screeeeeeaaam!!

Scroll down to March 11th. Neil Gaiman not only mentioned me in his journal, but quoted one of my columns. Excuse me while I faint.

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You can check here for a candlelight vigil for peace near you.

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The Save Farscape campaign made Salon. Day pass needed if you're not subscribed.

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Hail Buffistas!

The time to vote again is at hand:

We are voting on:

ITEM 1: FORMAL DISCUSSION THREAD
Do we want a separate thread for actual voting discussions?

ITEM 2: CLOSE DISCUSSION
Do we want to close the talking about a subject when the voting starts?

ITEM 3: VOTER TURNOUT
How many Buffistas does it take to make a vote count?
Do votes of "no preference" count toward this?

ITEM 4: SECONDS
a) Should more than one Buffista be needed in order to move something to formal discussion and vote?
b) Please choose a minimum number of people who have to agree with the original proposer before a proposal moves to formal discussion, if the above item passes.

The voting form and revised proposal are here:

[link]

Some arguments for and against are

Sophia Brooks "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Mar 15, 2003 10:51:05 pm EST

Please visit Bureacracy for any questions or concerns.

Please excuse any vagrant HTML, as my eyes are giving me many problems today!

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" Voting starts Saturday night (March 15, 2003) at midnight and closes Tuesday night (Mar. 18, 2003) at midnight (that would be "Board Time", i.e. EST) " (from the ballot)

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Decided to repost this here.

Okay, I've simplified my Mac.com website.

All anyone has to do when I announce publically available caps is go to:

[link]

And click on the Buffystuff link.

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moved to 'beep me,' where it should have been in the first place

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A first for me, posting on Sunnydale Press:

According to a poster at the BC&S:

"I just wanted to let you know that Jane Espenson is going to be at Ball State University this Friday doing a talk called "Writing Buffy". She will be in the Arts and Journalism building from 12:00-12:50 in room 175.

The biography attatched to her visit announcement claims that she has co-written "End of Days", the final episode of Buffy.

BSU is in Muncie, Indiana, about an hour away from Indy and two from Dayton.

If you can make it, do go. It would be great to have a large showing of support for Jane."

I love listening to Jane talk about writing during her Succubus Club appearances. She's funny, interesting, and smart.

t edited to whitefont the episode title

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ITEM 1: FORMAL DISCUSSION THREAD
Do we want a separate thread for actual voting discussions?
Yes

ITEM 2: CLOSE DISCUSSION
Do we want to close the talking about a subject when the voting starts?
Yes

ITEM 3: VOTER TURNOUT
How many Buffistas does it take to make a vote count?
42
Do votes of "no preference" count toward this?
Yes

ITEM 4: SECONDS
a) Should more than one Buffista be needed in order to move something to formal discussion and vote?
Yes

b) Please choose a minimum number of people who have to agree with the original proposer before a proposal moves to formal discussion, if the above item passes.
4

ITEM 1: FORMAL DISCUSSION THREAD

Yes

53 61.6%   No 33 38.4%   No Preference 8     Total Votes with preference 86     ITEM 2: CLOSE DISCUSSION Yes 50 57.5%   No 37 42.5%   No Preference 7     Total Votes with preference 87     ITEM 3: VOTER TURNOUT How many Buffistas does it take to make a vote count? Mean 42 3961/94 Median 42 The middle number Mode 50 Favored by 24 voters Do votes of "no preference" count toward this? Yes 72 78.3%   No 20 21.7%   No Preference 2     Total Votes with preference 92     ITEM 4: SECONDS Should more than one Buffista be needed in order to move something to formal discussion and vote? Yes 78 86.7%   No 12 13.3%   No Preference 4     Total Votes with preference 90     Minimum number of people who have to agree with the original proposer before a proposal moves to formal discussion, if the above item passes.   Mean 4 369/94 Median 4 The middle choice Mode 5 Favored by 27 voters

Raw numbers for minimum number of Buffistas:

2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 8, 10, 10, 10, 10, 15, 15, 15, 18, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 35, 35, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 42, 45, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 51, 51, 60, 60, 60, 65, 65, 65, 65, 67, 67, 75, 77, 80, 80, 90, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100

Raw numbers for numbers of seconds:

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

the end

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binary walk

mvt 50 seconds 4

so average was indeed "good enough".

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