…and he’d get a bulk discount rate on those solid gold toilets.

So travels with child is a year old at the end of the month. I'm kind of in awe - with the help of a number of people here, we've rolled out 250 posts, and crossed a couple of big traffic threshholds. We're running ad-free. It's a lot of fun. And in the midst of everything else, I'm very grateful for it.

I went back and read the postcards we did for mother's day and thought it would be a good part of the one-year hoopla if I opened that up again...

So if you've wanted to post something about a trip you took w/ your parents that rocked, or a trip you took with your kid that was something special - or whatever - pick up a blank card here: at our flickr group and drop one in the flickr group.

…I call ‘em the “Danskin Mafia”.

We just switched out summer to winter clothes and have a lot that mac has outgrown. I thought it might be time to do a Buffista clothing swap again, if you are interested email me with the following info:

What size clothes you have? If they are for boy or girl What size clothes you need? If you are willing to send even if you will not receive.

I will email people with info on who to send clothes to and will keep a chart, so if you never get stuff I can try to track it down.

Just to let you know, every dollar you donate today to No on Prop 8 (California initiative that would make it illegal for gays to marry) is being matched. Details and donation link are here: [link]

I'm so pleased to announce I'll be a regular guest blogger at Cocktail Party Physics: [link]

I'll be joining prestigious science writers Jennifer Ouellette, M.G. Lord, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky and more for physics with a twist.

So excited!

I'll be reading with Kim "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" Cooper and Scott "If You're Feeling Sinister" Plagenhoef at the Hammer Museum in LA tomorrow evening at 7 pm. It's free! The reading will include a video or two of Richard & Linda Thompson making music plus some audio comparisons of RT's music and a snippet of an interview. If you're in LA, please come! If you're not in LA, I think there's some cheap last-minute tickets available.

(posted also in Music)

I'll be speaking at the "This Way to Sustainability Conference" in Chico California. My presentation is Saturday, November 8th at 11:00 A.M. [link] on technical solutions to global warming.

For more on the conference: [link]

My profile addy is good, though it looks like the nearest Buffista lives more than 90 miles away.

I have 3 Nightmare Before Christmas promo iPod skins that I got at the Halloween showing of NBC in 3-D. It is pictured in this auction [link] (note: this is not my auction and I don't think these work for an iPod touch). First 3 who email me can have them - I'll ship for free. Happy Halloween!

UPDATE: All gone.

In case of voting problems:

The Election Protection coalition has put together a free hotline and a web site dedicated to tracking voting irregularities.

1-866-OUR-VOTE

[link]

If you run into something call for advice and also to get stuff documented.