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Hello,
I need to locate Alexandra Maria de Grenada concerning a letter of permission to conflict with her armory. If anyone has her contact information, could you please forward it to me privately?
Many thanks,
Lillia de Vaux
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For years now, I have seen people quote "Remember, remember . . . " on this particular day, especially since the movie came out, and this year was no exception.
For some reason, it bothered me this year. Even in the morning.
I could not put my finger on it, but in some ways it smacked of glorifying terrorism.
A little while ago, someone pointed out that the attacks on Fort Hood took place on Nov. 5.
There are many of us who see this as treason and/or terrorism.
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1. If you want the handouts for my teaching class (There are three separate pages), please e-mail to liamstliam@gmail.com
2. In response to previous commentary, there is "One True Shakesepeare Play."
"I do believe your majesty takes no scorn to wear the leek upon St. Tavy's Day”
3. Corollary, in the Liamverse, "Sometimes you eat the leek and sometimes the leek eats you."
4. Anyone need a pair of cat-fur mittens? Last night, while we were blissfully asleep, one or both of our Feline Overlords (I mean protectors) decided to see just how much yarn there *is* in a ball of yarn. I think they were outlining a race track or something, but they stopped at the door to the bedroom. The Countess remains despleased.
5. Nothing better than finding out there's a "Celebration of Friday" pot luck in one of the offices in w hich you work.
6. Has anyone seen any voting breakdowns by age group on Maine No. 1?
7. We had a guy (just out of jail in the last couple of months) come into the office today to thank us, because he's finishing his first week of full-time employment.
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13 Dead and 30 Wounded at Fort Hood, Texas
Posting since some people have not heard about this yet. A Major in the Army opened fire at a military processing center yesterday afternoon. He is currently in custody at a hospital after being shot four times by a military police officer. |
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Not that I usually use sports cliches, but we have a chance to rebound and take the momentum back.
Gov. Patterson has called a special session of the State Senate for Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Same-sex marriage will be on the agenda.
If you are in New York, please do what you can to get to your senator and tell him or her how strongly you feel.
I am going to be working on Sen. Betty Little up here.
Thanks,
Liam |
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I have the opportunity to teach some classes at 12th Night.
There are also a couple of other upcoming events I might well teach it.
I am trying to see what people want to attend.
Here are some ideas:
1. The princess suggested I do a sort of "Srvice 101" for people who have not been in the SCA that long and want to learn about service opportunities.
2. I really enjoy teaching "Liam's Favorite SCA Songs" and I have some new ones in the play list.
3. The "Teaching in the SCA" always seem to go well.
4. We have batted around peerage roundtables, with suggstions being "peers only," "non-peers only" or wide open.
5. "So You want to volunteer for the royalty," which has been done by others.
6. "Running fun tournaments" for heavy weapons and fencing.
7. Any idea you may have.
Comments, please. Comments. |
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And just to show you further proof of my kid's early genius... ;)
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day 5 total 8843. Not what I want to to be, but something better than I could be, and still ahead of the "required minimum."
Plugging along, notepad, flash drive and tiddlywiki to track stuff. Hit a bit of a slump, moved past it.
Work first, so the count has suffered with issues there, but that's as it should be. Not blaming work if I don't succeed this year, rather get a paycheck.
And on this note: I give you the nanner-ream-oCurrent Mood:  plodding along |
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Alltje drinking paid off. My nurse got the I.V. in on the first try. |
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Famous last words:
Plumber: "I'm gonna hafta open up this wall a bit... You don't mind if I do that, do ya?" Actually, so far, so good. I took out the smoke detectors in the hall near the bathroom with the busted pipe and the girls, room, but forgot the one in /my/ room. :) The plumbing work is going OK, though. Looks like we have copper pipe behind the wall, rather than lead, so that's a plus. The house is 60-some-odd years old, so it could very well have been built with lead pipes. Happily, the plumber doesn't think that's the case. Ok, all done! We can has sink again! And stronger pipes. :) He ended up extending the connection out further from the wall, so next time we need to do something like this, it'll be less troublesome. I'm voting for "no next time", m'self. --- In other news, which one of the Powers That Be did we cheese off? Because it sure /looks/ like a higher power has a problem with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) math5 fencing, or more specifically, working with me. Last week, it was the deity of Poor Time Management. This week it was the god of In The Wrong Place at The Wrong Time - so no FKN. Sigh. --- In closing, many people believe there's a reason for everything. In some cases, I'm prone to agree: I took a phone call before leaving the house this morning to catch the train to work. The call took juuuust long enough for me to be too late to get to that train, which ticked me off. Turns out, my train line's suspended because of a fatality earlier today, so I wouldnt have gotten to work on that train /anyway/. Funny how that works out. :) -ir out. (well, in really... Working from home.) Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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Two of them!
(via BoingBoing) |
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The Supergirls by Mike Madrid The book bills itself as the history of comic book superheroines. The history it recounts is detailed, but focused primarily on the mainstream publishers. However, as someone who has actually read mainstream superhero comics on and off since the mid-70s, and has done some reading on the history of comics, the book told me very little I didn't already know. I found the analysis to be fairly superficial. There was very little said about the "Women in Refrigerators" issue, for instance. I've found more penetrating discussion of gender in comics on the web. All that being said, it's not a bad book. It's a diverting hour or so, but it could have been so much more.
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton A perfectly workmanlike historical mystery starring Abigail Adams as the sleuth in pre-Revolutionary War Boston. It bills itself as the first in a series. If trapped in an airport, I'd pick up the next one, but I probably won't seek it out.
Shakespeare's Kings by John Julius Norwich A chatty and fairly accessible analysis of the most confusing era in English history, the period between the death of Edward III and the accession of Henry VII. Norwich compares the actual history with Shakespeare's version of the history, as set forth in his history plays: Richard II, all the Henry IV parts, Henry V, Richard III. I think liamstliamwould particularly like the Henry V chapters. For those who care about such things, Norwich falls squarely on the side of Richard III as villain, based almost entirely on the assumption that Thomas More wouldn't lie.
Lawyers or wannabe lawyers (ok, make that litigators) should read this for a primer on how not to try a case, be it civil or criminal. Too bad the People of the State of California can't pursue a malpractice claim against the prosecutors. Fortunately, OJ's own nature finally caught up with him.
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland
What a bizarre and disturbing book. It's ostensibly a historical novel, set in 1321 England, but the fictional village of Ulewic is strange enough that at various points in the book I had to tell myself "pretend it's not supposed to be history, read it as fantasy." The plot, such as it is, is about the various trials and tribulations of the village and the nearby beguinage (a religious community of women who haven't taken formal vows as nuns). Some of the things that are jarring to me (naming issues again) won't bother other readers. But I think the notion of a Celtic-ish cult and/or secret society surviving into the 1300s will prove just as difficult to swallow to other SCAdian readers as to me. The bizarreness and the disturbingness come from the parade of disasters that plague the characters, the shifting voices and points of view, and the unremitting unpleasantness of about 90% of the characters and nearly all of the descriptions. The author clearly subscribes to the "nasty, dirty, ignorant" image of the Middle Ages. All of my minor quibbles with the book are exacerbated by the author's tendency to make certain things deliberately confusing in order to spring "surprises" on us later. I'll happily lend it to anyone who is curious, but don't spend money for this in hard cover. |
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8297 words at 11pm and it's time to go to bed. No evening in a comic book with no access tonight, but decent.
Forgot to note that yesterday the total was 7102 ... respectableCurrent Mood:  night-night |
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