If anyone is interested I have some free meals from Blue Apron to give away. Profile addy is good.

Hello, all. Hope to update here soon, but for now, just wanted to share something.

My baby sister, who I am so proud of, is an MD PhD student who will be in Boston (your Boston. If you're an American, that is) in two weeks to represent her team in iGEM (http://igem.org/Main_Page). Her team is named Boomerang, and they're working on a proof of concept to fight cancer. More on this can be found here: [link] If you'd like, you can donate to their effort here: [link]

That is it for now. Thank you!

I have an awkward favor to ask regarding Book, and I'm going to ask it in here, for full embarrassment purposes.

I love reading your comments and thoughts about Book on fbook, in chat, email (hi lurkers!) and in literary - they're wonderful and I would love to read more, anytime.

There are a number of authors on the board, and I'm saying this for all of us - As new writers (it's true for established writers also), public reviews and comments are hugely important, especially within the first month following a book's release.

If you are able and inclined to do so, would you consider copying your thoughts over to that big, online, riverlike bookseller, and/or that good online reading space, or anywhere else folks consider books? With my gratitude and hope that me saying this will help other authors as well.

Many thanks, and if you're not into it, don't worry - that's cool by me too.

Advanced TV Herstory (a podcast) has an episode about the Powerpuff Girls.

My band had its debut gig! The SO & I are backing up a local singer-songwriter with a couple of other guys for his rock project. Check us out! The Brighter Still performs "Dystopia" [link]

Chicago area folks:

NIU's STEM Cafe is having discussion of "The Physics of Game of Thrones"

he Physics of Game of Thrones October 15, 6:30p.m. - 8:30p.m. Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway Aurora, IL 60505

Join Dr. Rebecca Thompson, Head of Public Outreach for the American Physical Society, for a fun and fantastical discussion on the fundamental laws of science that Game of Thrones gets right. Find out how dragon fire matures, how ice walls keep white walkers out, and how summer can last for ten years. There’s even a surprise physics problem at the end for romantics!

I thought some people here might be interested.

NIU STEM Cafe's website.

Supermoon eclipse photos here: [link]

Taken w/ iPad camera & 6" dobsonian telescope.

Remember the traveling nail polish box? (Or, hey, even if you don't: look, it's a traveling nail polish box!)

I wasn't a part of the original traveling nail polish box, so I don't know when it stopped traveling. But amyth was purging her polish collection, and I've started a bit of a nail polish obsession, so she sent them to me. (Woo hoo!)

Is there any interest in reviving the traveling nail polish box? Because amyth sent me A LOT of polishes, and I won't keep them all. So I'd be happy to send them on to someone else (possibly with more from my collection).

If you're interested, email me at my profile addy.

Hi, all -

Our host is doing some upgrades on Monday, so there may be a few minutes of downtime around 10am board time. Do not be alarmed!