Posted: 2012-05-16 13:22:55
The final installment of my Penguicon 2012 post-event report. This covers Sunday and Monday, especially the Closing Ceremonies and Feedback Session…now with video!
Blournal
This is it…the whole shebang. All of the entries. The whole general mish-mash. Other terms for the whole mess…
Posted: 2012-05-05 18:08:57
The third, penultimate post in a series of reports from Penguicon 2012. Full of details that likely matter only to me and situations entertainingly to an audience of approximately one.
Posted: 2012-05-04 18:43:46
My report of Penguicon's Friday hijinks. Since Saturday is the day that everything interesting happened, you can consider this filler…filler about Opening Ceremonies, parties, noise complaints, and pantlessness. The usual…
Posted: 2012-05-03 12:52:42
A report of the Thursday pre-con setup day before Penguicon 2012. The first of what is likely to be four reports (get it, one per day…see what I did there?)
Posted: 2012-02-19 17:25:48
Yesterday, a friend tweeted that she was writing a paper and didn't think she'd finish. Several of us ‘helped out’ by contributing some writing to her. I tried to give her a series of genres to choose from…(in chronological order)
Child trafficking, slash-fic, and more…
Posted: 2011-12-07 13:24:01
It began as a post about my views of problem solving and rapidly devolved into whining about my life. I've never wanted to hashtag #FirstWorldProblems at myself so hard as after writing this post.
Posted: 2011-12-05 10:00:04
Two weeks ago, I found myself shaking with outrage at the treatment a handful of peacefully assembling students received at the hands of a bunch of police. Basically, I was naïve and did exactly what the media was trying to persuade me to do; mindlessly bleat. New video evidence suggests that I might not have been
Posted: 2011-11-27 20:54:16
This weekend, I decided to take at least a little time for myself and do something not directly related to work or school…so I finished configuring my social networking presence (for the eleventy-millionth time, to date). Allow me to decribe…
Posted: 2011-09-10 00:14:59
The why's and how's of my blournal's transition to a comment-free place.
Posted: 2011-07-09 14:44:22
I introduce a new argument-bingo board and discuss the misuse of privilege in the newest Internet argument.
Posted: 2011-02-26 15:50:45
I am called a popinjay (among other things) in response to expressing my distaste for stealing from friends.
Posted: 2011-02-18 18:19:48
A brief explanation regarding my resignation as head of marketing for Chicon 7 (the 2012 WorldCon).
Posted: 2011-01-12 22:10:38
A list of the panels I'll be participating in at Capricon 31 in February of 2011.
Posted: 2010-12-08 11:26:35
An open response to people who pat themselves on the back for not owning televisions, radios, or other conveyances of pop culture.
Posted: 2010-11-03 10:18:11
Documentation of a little experiment, of sorts, in which I grow my hair out for 365 straight days.
Posted: 2010-10-22 08:39:05
A little rant about immigration, racism, and jingoism as inspired by a response to Elizabeth Moon's racist screed.
Posted: 2010-10-13 15:03:33
My take on how Conclave 2010 went, how the Dorsai Irregulars did an amazing about face, and my thoughts on how to repair a dying convention.
Posted: 2010-10-13 14:27:03
The results of the Twitter hashtag #goodthingsaboutconclave at the 2010 Conclave convention.
Posted: 2010-06-24 15:56:14
My summer plans for 2010: what's happening, what's hip, and what I made time for.
Posted: 2010-05-11 06:12:39
Some notes about Penguicon 2010. It is sort of like an actual review, if you had no idea what an actual review looked like.
Posted: 2010-04-09 17:40:06
My response to someone those who feel the need to abuse people who give of themselves for free
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2010-04-03 10:04:54
I sat through the entire “New Moon” movie, in all its insipid, abuse lauding glory, so that I could share my pain with you. In 140 character bursts. I'm really such a giver. The things I do for you!
Posted: 2010-01-30 22:40:58
The launch of a project to stop sexual harassment at local conventions.
Posted: 2010-01-27 12:03:20
My report of ConFusion 2010 (in eleventy billion words, it's really more of a play-by-play) from the perspective of an attendee, not as a conrunner.
Posted: 2009-12-31 10:39:33
Reminiscing about this last year with nary a mention of it as the close to a decade. Aside from the one I just did there, that is.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2009-12-29 22:04:27
I dissect a sexist remark made by a feminist I respect (then I wait to get attacked for my insolence by her fans...)
Posted: 2009-12-14 10:08:12
Some audio clips from the flash animated video Candy Mountain.
Posted: 2009-12-14 09:24:40
The Grice-Skinner method of evaluating your level of public speaking anxiety. Used entirely without permission.
Posted: 2009-12-02 11:06:00
A crazy from work starts the War on Jer(ror). With bonus "dramatic reading" now :)
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2009-10-19 15:49:00
Musings on life after seven years free from drugs and alcohol.
