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Deb Grabien will be in Boston for a signing on Friday, October 27 at Kate's Mystery Books. On Saturday, October 28, there will be a big Halloween party at my place. If you are going to be in the area and would like to be included on the evite, please drop me an e-mail at my profile addy.

I have a ticket I cannot use for this Tuesday night's Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert at Carnegie Hall. The ticket is $35 and I'd need to get it to you this evening or Sunday. THANKS

Can it be? Time for the SIXTH Annual Sooper Sekrit Buffista Gift Exchange? It can!

Anyone interested in exchanging small presents with other Buffistas during the holiday season, email me at my profile address with your Buffista name and a snail-mail location to which people can send your loot. I will match up givers & giftees by drawing names out of a hat a highly rigorous, random process.

Please try to email me by November 3. I'll match names and send out notices by November 6, to allow for plenty of present buying/making and mailing time.

p.s. If you aren't into the holiday spirit yet, there's usually a later Slacker Sekrit Gift Exchange run by the lovely msbelle or Nilly.

In the spirit of the season, let me add that I still have the gifty-giving, likes, dislikes, and allergies (if any) database entries on many Buffistas.

E-mail me at serasempre @ gmail .com if:

• I don't have info on you and you'd like to fill out the form
  
• I do have yours but you'd like to update it because your tastes or your mailing address or your favorite collectible changed, or you just don't know what you said before; and/or
  
• You want the entry on another buffista to get the gifty-creative-brain firing.

I have a new post up on Max Speak about the politics of fighting global warming:

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Crosspost with Somervillains mailing list:

Tom Scola is staying with us this weekend. Tonight we'll be going to Tu Y Yo, a great Mexican place for dinner at 7pm, followed by a visit to the Somerville Theatre for a screening of The Departed at 9:30pm.

If anyone wishes to join us, you can RSVP at my profile address, or just show up!

Chicago'istas, I have one extra ticket to The Pirate Queen for 8pm tonight. Ticket price is $51. Contact info in my profile.

The Gothic Charm School site turned one year old this month! And there's a new lesson posted.

Going semi-dark during the week. Too much internets, not enough work. Email if you need me.

I've been invited to join the Gristmill blog.

My first post is up [link] on The Myth of Energy Independence