If anyone is interested in old D&D manuals, I'm putting a bunch up on eBay. Here's the link to one of them: [link]
check the Other Items for the, well, other items.
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Sunnydale Press
Having a party? Organizing a local F2F? Know something that we all really need to know? Announce it! Want to discuss anything posted here? Take it to Natter. Any natter here will be deleted.
Connie Neil - Jul 09, 2013 8:06:03 pm PDT #3624 of 4089
brillig
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 10, 2013 6:25:37 am PDT #3625 of 4089
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
EpicTangent - Jul 11, 2013 10:10:10 am PDT #3626 of 4089
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Took me a sec to get it, but when I did, this tee cracked me up. (Mathy types, cat-fans, also editor-types who were recently discussing that lower-case-u is not a particular math function, Take Note!)
DebetEsse - Jul 17, 2013 2:14:11 am PDT #3627 of 4089
Woe to the fucking wicked.
If anyone is going to Shakespeare's Globe any time this season, let me know: you can use our exhibition vouchers, since we won't be able to.
hippocampus - Jul 22, 2013 1:00:02 pm PDT #3628 of 4089
not your mom's socks.
An anthology I have a story in is printing in August with a gorgeous cover and a great list of authors. The publisher is making her first foray into kickstarter as a way to take pre-orders and fund a bigger print run. Should you be inclined, the campaign is here: [link] At higher levels, there's a sweet poster option.
Typo Boy - Jul 23, 2013 1:41:09 pm PDT #3629 of 4089
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2013 1:52:41 pm PDT #3630 of 4089
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Typo Boy - Jul 24, 2013 7:11:35 am PDT #3631 of 4089
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Tomato workers in Florida are treated badly - wage theft, wages less than minimum wage, harassment up to and including unprosecuted rape, and working conditions so bad that in extreme cases growers were prosecuted for slavery as recently as 2010. You can find out more from "The coalition of Immokalee Workers" (CIW) [link] . The CIW has successfully pressured many tomato buyers to join a program where they pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes but buy only on condition that workers get treated with minimal decency and dignity. Some of the largest fast food giants including McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell and Subway. Wendy's is the largest fast food holdout, saving itself less than a penny per meal.
So, at a local Olympia festival, a group of us filmed passers by donating pennies as a charitable gift to Wendy's so that they could afford such costly change in policy, and then brought the hat load of pennies to a local Wendy's to pass on to corporate headquarters. (We made sure to be as non-disruptive as possible since none of this is the fault of the local workers.) Here is the link to youtube: [link]
hippocampus - Jul 30, 2013 3:26:04 am PDT #3632 of 4089
not your mom's socks.
I'm excited to warn you that I have a new occasional writing gig over at geekmom.com. My first post went live this morning about Portland's App Camp For Girls: [link]
If you're an Apex Publications blog reader, I'll have a post there tomorrow about the 5 essential things 10 genre folks consider must-pack int their con survival bags. I don't want to spam the list, though.
hippocampus - Jul 30, 2013 3:26:05 am PDT #3633 of 4089
not your mom's socks.