Alright people, listen up:

Unhappiness abounds. In our careers, on the board, with the gubbermint, with the freakin WEATHER. We need a break.

Therefore, April 1st, in addition to it's current designation, is now

HAPPY BUFFISTA DAY

For the next twenty four hours (it's like a Jewish holiday, it starts at night) we're going to hug and kiss and fling glitter and tell jokes and lavish compliments until EVERY DAMN ONE OF US feels at least a little better.

C'mon now, sing the little song:

Happy Buffista Day to you
Happy Buffista Day to you
Happy Buffista Day dear __________!!!!
Happy Buffista Day to youuuuu

I've set up two mailing lists, midwest@buffistas.org, for Midwesterners, and nyistas@buffistas.org for New Yorkers.

To subscribe to the midwest list, send a mail to midwest-request@buffistas.org with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.

To subscribe to the new york list, send a mail to nyistas-request@buffistas.org with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message.

[Edit: still yet another typo fixed. It's nyistas, not newyorkistas]

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Hey folks, here’s the info –

THIRD ANNUAL BUFFISTAS FACE TO FACE !
May 22-23, 2004 in Washington, DC

Holiday Inn on the Hill
415 New Jersey Avenue near Union Station
1-800-638-1116
[link]

Toll free: 1-800-638-1116 (it might not be activated until tomorrow)
The block is under the name: Buffistas
Guarantee rooms with your own credit card
The rates are good from Friday, May 21st, through Monday May 24th.
Cut off date for group rate/block reservations: April 23, 2004

Tax rate: 14.3%
Double room, single or 2 people: $139 per night (with tax, $159.16)
Double room, quad rate (4 people) $169/night (with tax, $193.51)

Our blocked rooms are doubles (two double beds)
Single or double rate is the same.
You may request a single king sized bed
Maximum # persons per room: 4

50% discount on parking: with discount, $9/day; $11/overnight
Free high-speed Internet access

The rooftop penthouse on the 11th floors is our hospitality suite.
Our block of room will be on the 9th and 10th floors.
There are ~16 steps up to the penthouse from the 10th floor.
There is an elevator to the penthouse that hotel staff can access.

An anonymous donor is picking up the tab for the hospitality suite! (Sweet! Thanks, anon.)

A reception or buffet will be arranged for Prom night, and someone will be collecting for tickets to that later.

Go forth and book your rooms!

(Capital Hill/The Mall) The hotel is located just 2 blocks from the US Capitol, 2 blocks from Union Station, and 3 blocks from The National Mall. Also, within easy reach: The Air and Space Museum, The National Gallery of Art, other Smithsonian Museums, and shopping It appears in all the guidebooks as a good value with a great location.

Key posts about it in the F2F thread are: 9268, 9271, 9342, 9345, 9355, 9399, and 9401.

Angel episode 415 - "Orpheus" is now up in HTML. More Mere Smith action.

(Please follow the directions on the site for password information.)

And it's that semiannual time we all know and love, known as "Erinaceous cleans out her office!"

Does anyone want a POTC poster from the Tribune, never unfolded, suitable for dorm rooms and office cubicles everywhere? First to email me at profile addy gets it!

And we have a winnah! The poster is gone.

Tim Minear speaks: Wonderfalls has been cancelled, effective immediately. Tim Minear "The Minearverse: YExpirationDateMV" Apr 3, 2004 5:56:32 pm PST

Angel episode 416 - "Players" is now up in HTML.

Please follow the directions on the site for password information.

Hear Ye Hear Ye

Voting is now open for the following proposal:

Proposal: This vote is to open a Politics Thread. This thread would be for any discussion regarding politics, ways to become involved in politics and other subjects having anything to do with and/or pertaining to politics. Domestic or foreign. Primarily focusing on the upcoming presidential election, but could also include local elections.

This thread will have a trial run of 3 months. At the end of that trial run, there will be another vote to decide if the thread should remain open. The outcome of that second vote will be subject to the usual 6 month moratorium.

Discussion for this proposal starts here. Please look through it if you haven't already. It's less than 300 posts, and makes a good read.

Voting closes Thursday, April 8, at 6 PM (PST).

VOTE NOW

(questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)

F2F T-shirt design:

Front

Back

Please put any comments/suggestions in the F2F thread. I'll wait until Friday (Apr 9th) to open the Cafepress store, just in case. (T-shirts, hats, boxers, etc. Everything will be marked up $1, with all profits going to help defray F2F expenses.)