Sunday morning: You gotta love snow . . .

1. Ah, winter in the upstate. It started snowing yesterday afternoon, and it's supposed to keep going until sometime late tonight, early tomorrow morning. The winds are going to kick up, and the low tonight is supposed to be 11 or 12. The wind chills, well, let's say, "Frickin' brrrrr." I have to wonder if the Lake George Winter Carnival will get snow out.

At least they got the Outhouse Races in last weekend:




2. Manga Shakespeare! What more need I say?

3. A friend posted the following on a baronial list:

"Song is one of the gentle arts."

Not with me, it ain't.

(Then again, " 'Song can be a gentle art -- sometimes.)

4. Another friend was writing about "Contact waterbearing" (using a straw). I just see waterbearers, in armor smashing into people, then watering them.

5. What's better than Order of the Stick?

Yay, Boskone!

Yay, a post that will be of no interest to most of the SCA folks on my list!!!!!!!

Edited: Removing mulch, I hope.


( All Boskone, all the time )

Boskone: Post 2

For some reason, the following disappeared from my original post because of formatting issues:


3. I highly recommend the following:

Friday 8p.m .Quincy: Filk Set: Hoffman &  Wittenberg: Merav Hoffman, Batya Wittenberg

Saturday Noon: Webster: Featured Filker Concert: Enter the realm of high-energy filk with Seanan McGuire, co-winner of the 2007 Pegasus Award for Best Performer, a founding member of Lady Mondegreen, and star of the CDs Pretty Little Dead Girl and Stars Fall Home. A concert by Seanan always reveals both musical and visual surprises — how many different outfits can she wear in one concert? — plus secret messages from our alien overlords. Seanan Maguire (cadhla)

Sunday Noon:  Dragonslair: Lady Mondegreen Children's Concert: Merav Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, Batya Wittenberg

Sense a theme, here?

Also,

Saturday 7 p.m.: Dragonslair:  Bed Time Stories for the Young and Old: shadesong reads from her latest works.

Sunday 1 p.m.:  Conference: Reading: Jennifer Pelland (jenwrites)

persis: Yes, I knew you would be there. ;) What are the rules for adults at Dragonslair concerts/readings? May I be "security?" or do I have to borrow someone's kid? ;)

Easrly Sunday afternoon: Putting off cleaning . . .

1. Does anyone have any friends in Berlin? I need to help out someone who's going over next month. Looking for connections, hostel recommendations and the most important things to do/see.

2 Does anyone know where there's a template to use for LiveJournal name badges. (Yes, we need "steenkin' " badges.)

3. You know you live with a voice herald when you are listening to Hillary Clinton speaking, and your wife says, "Oh, honey! Breath control." The senator was speaking way high in the throat and pushing her words.

4. Oh, and "We will Barack you?" No, nay never. Stop the chanting!

5. It looks as though a plan is developing that we will be going to The Publick House of Brookline for 5 p.m., or so a week from today. RSVP if interested.

Sunday night: Winding down . . .

1. It's dropped from the mid-30s to about 15 degrees in the last three or four hours. (I am so glad our in-laws gave us the indoor-outdoor themometer. We have had driving snow, followed by clear, followed by driving snow. We have definitely had more snow than originally expected, and I think that's the first time all season that's happened.

2. The TSA not only has a new blog, but it has a sense of humor.

In an answer to the question of why the TSA screens soldiers and veterans . . .

Did you know that we’ve had soldiers bring grenades with them to the airport? Chances are there was no ill intent, but a grenade on a plane is a grenade on a plane. It just shouldn’t be there. (Kind of like snakes on a plane)

I love it.

On a more serious note, according to the blog, the folks asking for computer passwords are not TSA folks.

TSA does not and will not confiscate laptops or other electronic devices at our checkpoints. Our officers’ are solely focused on the safety of the traveling public and are looking for explosives and other prohibited items. Should one of our officers find something suspicious, we will immediately contact local law enforcement and potentially the local bomb squad. We will not ask for any password, access to any files or take the laptop from you for longer than it takes to determine if it contains a threat.

Should anyone at a TSA checkpoint attempt to confiscate your laptop or gain your passwords or other information, please ask to see a supervisor or screening manager immediately.

3. Yeah, that's it. Bedtime. Take care, all.