F2F update:
We're at just under $800, over half of the way there, folks. For those who would like to donate through PayPal, the e-mail for my account is: dinky40 at charter dot net. If you would like to send a personal check, fire me off an e-mail and I'll send you a snail mail address to send it to.
Thanks a bunch to all of you who have donated and to those who Shirley surely will.
Hear Ye Hear Ye
Voting is now open for the following proposal:
Remove "No Preference" as a Voting Option
The discussion for this proposal starts here.
Voting closes Thursday, May 22, at 4pm (PDT).
VOTE NOW
questions should be posted in Bureaucracy)
Due to a change I had to make on the database end of things, everyone who had been set to be remembered, will unset. You can just switch yourself back. Please holler in admin if you need your password reset--I am very sorry--I couldn't work out a way around it.
Voting results:
Remove "No Preference" as a Voting Option?
YES 37
NO 32
No Preference 11
Total of 80 votes were cast.
I'm going to lock the tables and run a full database backup in five minutes. I have no idea how long it should last, but I will cancel it if it looks insane.
Tick...tick...
Recount - that HBO movie?
It's Danny Strong's! (Somehow that escaped me.)
TWOP interviews Danny Strong and David Bianculi reviews it.
Oops...wrong thread. Moved to Beep Me.
I know a lot of Buffistas are on LJ, and I know we like to vote. Right now, there's an election going on for the LJ Advisory Board.
Scroll down for a list of candidates and links to their platforms.
Vote here: [link]
(At this point, I don't have any recommendations other than: please don't vote for jameth. He would not make a good Buffista.)
LAistas: I just got a notification from Thrillist that might interest you cupcake lovers:
Eat: Free Cupcakes at Crumbs
Tomorrow at 216 N Larchmont Blvd, Hancock Park; 323.464.8400
To celebrate their latest opening, Crumbs is giving away free 'cakes to their first 1000 customers, from pistachio and carrot to childhood faves like Reese's Pieces and Oreo Cookie -- the perfect meta-dessert after a meal of hamburger-flavored ribs.
Drool at CrumbsBakeshop.com