I encountered these peace signs unexpectedly today, as I was walking across campus.
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UCB Peace Signs
Posted in Cool stuff, Teaching, Video
Tagged Berkeley, Berkeley campus, free peace, peace, peace sign, UC Berkeley, university of california
BayCon 2017 Costumes
Shael Hawman knits fantastic costumes. For BayCon 2017, she knitted a Star Wars flight suit!
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ast year, Denise Tanaka was Wonder Woman. This year, she is … faceless.
Posted in Cool stuff, Life
Tagged BayCon 2017, convention, cosplay, costumes, Denise Tanaka, fantasy, flight suit, knitting, science fiction, Shael Hawman, Star Wars
What? #3
Does this look sinister to you? A green glowing insectile menace? Or … ?
Pebble 6
Buddha is fingering my lemons.
Posted in Cool stuff, Pebble, Writing
Tagged buddha fingers, lemon, nature, random thought
BayCon 2017
I will be at BayCon 2017 on May 26, 27, and 28, participating in a few panels and lusting after the goodies in the dealer’s room. BayCon’s theme this year is Dystopia/Utopia, into which Beneath the Skin fits rather perfectly, seeing as it’s a romantic space opera set in a dystopian future. If you are going to attend the convention, let me know, and maybe we can meet up someplace!
My three panels so far:
Writing a Dystopia While Living in One (on Friday)
Creative Hobbies for Writers (on Friday)
Love During Wartime (on Saturday)
Teresa Edgerton will be there, too. And so will Jennifer Carson. And Denise Tanaka. And Carrie Sessarego. And Gail Carriger. And more!
Posted in Cool stuff, Reading, Writing
Tagged BayCon, BayCon 2017, beneath the skin, dystopia, fantasy, paranormal romance, romantic science fiction, science fiction, utopia, writing
UCB Summer Reading List
Ready to read good books? Check out UC Berkeley’s summer reading list. The theme for this summer’s list is “What Can We Change in a Single Generation?”
Ready Player One is on the list, along with a bunch of other intriguing titles.
Posted in Cool stuff, Reading
Tagged Cal, Reading, reading list, summer, summer reading, UC Berkeley
History Lessons
History is full of stuff. Choose which parts you want to repeat.
“Come on People Now, Smile on Your Brother,” Youngbloods, Slow Jam, YouTube, RetroDan
Cosmological If
If the universe has pockets, what do you suppose she keeps in them? Something that fell down a black hole and got stretched all out of recognition, then had to be rescued from the cat?
Posted in Cool stuff, Life, Questions
Christmas night
Winding down at the end of the evening, playing Munchkin with the Christmas expansion. I wish you all well and a quiet good night.
What a hand!
Posted in Cool stuff, Life
Tagged card game, Christmas, Christmas expansion, game, Munchkin
Firefly LARP Bay Area
The Firefly LARP yesterday was a blast! I got to NPC a booby-trapped corpse, several townsfolk, an explosive-wielding safe-cracking thug, and a cultist whose four-year-old daughter was appropriated by one of the PCs. Shiny!
The next event is in December: Firefly LARP Bay Area
Posted in Cool stuff, Life
Tagged Firefly, fun, gaming, LARP, live-action role play, role play, science fiction, serenity