That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.

Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Sunnydale Press

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.


hippocampus - Apr 16, 2008 7:31:50 am PDT #2561 of 4091
not your mom's socks.

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


Liese S. - Apr 17, 2008 8:21:20 am PDT #2562 of 4091
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

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.


sumi - Apr 18, 2008 4:43:58 am PDT #2563 of 4091
Art Crawl!!!

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


hippocampus - Apr 21, 2008 4:57:56 am PDT #2564 of 4091
not your mom's socks.

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


Jon B. - Apr 21, 2008 10:09:57 am PDT #2565 of 4091
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

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)


NoiseDesign - Apr 21, 2008 2:34:49 pm PDT #2566 of 4091
Our wings are not tired

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


deborah grabien - Apr 22, 2008 6:45:10 am PDT #2567 of 4091
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

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.


Volans - Apr 22, 2008 3:43:45 pm PDT #2568 of 4091
move out and draw fire

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.


Sophia Brooks - Apr 24, 2008 10:00:19 am PDT #2569 of 4091
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

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!


Jessica - Apr 25, 2008 9:24:34 am PDT #2570 of 4091
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I just scored a couple of Torchwood audiobooks of my office free table - first person to send me an email with their address gets 'em!

[edit: Claimed!]