Sandeberg Rising

Here’s how writers are terrorists: Writers are terrorists

And here how readers are terrorists: Careful: The FB-eye may be watching

The article that last link refers to is here: Weapons of Mass Stupidity

So there you go. If you want to stay out of trouble, don’t read, don’t write, and don’t ever question or research! That would be double-plus ungood!

LJ is a funny thing. I started mainly because suggested it. And so I posted a bit, pottered around and then let it peter out.

Then Conception 2004 happened, and not only did I begin posting a little more, but also added some of Jule’s circle that I met there, and , to my friends list. And so some more time passed, slowly picking up more the odd new person here and there (or the new odd person in some cases), but not really gaining much momentum. Then I started joining the odd feed like and , but still, not really much momentum was gained.

Then, after some digging, and searching by interest I found with whom I went to school, who I knew well in St Albans (though seems to be ignoring me these days, who was introduced to me by Jim and invited me to go to the WiccaUK moots in London (if you’re reading this Kitty, I still intend to go when I can make time for it) and the group. Then there’s who Jules hung out with at GenCon and lives in St Albans, but who I have never met. Not to my knowledge anyway, St Albans is a funny town.

So slowly the web of interconnectivity grows and as it does so I feel more and more compunction to actually post instead of just reading other people’s LJs and posting up silly net surveys. is it likely to happen? Who knows. But at least I’m posting about the fact that I don’t post much!

So, GenCon is over and I was dissapointed not to be able to go. At least I managed to hang out, however briefly, with , and others on the Wednesday before, which rocked. I’ve heard from a few sources what people thought of the Con, but I’ll leave it to them to write it up rather than regurgitate opinions about a convention I didn’t attend.

So, looking forwards, the next residential convention I hope to attend is Conception, which has been a blast the last couple of years. And this year more of my friends can come too, which is good. It’ll be interesting to see what will be done to entice more GMs to run games at the next Conception.

I’ve just had my wrist slapped by my boss.

Apparently I have a problem with authority and it’s affecting global team relations, particularly as he perceives me to have some influence over the UK team. So my issues with authority are percolating through the team and affecting the impressionable youth. So, it’s all good fun here in the office. I’ve got to try and be more of a good example and in return I’ve asked that the directives from the US are a little less dictatorial.

I don’t think I have a problem with authority… I think authority has a problem with me!

Main Entry: lib·er·al

Pronunciation: 'li-b(&-)r&l

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin liberalis suitable for a freeman, generous, from liber free; perhaps akin to Old English lEodan to grow, Greek eleutheros free

1 : BROAD-MINDED; especially : not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or traditional forms
2 a : of, favoring, or based upon the principles of liberalism b capitalized : of or constituting a political party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism; especially :
of or constituting a political party in the United Kingdom associated
with ideals of individual especially economic freedom, greater
individual participation in government, and constitutional, political,
and administrative reforms designed to secure these objectives

Bizarreness…

http://www.livejournal.com/community/politicartoons/155887.html?thread=1228527#t1228527

Yes, I was bored at work, why do you ask?