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The con is happening not in the main convention center but in the Summit Building across from the Paramount. I thought the guy called it the Stomach Building, which I found quite whimsical.

Also, those Westlake murals are something like 40 years old.

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Well, phooey. The official WorldCon program said registration was supposed to begin today, but it's really not beginning until tomorrow. But we did get a lovely train trip out of it. I still marvel that we can be downtown so quickly.

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master — that's all... They've a temper, some of them — particularly verbs: they're the proudest — adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs — however, I can manage the whole lot of them!

David Bowie's "Quicksand" is playing on my internal radio and how much more optimistic can you get?

This story is speculative fiction in that I am still thinking about writing it.

Name up to three films whose lines you endlessly quote in all sorts of context:

Galaxy Quest - You broke the bloody ship

Help - It's a fiendish thingy

Airplane - Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue

I did more crashing and bashing on the novella last night. The ending has got me stuck. The crashing and bashing will continue until morale improves.

That's a really great quote.

I'm at the "this is absolute garbage" stage of writing the novella. Fun!

Thank you!

While conveniently forgetting that they, once, were a child (or whatever gross name they pin on children today).

Jah Wobble was born on August 11, 1958 #HappyBirthday

I keep forgetting to mention the novel in my cover letters and it's making me crazy.

I've got halved cherry tomatoes in the countertop oven, which is set to "dehydrate." It's very exciting.

Thank you! Fingers and toes are crossed.

I am fascinated by her long fingers.

He definitely had a type.

Yes! It's such a gem.

I'm thinking of his post-Elizabeth paintings of Alexa Wilding, Ruth Herbert, etc. I love his paintings of Elizabeth the most.

I just submitted a short story. Woodeewoo!

That sounds like really good advice.

So much to do, so little motivation...

I saw a headline a few days ago about sagging face being a strange side effect of Ozempic, Zepbound, etc. Of *course* your face will sag. It's called "losing a metric boatload of weight." Sincerely, a woman with a sagging face who has lost a metric boatload of weight.

We close tomorrow. We don’t recommend leaving it until the very last minute – the portal can be… snappy.

I was 23 when I saw the honkin' huge Pre-Raphaelite exhibit at the Tate. I was very much wow wow wow, even though I got a wee bit tired of the sameiness of Rossetti's stunner portraits.

BTW, I haaaaaaate the story about digging up Elizabeth Siddall. Must be beautiful even when dead....

I think I do this. I hope I do.

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None of our bunnies ever flumped this energetically. I am impressed.

Good advice, all. Thank you!