Another of Scott's Homes on the Web

This is the one in Bloomington, MN. See http://marscon.org/2017/.

Who's going? iraunink and I will be commuting. I know Sharon Lee & Steve Miller will be there. Who else?

Pointed out at tor.com

You are all invited to my Birthday Party, which will also be a Minn-StF Meeting, starting at 2pm tomorrow, December 15th. If you need the address or directions, please call 612-822-0451.

We will be serving ham, broccoli quinoa feta salad, Vegan Spice Cake, Stonewall Pie^*, three different kinds of home-made caramelized onion dips, two commercial dips, potato chips, white cheddar puffs, brownie bites, raspberry & cream cheese pastries, dark chocolate covered acai & blueberries, mini-cream-puffs & mini-eclairs.

I do not expect anyone on my FL who is not a Twin Cities, MN, local to show up.

* A very rich concoction that includes cool-whip, Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, and frozen limeade in its ingredient list.

Did I mention going to papersky's signing at Uncle Hugo's on Sunday? I had a delightful time at it and the meal at the Java Restaurant afterwards (let's see - attended by me, papersky, Z (who's LJ handle I've forgotten), iraunink, naomikritzer, carbonel, arkuat, lydy, dd_b, and pameladean - I would have sworn there were eleven of us, but I can't think of who the eleventh person was).

( Have I mentioned I really like my doctor? )

Wednesday was the weekly Spirit of the Century gaming - Don, Steve W, Dave M (WANOLJ that I know of) and me - we were missing Martin. We were headed into the Amazon jungle, near what is now the border between Colombia and Brazil. We have encountered the Un-Aging Golden Emperor of Rome. This could get interesting.

Thursday was dinner with Don - no Margo, she wasn't feeling well. We cooked an 11 pound bone-in ham.

Friday was dinner with kalmn and her SO (does he have an LJ/DW account?). That was pasta with red sauce, diced ham (left-overs) and green beans, and they brought garlic bread and dessert. Good dinner.

Today was grocery shopping, laundry, and assorted kitchen clean-up. Shopping included Penzey's - we got a free bottle of Cinnamon Sugar, Mural of Flavor, Sunny Paris, Chinese Five-Spice Powder, Bouquet Garni and Italian Herb Mix. Tonight is supposed to be starting caramelized onions in the crock-pot, and Sunday I'm making French Market Soup in the crockpot with the left over ham bone.

According to this post by polyfrog:

I don't know if all identifiable strains get names or just the really bad ones or what, but it turns out that the strain of Noro we all caught in 2008 has its own name: "AY502008 (Wiscon)"

This is my "I'm on it, or wild horses couldn't keep me from attending it" list.

Friday
7pm - Opening Ceremonies
8pm - Cyberspace: Mental watering hole, or black hole for today's generation?

Saturday
4pm - Reading: Sharon Lee and Steven Miller (This is a wild horses event.)
7pm - E-books - Like them or dislike them?
8pm - On-Line Fandom - How hard is it to nurture?

Sunday
8am - FoL Breakfast (This is a wild horses event.)
10am - Fhannish Life and How it Positively Influences the Mundane Life
12pm - Fledgling - a Liaden book. Discussion
1pm - Literature on the Internet
3pm - Closing Ceremonies

or maybe it was early this morning - it was while listening to the Player Piano at fmsv & cowfan's Minn-StF Meeting last night:

( Judi Dench & Max Raabe within )
Can anyone pass this along to Hershey & Sahara?

Baen Books is having a LolKzin contest. Make a LolKzin out of the cover image for one of their Man-Kzin books, and win a print.

The editors of Baen Books will be the judges. Entries will be judged on originality, sophisticated word play (yes, we mean puns) and overall fun factor.
Winner will receive a Man-Kzin print autographed by the artist, Stephen Hickman. The creator of the bestselling Man-Kzin Wars series, Larry Niven, disclaims any responsibility for this contest.

Clarkesworld Magazine is soliciting readers.

By having a contest - link back to them, and you might get a free book.

This constitutes a sufficiently public announcement that I'm willing to talk about it.

I'm going to be in Naperville, IL, June 18-20, 2010. As Fan Guest of Honor at Duckon. Say what?!?!

There are times when my friends force me to re-evaluate chunks of my world-view, practically always in a positive fashion. This is definitely one of them!

I am quite pleasantly croggled.