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]

Lurkers? Do support us in email.

(I know this is cryptic, but Stompies, I swear it's relevant to general 'Ffista interest. Needed to be said in this thread to be seen for sure.)

And is secretly AWESOME.

On behalf of Buffistas, thanks. A lot.

Amazon deal of the day - complete Deadwood for $55: [link]

Fixed. Sorry about that - trying to do too many things at once.

$55.