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the Bulwer-Lytton essays

Chicagoistas: There's a Sondheim Music Festival (free!) in Grant Park this weekend for those who might be interested:

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So, we're moving, and we're trying to get rid of stuff. I just listed 40 books on half.com. Here's a link to my store: [link] If you want any of these books, please e-mail me at my profile address, and they're yours for the cost of media mail shipping.

Also, we have a few that didn't have ISBN numbers, so they couldn't be listed. These are up for grabs as well:

Michael Crichton, Three Complete Novels

Terry Pratchet, The Bromeliad

Stephanie Winston's Best Organizing Tips

Future Females: A Critical Anthology, Edited by Marlen S. Barr

White Book: 15 Postcards with Book

George H. Smith, Delta Doll

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. comes out on DVD on Tuesday July 18th. (Buffista Amazon link) Wiki for those who ask

I'm backing up Nilly's Firefly reviews site right now, and then I'll be taking it down temporarily. I'll get it back up as soon as I can.

Tonight the Overnight Walk takes place. This is a 20 mile walk thru the night for suicide awareness. I have had too many friends take their own lives. I really believe that if they had been more aware of what this does to those of us left behind, they might not have done it. Please go to this url and donate any amount.

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New Buffista swag! Pete (who is both adorable AND awesome) has created gorgeous "Legendary" and "Awesome" versions of his SF2F design. (Note that there are multiple variations on "legendary")

Legendary store, worksafe version.

Legendary store...afterhours version. (Look closely!)

THIS STORE IS MADE OF AWESOME!

Attention shoppers! I have stuff that isn't going to California with me but can't stay here, and it's yours for the price of shipping! Choices include:

• A package which will include: First Steps in Crochet; I Taught Myself to Crochet; I Taught Myself Knitting

• A package of piano sheet music, including music from Hair and Cats, one song each from Phantom of the Opera, Porgy and Bess, and The Muppet Movie, and... some other stuff

• Some random issues of the comic Strangers in Paradise

• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1-4

• The Dreaming numbers 16-21, 28, 29, and 32 (including, for some reason, two copies each of 19 and 20)

• 1-4 of Thessaly: Witch for Hire and 1-4 of the Thessaliad (more Thessaly from Sandman)

• Black Orchid 1-3

• Death: The Time of your Life number 2

• Dead Boy Detectives No. 1

• Hellblazer 93-96, 103, and 108, as well as Dangerous Habits

• and X-Men: Visionaries.

Er, but don't ask for just one comic, as that's hell on vw, she being the one shipping them out. Take as many as you can. Just think! New comics/music/craft!

And, er... no, I think that's it. E-mail thevwbug@gmail.com and they're yours (for the price of shipping)!

Have an on-line book proposal for my book Cooling It! No Hair Shirts Solutions to Global Warming. www.nohairshirts.com

Welcome comments, on content, web site layout and code. (I stole the idea from Allyson of opening with blurbs, and having a tabbed interface.) Is the big yellow fractal sun background overdoing it? Is the layout too dull, too loud? etc...

The latest edition of Neptune Online is up. In it, Logan Echolls and Veronica Mars discuss two episodes of NBC's The Office: 2:10 - Christmas Party, and 2:11 - Booze Cruise. There's also a Dead Celebrity Round up, a discussion of The CW, and an advice column, too. The articles are in sync with the re-run season, so they're written as though they were for a March publication (but are brand new).

(The Office article was written by me.)