There is no knowing the Evil Eyebrow
I was analyzing the data (well, really I was just processing the data from the ugly text I can rip off the web into something that I can mangle with Excel) from the 2010 Peachtree City Sprint Triathlon and I found some interesting things. First off, all props to Event Tech for getting the results …
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I don’t push these guys (The Extraordinary Contraptions!) just because they’re my friends. I do it because I like they’re music. For proof, I offer Exhibit A. My iTunes library sorted by number of Plays: Go now and check out their music! Or you can look at some recent photos here on flickr. Here’s a …
I’ve attended many conferences and society meetings and luncheons with speakers and seven (eight?) Dragon*Cons to date. I’ve sat in the audience for panels from such diverse topics as Wastewater Management to The Physics of the Buffyverse. These panels invariably have one thing in common, no matter the difference in the subject matter: Annoying Audience …
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Want a Blackberry? Go bid on it!
I’m most amused by the fact that Jenn obviously snuck in and turned on the closet light. I didn’t notice until I was cropping the images.
Happy Autumnal Equinox! Congratulations on making it 1/4 of the way around the Sun (from my arbitrarily determined start point). This is, of course, our free annual trip that includes not one, but two stopovers at the celestial equator. Well, I should say it includes two points at which the Sun crosses the celestial equator, …
My oldest sister Cindy gave me a nice birthday present this year. It’s a glass bowl made locally to her in northern California, entirely from recycled glass. Pretty, isn’t it? It’s weighty and would serve excellently as a bludgeon during the zombie apocalypse. However, I knew instantly what it was for as soon as I …
September 16, 2010 Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30303 To whom it may concern: Greetings! I am writing today for two reasons. First and most importantly to thank you for being a wonderful host institution for Dragon*Con. Those of us who are perennial attendees at this signature event appreciate the …