I'm interviewed about my books "Cooling a Fevered Planet" and "Solving the Climate Crisis" on the radio program "Against the Grain" by Sasha Lilley on Wed Sept 12 Tuesday September 18 2012 at noon Pacific Time on KPFA. If you are in the Berkeley area you can tune in on 94.1 and 89.3 FM. You can stream live on the web at KPFA.org. By late afternoon Pacific Time you will be able download podcasts at [link] . (Date Changed due to technical difficulties.)

If you want to hear my interview on "Against the Grain" on climate change, you can hear it at: [link]

Of interest to most of us, Aisha Tyler's podcast interview with Nathan Fillion.

Skip the first seven minutes where she tries to monetize her website, and then they discuss: How he grew up in Canada (Edmonton), His experience on Soap Operas (One Life to Live), Working with Ryan Reynolds, How to be a starving actor in LA and pay for your rent by juggling credit card debt, Firefly, Joss, How much they are both in love with Alan Tudyk, comic books (in great supernerd detail)...

Anyone who's in the market for new glasses, or wanting to expand his/her glasses wardrobe - Zenni Optical is having another week of buy one, get one free.

[link]

I've gotten a pair of glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses from them in the past and had no problems. t /anecdata

ETA ends 9/23

Short story in this week's issue of Nature Magazine - [link]

Delurking thread is now open! Stop by and say hello! Or tell us what you've been up to this year, even if you're a regular. And make sure to update your pin on the Buffista map if you've moved in the last year.

I thought I'd announce that we're just starting the next play-by-forum game of Battlestar Galactica in the Gaming thread: billytea "Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue" Oct 6, 2012 4:30:11 am PDT. This is our sixteenth game. BSG is not only fun to play, it can also be fun to watch. The game includes space battles, deception and betrayal, and allows for some role-playing too. Any lurkers who'd like to watch are very welcome to do so (quite aside from the fact that we couldn't stop you even if we wanted).

Hey peeps! In honor of Delurking Month, why not help support the board? As you know, we don't charge anyone to post, but it does cost $99/month to run the board. Whether you're a regular poster or not, if you have any extra funds this month, consider sending some of it my way for board maintenance!

You can paypal to donations at buffistas dot org, or email me (same address or any other, I should get it) for my address to send a check. Note that I moved over the summer, so if you have any earlier address for me, it's wrong now.

Thanks!!

PEOPLE!. - I am late getting this announcement out....BUT.....IT IS TIME TO START the sign up for the Annual non-belief system specific winter secret gift exchange! ANSSWSGE for short (this year, each year it is slight different, it seems).

Please email me at b.org.msbelle AT gmail.com if you want in, you will get an invite from elfster - YOU will need to get your address info up on elfster (only viewable to whomever draws your name) and then you can lists likes/dislike/wishlist/other random info. Any questions?, email me.

If you want, you can read my contribution to the the Daily Kos KosAbility series [link]