Really only of
practical
interest to Somervillains (i.e. that they could actually take advantage of it):
Jonathan Coulton will be appearing at Pandemonium Books on December 12th, for a one hour appearance at 5 pm. He will perform for about half an hour, then be available for questions, signing, and meeting and greeting until 6pm (when he must be whisked off, superstarlike, to his soundcheck for his appearance at Johnny D's).
I've been told that he'll have box sets of
Thing a Week
available for purchase & signing.
This just occurred to be in reading a story about gift cards.
Advice on mailing gift cards:
When I did post office customer support, we got lots of complaints about greeting cards arriving with one end of the envelope slit open and the gift card inside missing. Heaven only knows where in the entire mail handling chain the crook grabbed the card.
So, consider taping the gift card to the greeting card itself. Also, mail the card in an envelope that's not so obiviously a greeting card--this also applies to birthday cards.
F2F Poll!
We've gotten proposals for Atlanta and Durham. Information is at Hil R. "F2F 4: Too Much Candy, Never Enough Mojitos." Dec 11, 2006 3:07:41 pm PST , and the poll is at [link] . It will stay open until Sunday night at 9 eastern time.
Hey Boston-area Buffistae.
If you're heading to the Bazaar Bizarre today at the Cyclorama in the South End, I'll be performing 20 minute sets of theremin carols & punk/new wave tunes at 2:00, 3:20 and 5:40.
Looking ahead, I'll also be playing at First Night on the steps of the Boston Public Library! The art school new wave band U.V. Protection are playing a couple of sets from 10pm to Midnight and I'll be providing between set entertainment, as well as playing a little bit with them.
There's a lot of poetry-world buzz about my essay, Serving Neither Master: Notes Toward A New Poetry, published on GotPoetry.com. Now, it seems I'm embroiled in a fight to get it published in print (which is so not the way this is usually done.)
So ... yeah ... I know Lit Critique isn't to everyone's taste, but if you've got a second, give it a look.
Latest Grist Post is up. This one deals with how the U.S. could get up to 95% of it's electricity from wind - reliably and fairly inexpensively.
[link]
Apple selling refurbished iPods as low as $99 (20 gb), with free shipping before Christmas if bought today.
[link]
The High Hat's Top Ten 2006 Supplement is up!
Included are top tens on concert music, youtube videos, movies (best and worst), and some general overviews, including one from me.
Calling all New Year's Resolutionaries!
I’m hoping to find someone (or several someones) to be a kind of study partner – I’m trying to do an online course (one of the actuarial exams) and I hate it and it's kicking my ass.
I thought it might be helpful to partner up with someone who’s also trying to stick to working on something so we could check in with and encourage each other.
So if you’re trying to write a book, or exercise regularly, or finish a thesis or, say, complete a crappily designed and boring online course (totally random example there) and would like to get and give some support, please send an email to my profile address.
I need some help and I figure I might as well be useful to someone else while I'm at it.
