Great-Uncle is coming around some. He will likely have some hemiplegia, but everyone is pretty optimistic. I think the vibes worked. Thanks.

I'll be dark this weekend as I'm going to New Orleans.

Slightly early in this announcement.

I'm going to spend Thanksgiving with Mom's family (and Mom). I'll be gone Monday Nov 25- Dec 2. I'll be dark through that entire time (my god I'm already starting to go through withdrawl). I will be able to check email periodically but I doubt I'll be able to sneak more than an hour or so online at a time.

Prayers and vibes for safe flying and for to the VCR gods for Buffy and Smallville taping.

I hope everyone has a safe, happy Thanksgiving. And, of course, PIE!!!!

I'm going to be on the radio Sunday night. (I'm posting this now so that people who read this from work will know about it -- although I suppose if they read from work they won't be able to hear the Webcast Sunday anyway...)

There is a live streaming Webcast. It airs at 9 p.m. EST (other time zones, do the math). The URL is [link] In the left-hand column, toward the bottom is a link that says "On Air" -- click that, and it gives you a choice of Windows Media or Real Audio. Pick one, and you get the streaming audio of whatever is currently being broadcast.

It's a show my writing school does every week -- I'll be reading a long-ish (7-8 minutes) piece about my period of not writing, and what it's been like coming back to writing.

At 6pm I head for the airport where I will be taking a little plane to Virginia to visit a friend for the weekend. That will be immediately followed by me taking a big plane to Oakland to visit the family for ritual sacrifice, pie, and likely mingling with Hec, JZ and who knows who else. I'll be back in Beantown Dec. 3. During this adventure, I will be cutting back on my time online.

An addendum to my way in advance I'm going dark post. I will be going dark Sunday afternoon to Monday night (Dec 2). If you need to get in touch with me please email me at askyefic (@) yahoo.com.

Thanks.

Shameless self-promotion, redux...

I'm on the radio TONIGHT! And there IS a Webcast.

9 p.m. EST, 8 p.m. Central, 7 p.m. Mountain, and 6 p.m. West-Coasties.

Info here: Steph L. "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" Nov 22, 2002 2:19:55 pm EST

I'll be around less often this week as I visit my Dad in Arlington, MA and Laura's folks in New London, CT.

I made it safely back from Burbank. Finally. Weekend spent in haze of utter exhaustion and beer.

Already miss Consuela and the LAistas.

Need to be dead now.

I will be in San Francisco on holiday from December 14 through December 20th. I'll be staying in a Hotel in Hec's neighborhood.

And hey! That just happens to coincide with the premier of T2T, which occurs on Wednesday, December 18th.

I will be available any evening for get-togethers, but especially want to do something for the premier, and I want to make sure I get movie tickets beforehand.