The Spring 2008 issue of The November 3rd Club is now online, featuring poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art and conversation by:

LIZ AHL, LEA ASSENMACHER, NORMAN BALL, SALLY BELLEROSE, TARA BETTS, RICHARD BEBAN, ANTOINETTE BRIM, TONY BROWN, BRIAN DAUTH, STEVE DE FRANCE, DEENA FISHER, SARAH GETTY, GUY LECHARLES GONZALEZ, DAPHNE GOTTLIEB, DEBORAH GRABIEN, JAMEY HECHT, BOB HOEPPNER, JANIS BUTLER HOLM, TRENT MARTIN KIRCHNER, DORIANNE LAUX, JOHN LIEBHARDT, LISA SUHAIR MAJAJ, JACK MCGUANE, MINDY NETTIFEE, JAMIE O’HALLORAN, ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER, RICHARD PATRICK, WILLIE PERDOMO, ELIZABETH ROSS, MICHELLE SALVAIL, ELLEN RITSCHER SACKETT, MICHAEL SCHEIN, LARRY SMITH, MARC SOLOMON, JEREMY TUCKER, GENEVIEVE VAN CLEVE, KEVEN WALTMAN, TONY WILLIAMS and FLORENCE WEINBERGER.

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

Hey all - just wrote a post about kinetic sculpture races at Travels With Child ( [link] ) - I have Baltimore's, Philadelphia's, Corvalis Oregon's Da Vinci Days, and California's Kinetic Grand Prix listed.

If you know of any others, drop in and leave a comment - I'm sure there are more.

Sincerely,
Fan of the Giant Pink Poodle
& also, Sox

Lightbulbs is now open for the discussion period of a proposal to create a new gaming thread by Miracleman as follows:

I propose the creation of a Gaming Thread (clever title to come later), in which people could discuss games: board, video and tabletop RPG and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof.

BSG fans - TODAY they are running the new episode from the top of the hour from 9 am - 4 pm ET.

Fabulous post up at www.travelswithchild.org from ***Cashmere*** (::Throws Glitter::)

Hear Ye Hear Ye

Voting is now open for the following proposal:

The Creation of a Gaming Thread

The discussion for this proposal starts here.

Voting closes Thursday, April 24, at Noon (PDT).

VOTE NOW

questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)

If anyone in LA can use a good condition queen size mattress and box spring contact me at my profile address.

For New Yorkers, a PSA:

The incomparable Roz Kaveney will be reading, signing and doing a Q&A at 7:00 pm tonight, at Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street. She'll be reading from her new book, Superheroes!" and from the novel in progress. (I'm one of Roz's beta-readers on the novel, and it's fabulous.)

She's also the author of Reading The Vampire Slayer - The New, Updated Unofficial Guide To Buffy And Ange, From Alien to the Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film, and Teen Dreams: Reading Teen Film and Television from 'Heathers' to 'Veronica Mars.

Go! Roz is one of the single coolest people on the face of the planet, she has possibly the best stories ever (ask her about Christopher Hitchen), and Superheroes is a wonderful book. You will have a seriously good time.

Shoes!

First right of refusal goes to Buffistas, before I craigslist these.

Dark red satin pumps with black lace overlay and black patent trim. 2.5"-3" heel. Supposedly a size 9, but fits like 9.5 (and I think the right one is bigger). Worn once. [link]

Brown leather-esque peeptoe pumps. Western-style embossing and stacked 2" heel. Size 9. Worn maybe 5 times. [link]

Black velvet dress pumps with gauze ties. 2.5" heel. They look grey in the photo but really are black. Size 9.5. Worn once. [link]

Buffista price: Free + actual shipping. My profile addy good.

...and they are taken.

The following Proposal:

Proposed: The creation of a Gaming Thread (clever title to come later), in which people could discuss games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof. All would be welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort. This thread could also be used for coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL and could serve as a cooperative resource for people playing games.

PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.

has passed with a vote count as follows:

Yes- 49
No-27
No Pref-7

Thanks to everyone who voted and participated. I also encourage those who sometimes get discouraged about our procedures to count votes-- it is a really great experience to see all the emails flood in!