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My day went okay on the anniversary of my father’s death (Wednesday), but I seem to have been getting more tense and irritable since then rather than less. This morning, I finished up an overdue work thing (which was good; I had been pretty tense about not getting that done), then finished packing stuff up […]
FOGcon attendees: Saturday morning in the game room, from 10:30 to 11:45, I’ll be hosting a “gadget and device petting zoo.” I’ll bring a bunch of cool and fun toys and devices to let people try out, but it doesn’t have to be just my stuff; if you have things you think other people would […]
I'm at FOGcon, but boy am I not in con headspace. This morning I woke up a couple hours later...
Dragon Con is running an award this year, the Dragon Award. They had a nominations phase that's now over; voting...
We had a discussion last week on Facebook about the importance of con panelists using microphones (publicly visible post), but...
A note to convention panel moderators: when you're calling on audience members, please don't attempt to identify them by gender....
At MidAmeriCon, I'll be on four panels (two of which I'm moderating). I also hope to attend most of the...
I meant to post the other day to say that the community stepped forward and met my $2500 matching donation...
With three days left, we're nearly halfway to the matching goal! Many thanks to everyone who's donated. If you haven't...
I posted yesterday offering to match donations to the WisCon Member Assistant Fund, to help people attend WisCon when they...
Short version of this post: Please help people attend WisCon by donating to the Member Assistance Fund! I will match...
Yesterday morning, I attended the second WSFS Business Meeting of the convention. Assorted instances of parliamentary procedure (someone made bingo...