Posted: 2009-10-12 17:35:00
My review of Conclave 2009 (and subsequent complaints about the Dorsai Irregular)
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Posted: 2009-05-06 19:11:00
My attendee's-eye view of the 2009 Penguicon.
Posted: 2009-03-22 13:13:00
Some thoughts on my place in the universe, and other mewling navel gazing.
Posted: 2009-01-02 15:49:00
My review of 2008 in numbers, blog posts, and general sarcasm. I wouldn't do it any other way!
Posted: 2008-11-30 19:14:52
My mildly mushy movie review of "Zack and Miri Make a Porno"
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2008-11-25 09:02:00
Perhaps I am being a bit precipitous in posting this list before the year has even ended, but here's hoping I cannot find new depths to which I can sink.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2008-11-19 22:17:00
The ordeal that was my most recent hair removal process. When you are me, even something as simple as a haircut can be an exercise in hilarity.
Posted: 2008-09-15 00:00:00
Review of the October/November 2008 double issue of the magazine.
Posted: 2008-09-11 09:11:00
On the anniversary of September 11th, how are we doing as a nation?
Posted: 2008-05-31 14:37:00
Dawn issued the challenge, and I videotape myself VERY excited about the Sex in the City movie release to answer the challenge. Video inside...
Posted: 2008-05-21 07:28:00
All of the after-con reports from Penguicon 6.0 that I could find. Good, bad, or indifferent.
Posted: 2008-04-22 00:00:00
About the ways feminists employ slut shaming to further their own goals, sometimes.
Posted: 2008-03-29 02:33:00
A list of cycling events in Michigan that I have attended, wish to attend, or just think are cool
Posted: 2008-03-26 00:00:00
A response to a severely misguided sexist manifesto in which I felt the need to defend feminism.
Posted: 2008-02-21 19:12:00
My thoughts on War-Line's practice of posting photographs of porn store customers on its website.
Posted: 2008-01-26 23:56:00
A listing (with some commentary) of the 112 books I read in 2007.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2007-12-27 00:00:00
Christmas is the season to torture your children, at least it is in our household.
Posted: 2007-12-14 09:57:40
For a while I had been the go-to dictionary for terms of sexual grotesquery. Rather than constantly fielding calls and texts on this subject, I decided to start a dictionary of terms.
Posted: 2007-12-06 22:57:00
Keeping you all updated as to the state of my website...well..updates
Posted: 2007-10-27 18:18:00
A brief review of Verses' show at the Coffee Exchange on Oct 26th.
Posted: 2007-07-09 00:00:00
A response to Jessica Valenti's article in The Guardian "Chastity is Chic".
Posted: 2007-07-09 00:00:00
I tell the stories, and sometimes I think you don't take me seriously enough. Well here's some grainy, cell-phone video to not take seriously.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2007-06-21 12:06:30
The horrors that were visited upon my body when I decided to wax my poor, poor genitals.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2007-06-21 00:00:00
Internet dating from the office can be bad. Internet dating from the office when I'm your IT person and I don't like you can be disasterous!
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2007-02-01 13:02:00
Gastrointestinal woes during an exam at school. As dramatically read by Dawn & Greg.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2006-11-30 00:00:00
When US soldiers get bored, the shit hits the fan... literally.
Posted: 2006-10-28 10:16:00
A sanitized (get it?) version of accidental, surprise buttsecks. An "inconsiderate driver" if you will. As dramatically read by Dawn & Greg.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2006-10-20 00:00:00
Nothing gets rid of bees better than gas... except, perhaps, explosions
Posted: 2006-09-21 21:24:00
I rant and rave about the hideousness that is MySpace.
Posted: 2006-09-14 21:19:00
An accounting of the surreal events during my attempt at being a good samaritan. Even helping a stranded driver ends in 'events'.
Posted: 2006-09-01 08:11:00
A fun way to start the school year is to offend the head of the department, who also wrote that horrid book you are using.
Posted: 2006-08-03 10:13:00
I randomly get spam on my IM accounts sometimes, usually for porn. Sometimes, I'm bored when this happens. This is one of those times.
Posted: 2006-07-20 16:22:00
My sarcasm springs into action when someone makes outrageous claims on the Internet. Hilarity ensues.
(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2006-07-07 00:00:00
Some thoughts related to addiction prompted by an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Posted: 2006-05-21 22:14:00
Fun you can have with others in a store, or at least, fun that I had with people in a Walmart.
Posted: 2006-05-07 17:23:00
When fast moving projectile meets non-moving chipmunk, my car is the real loser!
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(forwarded to jerlance.com)
Posted: 2005-06-07 23:45:00
In which our hero goes on a bad date with a random waitress. It's funnier in hindsight. Really, it is.
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