PS: What are MSTers?

People who mock things like the Mystery Science Theater guys. They basically set up a website where they would post paragraphs of someone's story and make fun of the writing, the characterizations, etc. It's not unknown in fandom, but it's generally considered a slap in the face of the community, and these people made it even worse by mocking one of the other people on our very small mailing list. She reacted badly, figured out who it was, and gave away her Yahoogroups password so that several other people we didn't know could read all our mail for weeks.

Luckily, I've had plenty of good choices this year who are not white men! I'm not saying I would reject the best candidate if it were a white man, but when there are a bunch of people who all seem fine? Yeah.

People who mock things like the Mystery Science Theater guys.

Ah. Yikes. You know, I'm no angel, but rule one of talking shit is keep it LOCKED DOWN.

rule one of talking shit is keep it LOCKED DOWN.

Yeah, this one was intentionally public. Just mean, and petty, too.

Oh yeah, we only used that for races where we didn't have good info and there was no party affiliation or whatever. I would vote against the gay dude for mayor, I I hadn't forgotten my ballot, and probably would've voted against the lesbian if I lived in NYC, so it doesn't work for bigger races.

Yeah, this one was intentionally public. Just mean, and petty, too.

That's awful, Consuela.

I just voted. Most no-brainer election EVER. Seriously, even in the primaries it was a choice between Di Blasio, Quinn, and a bunch of Bond villains.

Yeah. It was stupid, and people overreacted, but that's fandom for you. I like to think well of people, I'm not a sneaky person, and I feel like that element of my personality was taken advantage of by people I trusted. I dislike this intensely.

Voting for the women around here is not always a good option, there are some radically right wing females around here that would make Darth Cheney weep in pride. There was a woman on one ballot, but her statement of position was more "I'm a homemaker and small business woman, so I understand how important it is run an organization efficiently" and "all we need is for everyone to work together for a common goal," which is true but a little light on practicalities.

For the record, assuming DiBlasio wins, the Greater Boston Area will continue its reign over NYC -- remember, Bloomberg is from Medford MA, and DIBlasio went to the same high school as me!