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Having a party? Organizing a local F2F? Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it! Want to discuss anything posted here? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Don't know if it's been talked about anywhere, but the grapevine has it that E. Gary Gygax, father of Dungeons and Dragons and one time guest on Futurama, failed his save v. death today (or possibly yesterday). Thought the gamers on this site would want to know so they could tip one in his memory tonight.
The great Zagig is no more.
In case any Buffistas in the Eugene area are interested, I'll be presenting as part of the panel on Carbon Trading at the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) [link] on Saturday, the 8th. The Carbon Trading Panel is from 10:30 -11:45 A.M.
I've put my presentation on-line in case anyone is interested. I don't think of it as a presentation on Carbon Trading. I think of it as a presentation about "How to fight global warming without screwing the poor and the middle class".
The readability of some of the tables is browser dependent. For best results run your browser full screen, then hit F11 to run the presentation full screen.
I'm sure most everyone already knows this, but (for most of us, anyway) clocks "spring forward" an hour at 2am this Sunday.
Despite technical difficulties, David Lehman, editor of "The Best American Erotic Poetry" and the "Best American Poetry" series, was an amazing guest on my Internet radio show, "The Eclectic Word." Listen to the show here.
Drollerie Press is celebrating Read an E-Book week and the release of two new stories, a full length novella and a novel from Joely Sue Burkhart in our chat room from 4pm EDT to about 5pm EDT. We're giving away books and a gift certificate to the bookshop.
x-posted with Music:
CFP: Music in the Whedonverse (collection)
From bands at The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Angel singing karaoke at Caritas to the traditional-style fiddling and guitar playing in Firefly, music is an integral part of Joss Whedon's universes. This collection seeks essays from both established and emerging scholars on the uses of and contributions made by music in the Whedonverse. Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views are encouraged to address issues of power, relationships, identity, gender, communication, religion, multiculturalism, sanity and madness, and other topics present in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2008. The collection will be published by Scarecrow Press with an anticipated publication date in 2009.
Essays should be between 7,000 and 9,000 words and follow Chicago Manual of Style format. Only electronic submissions sent in a .doc (Word) formats will be accepted. Authors are encouraged to include photographs, but will be responsible for acquiring all materials and permission for use. Please send a cover letter including the title of the essay, an abstract of not more than 200 words, an author c.v, and author biography of not more than 100 words along with the complete blind essay (author's name should not appear) to Kendra Preston Leonard at caennen_at_gmail.com.
Hey, all! I need a basic head count of those folks who plan on attending this year's F2F in Madison. I'll be talking to the hotel today to start hammering out the details and one of those will be how large a block of rooms we can guarantee. Could those of you planning to attend pop into the F2F thread and give me a holler? Thanks much!
Held over another week by popular demand (ok and scheduling conflicts) tonight is the final Firefly watch n' post for Objects In Space arguably one of the best episode of the bunch. It starts at 7pm on the west coast, 10pm on the east coast and somewhere in between for you no-coasters (you are invited even though your drinks tend to leave water marks on tables). By not showing up tonight the terrorist truly win. Thanks.