I always say, nothing says "Happy 25th anniversary" like death, destruction, and Monica Lewinsky.
A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - Aug 02, 2005 1:25:49 pm PDT #5172 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
EpicTangent - Aug 02, 2005 1:27:24 pm PDT #5173 of 10002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
the video montage included scenes of Tienanmen Square set to "Don't worry, be happy"
There are no words.
Kat - Aug 02, 2005 1:28:11 pm PDT #5174 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Where at the ceremony, Betsy?
Betsy HP - Aug 02, 2005 1:29:29 pm PDT #5175 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Reno, Nevada, at the Reno Hilton, Kat. The Rita Awards are the climactic event of the convention; they are presented Saturday night. This was the 25th-anniversary RWA awards, so they gave us something to remember.
flea - Aug 02, 2005 1:30:12 pm PDT #5176 of 10002
information libertarian
It is perhaps a sad commentary on me that I find the icons, nicknames, and other flashing things on the linked to message board almost as appalling as the RWA presentation. They do seem to be able to spell, thank heavens.
Kat - Aug 02, 2005 1:45:23 pm PDT #5177 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Huh, so here's this big ceremony in a big giant ball room and someone thinks that the presentation described was appropriate? wow. that's just appalling.
Did you see the whole thing? What was reaction in the room like? Did it seem that the majority of the people were upset?
I guess I just can't imagine it at all.
Allyson - Aug 02, 2005 1:45:46 pm PDT #5178 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Wow, Betsy. I wish they had called Maya to put it together. She's a big fan of romance writing and wouldn't have allowed that to happen.
Connie Neil - Aug 02, 2005 1:47:12 pm PDT #5179 of 10002
brillig
Update on the crash in Toronto. They all got out.
TORONTO - A jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, sliding into a ravine and bursting into flames. All passengers and crew members survived the fiery crash, jumping out of the plane before the fire broke out.
Susan W. - Aug 02, 2005 1:47:34 pm PDT #5180 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I just found out about the GH/RITA ceremony today, and I swear if I could resign my national membership and still participate in my local and Regency-interest chapters, I would. And much as I loathe and am bored by organizational politics, I mean to ask around and figure out how to elect new officers and board members who won't perpetrate this kind of travesty in the future.
Zenkitty - Aug 02, 2005 1:59:04 pm PDT #5181 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
As usual, the conversation I'm interested in has moved on by the time I read it...
Someone did once come up to me and tell me that she would pray for me (rumor being that I was an atheist). I knew the girl, hypocrite that she was. I told her to go ahead and do it right here; this streetcorner was as good as any other.
Makes my blood boil. Why do they need to tell me about it, unless it's to let me know how much better they are than me?