Excellent NPR piece on the word "retard"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112479383

Yahoo group for SCA military service folks and families

I help moderate a group designed to support Scadians who are deployed overseas and their families.

Since a number of folks I know are going over either this year or next, I thought I would share the address.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCAsandbox2003/

Thanks,

Liam

You can help Heather Dale!

Our own Heather Dale (along with her partner Ben Deschamps) has been nominated for the Pegasus Award for Best Performer.

The ballot is here.

Scadians will notice Michael Longcor nominated for best song under "A Little Bit Country" for "Truck Drivin' Vampire."

Fellow fans of Seanan McGuire will also see nominations for Batya, sooj (opposite Heather), Tony & Vixy and Steve Savitzky.

Heather is going to the Ohio Valley Folk Festival, where the award is being given out. It would be so cool if she won.

She's going to be at "War of the Wings" in Atlantia, and has a bunch of dates on her tour schedule.

Protege ceremony at Coronation . . .

I am pleased to share the happy news that I will be taking a protege at Coronation.

Lady Aislinn (purpura) has agreed to join the insanity of Chez Casa Villa Haus (a subsidiary of House Silverwing).

You are all invited, assuming you're going to be at Coronation.

We're going to do it 10 minutes after the conclusion of the first court of the day, in the general vicinity of that court.

You won't want to miss it.

Boosting the signal . . .

Go here! Now!

Garrett is a youth fighter, who is in remission from lymphoma.

James was just knighted at Pennsic.

Kate was the mistress of hounds for glorious, glorious Aethelmearc.

Selena is baronessmartha.

She asked me to ask you to help.

She rocks, so these folks must rock.

Please help if you can.

Oh no, Joe Wilson, no

I have the incredible urge to refer to Rep. Joe Wilson ("You're a liar!") as Rep. Douchnozzle.

Instead, I will revel in what a fund-raising boost his opponent has gotten.

That story's out of date, though. He's at almost half a million now.