Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
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PROVIDENCE F2F UPDATE
1. Anyone having last minute "wanna goooo!" pangs? We've still got three rooms on hold for a few more days.
2. Imma distribute the contact sheet Monday. Get on it while the gettin is good! Especially if you're a local who won't be staying at the hotel.
Kthxby
So, if you want to celebrate Our Great Nation by watching me on TV, you may. We're on Saturday, July 3: [link]
Attention Providence F2Fers: If there is food/alcohol/other beverages, etc that you want us to have at the hotel for post-prom or the weekend in general, let me know in the F2F thread. Also, if anyone wants/needs a ride from the airport, e-mail me and I'll let you know if I can be available.
Howdy All. We, of the gaming ilk, are looking to start another round of Battlestar Galactica. We have (4) players itching to fight. We are looking to see if another one or two folks would like to join in the fray. Please contact us in the Gaming thread for questions, comments, or volunteering. Nuggets are welcome.
Today, a popular DC blog, The Hill is Home, featured a really nice post about a defining moment in my life.
My own post...about the post...(at the risk of straining meta) offers the shorter story.
I'm uneasy about seeming to self-promote, but I really enjoyed the distillation of something that generally takes me hours to explain. I hope you will too.
FYI:
Whooping cough declared state epidemic‎ [In California]
Officials Urge Vaccination
On Wednesday, California Department of Public Health Director Mark Horton called for children to be vaccinated against whooping cough and urged parents, family members and caregivers of infants to obtain a booster shot (AP/San Francisco Chronicle, 6/23).
Since January, the state has confirmed 910 whooping cough cases and five infant deaths resulting from the highly contagious respiratory disease. Authorities are investigating 600 additional cases that could be classified as pertussis (Linthicum/Lin, Los Angeles Times, 6/24).
The number of confirmed cases is more than four times higher than the number recorded at this point in 2009, putting the state on pace for the worst outbreak of the disease in 50 years, according to the San Jose Mercury News (Messinger, San Jose Mercury News, 6/23).
I'm going to be in the Bay Area 4th of July weekend (really from June 30th through July 8th, bouncing here and there, working Th/Fri and Tues-Thurs).
So anyone who'd be up for breakfast, lunch, dinner, fireworks, whatever, email me at the profile addy! I'll have a rental car, and especially into stuff to do over the weekend, though could be into dinners Tuesday or Wednesday night also (I'll be staying in downtown Oakland those nights).
If you'd like to read my latest on Daily Kos...it's here. [link]