Okay, let's see if I can be more organized with this one.

A while back some of us in Natter had been discussing doing a gift type exchange based in large part on TJs holiday seasonal goodies, which are just starting to appear on the shelves, at least where I live.

What I was thinking is that if people emailed me and told me if they a) had a TJs near them, b) if they didn't have a TJs but had some ideas for things to send in exchange or c) did have a TJs but had some ideas of things they would like to send instead, I would try to match up group a) people with group b) and c) people.

If you would be interested in participating, please send me an email with your mailing address and what group you are in and if you like sweet or savory or a mixture of the two.

I already have emails from a few of you from earlier, but if you could send me another one just to confirm that you are still interested, that would be awesome.

If people email me by Friday, I will send out emails next weekend.

The website I'm using to promote both "Solving the Climate Crisis" and the Graphic version "Cooling a Fevered Planet" is on-line. At stcc.be . I'd love feedback. Does the main page look good? Does the graphversion page look good? Is the donate page low key and low pressure enough? Feedback on this and any other issue is very welcome. Either my profile addy or the contact email on the site will work.

I know there are science-types who write amongst us; here's a writing opportunity I came across today: [link]

Bay-istas! I have written the first act of a sci-fi drama in the vein of Firefly and Battlestar Galactica. (Seriously, it wasn't intentional at all, but I think all the characters can be mapped superficially to Firefly characters. But there is a big honking Firefly reference, for kicks.) Why only the first act? Because the second act will be improvised. The actors won't know anything about the show until that night, but they'll have costumes and props and a full set (which is going to be awesome). They will cold read the first act, and then we'll all find out together how the play ends.

Come see Gravity, my sort-of playwright debut, at Under the Sun Studios in Concord on November 19! Tickets on sale now!

Two new posts on Grist Energy from forest biomass mostly not sustainable in the U.S. according to peer reviewed Nature study.

California Study does not means emissions reduction potential is only 60% with today's technology.

Update on the borg e-mail list:

*SuziQ and Amy volunteered to be list maintainters, too. Yay, and thank you. So if you want to add/change your info. or use the list, contact Amy, JenP, or SuziQ.

*Several people suggested including physical mailing addresses, so if you'd like yours added, just respond with your physical mailing address once you get the test e-mail. Also indicate whether it can be shared with registered buffistas, same as e-mail.

*You don't need to respond to the test e-mail unless you want to add your physical address or have a question or something, BUT if you don't get it and think you should have, please e-mail SuziQ, Amy, or JenP.

You can join the list or take yourself off of the list anytime you like, of course.

My latest blog post on Wordslinger: "How to Write Perfectly Every Single Time!" [link]

Hey gamers, nascent gamers, and general sci-fi-ish type people. Or, you know, just anybody. We just finished up a round of our thrilling version of Battlestar Buffistica over in the Gaming thread. Accusations were flung, lives were lost, and puns were made.

Want in on the fun? The next game is set to begin, so if you're interested in checking it out, stop on by and say so. Just want to watch? I bet you could convince gamemaster extraordinaire billytea to send you game updates along with the players.

You don't have to own the physical game to play, although it helps. bt is great with newbies, so even if you haven't gamed before, this is a great entry. You just need to be able to check in once a day or so.

Come on in, the water's infested with potential robotic overlords!

erinaceous' (Buffista emeritus)company Wordnik has several positions open. This may be of interest to you or someone you know: [link]

Three new posts on Grist:

CDM is still a miserable failure: [link]

New study claiming CDM is NOT a miserable failure is a miserable failure: [link]

Possible long term breakthrough in less expensive more environmentally friendly long distance transmission - worth developing. [link]