EK Travel Auction at John Barleycorn

At the request of Queen Brenwen, we will be running one final EK Travel Fund auction for this reign.

It will be Sept. 6 at John Barleycorn, and the plan right now is that it will be a silent auction.

Among the items we have so far are a pair of (separate) fighting lessons from King Konrad, two gorgeous miniature paintings, a wide variety of books, a marshal's staff that will be decorated (within reason) to your specifications and seveal other items.

We are looking for donations of all kinds. Lessons in your specialty are often among the most-wanted items. So are food-related items and gift baskets.

Please contact me at liamstliam@gmail.com if you are interested in donating or helping with the auction.

In service,

Liam

*sigh*

My e-mail address is liamstliam@gmail.com.

That is all.

Sunday night: Taking a breather . . .

1. Welcome to celtwoman. This entryis much more typical of how I usually post. Thing shave been rather hectic.

2. Other than a much-needed nap, I have been working at high speed all day on reign stuff and auction stuff. I cooked blueberry-chocolate chip pancakes for my princess for breakfast, did two sinkloads of dishes and tidied up a little. I am also working on three high school football previews for the local paper as well as trying to stay on top of my beer blog (and failing at it).

3. Please do send good thoughts and prayers my way. This will be a big week for hiring teachers, and I am really hoping something comes through. I have a couple of other applications out there, too, and I believe positive wishes will help.

Typical Liam networking story. I went to the Polar Plunge meeting last Thursday. (I am the local publicity director. Who woulda thunk it?) I mentioned to the two Special Olympic folks there that I had applied for the job, and the higher-ranking one said, "Oh, yes. You mentioned that," and went on to say she had already mentioned my name to the big guy (my words). She said he takes a  long time on hiring, but that she had mentioned my name.

4. Speaking of the Polar Plunge . . . Thanks to etherial, I am now at $650, just a week into my fundraising. Linkage. No one has joined my team yet. I am sad. If you raise a certain amount ($250, maybe), you get a free motel room the night before.

5. Well-written story on teaching evolution from the New York Times.

6. Darwinism at work in Glens Falls, NY, courtesy of the Post-Star.

Two guys get arrested for trying to set a truck on fire near downtown, in the city's "Get Arrested" section.

A woman who saw two men running on Elm Street spotted the fire and called 911, but the small fire had burned itself out when city firefighters arrived, Knoop said. It caused damage to the truck’s paint, but did not ignite the gas inside, Knoop said.

A few minutes later, officers saw two men matching the witness’s description sitting on the front steps of Famous Glens Falls Deli on South Street, and they turned out to be the two responsible for the blaze, officials said. They had gone to Glens Falls Hospital to get a drink, then returned to the area, Knoop said.

Santos told police the fire was Grovenburg’s idea, though Santos has been charged with igniting the rag with a lighter Grovenburg provided, Knoop said.

"One (Grovenburg) said to the other, ‘Do you want to do something stupid?’ " and the other (Santos) said ‘Yeah, what is it?’ " Knoop said the defendants told police.

"They must not have seen (the television show) ‘Mythbusters’ to know that it doesn’t work to try to set a car on fire with a rag in the gas tank," the sergeant said.