided a TAFF and DUFF candidates photo was in order (above). Randy and Sheryl and I discovered that when we aren't running the con, we actually have time to sit and chat with each other (!) (ok, I'm doing Program Ops here, but it's not the same as being Chair, which I have done for ConFusion 3 times and Randy is doing in 2010 for Penguicon). Neil Rest brought us a 10 lb bar of dark chocolate to which we will happily take a hatchet at the Penguicon party tonight.
I also got to visit with Fredcritter and Laura from far away and CFG folks and Jer and Geralyn and Alex Von Thorne and John Wardale and.. lots of people! And it was only Friday!
I woke up early this morning as is my wont and am enjoying equally the internet access in the restaurant and this lovely ham and brocoli and cheese omelette. Today I will be mostly hanging out in the green room apart from setting up items to auction for TAFF in the art auction. and then in the evening, chocolate! ... I mean more parties and being social. right.
PS the necklace I'm wearing in the picture was made by Melanie of Earthenwood studio. I highly recommend you check out her stuff. It is most lovely. Today I am wearing one of her steampunk gear ceramic beads on a necklace cord.
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[Link] | Frank Wu just posted about the TAFF auction at Philcon, which reminded me I should post about TAFF items that are being auctioned at Windycon this weekend!
There are items that will be entered in the Art & charity auction at Windycon to raise money for TAFF, including:
a signed copy of the Cloud Mages trilogy by S. L. Farrell, (also hardcover 1st editions, I believe)
a tuckerization by Mike Resnick (This is where you get YOUR NAME in one of his stories!
a signed CD or so from Tom Smith.
Other donations are welcome. Frank was going to send me some things but he says he plum forgot.
Many thanks to Steve Silver for putting me in touch with the Art Auction people for getting this in place.
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11:22 pm
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Melanie and Alex on her birthday
sweet success
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On Sunday a group of us gathered in a hotel suite to celebrate Brian and Melanie's birthdays, which are both November 8. There were games and food and relaxed social time, which was nice. I didn't actually end up taking any photos except a series of pictures of Melanie and Alex. Sken was taking pictures at the same time with his camera and they weren't entirely sure where to look. The series starts here, but I was happiest with this picture.
You guys are the cutest.
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[Link] | Probably my favorite part of a recent SF Signal Interview of Vandana Singh by Patrick Wolohan of Stomping on Yeti blogdom:
SoY: Describe your writing style in haiku-form.
VS:
Ask a crow
How it flies; look! A feather
Sails down.
Singh is the author of the short story collection The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories. Four of her short stories have been reprinted in Years' Best anthologies, most recently "Oblivion: A Journey" in Year's Best SF 14 (edited by Hartwell and Cramer).
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11:51 am
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Make Your Legislators' Holiday Gay
This note from equality ohio is specific to Ohio, but I kind of like the idea for people in general to do:
Make Your Legislators' Holiday Gay.
Join in the winter holiday spirit by making a personalized winter holiday ornament or decoration to give to your legislators. Make one for both your Senator and your Representative. Represent your family on this ornament or decoration, whether you are a couple, couple with children, single with children, LGBT with parents, the child of LGBT parents, whatever your family arrangement, make your family visible to our state decision makers.
When you are done creating your ornament or decoration, send it to us with a card attached with a short note for your legislator. The deadline is November 25, 2009. We will personally deliver them on December 2, 2009, the 5 year anniversary of the day the marriage ban took effect in Ohio.
Equality Ohio
50 W. Broad St., Suite 1970
Columbus, OH 43215
Love making ornaments? Make a couple extra. We do have a few legislators who might get missed in this process. We wouldn't want them to get left out.
Not sure who your Senator and Representative are? Click here to find out.
Our legislators are and will be politically powerful in the future. When Ohio repeals the 2004 marriage ban, we will need our legislators' help. We will also need them to repeal the state Defense of Marriage Act and ultimately, change the Ohio Statute that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
Let's be creative about our storytelling. Say it with an ornament or decoration this year!
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Go Go Gadget Kalamazoo
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) unusualmusic reports a few positive results from yesterday's election to partly relieve the general feelings of disgust and disappointment following the veto by voters of Maine's gay marriage legislation. Among the good news: the city of Kalamazoo passed an anti-discrimination measure that includes sexual orientation.
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