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Again - a bit bemused by the gushing I'm seeing all over. I've seen more than one person say "best episode of Who evar" and "make Neil write every episode!" But huh? ( (mild spoilers behind cut) )Don't get me wrong, it was certainly a good episode. But given the above, it really wasn't a great episode. Was it? And also. Last year I moaned that two of the only good ideas I had for Doctor Who novels had been stolen (STOLEN!) by the new TV series. Now it's ripping off my short stories as well! Blimey! (If you clicky, forgive the somewhat breathless purple-hued prose - I was so very very young...)
i.e. the Gaiman episode coming up in a week and a bit.
With a character called Idris.
The clue's in her name, innit?
(cross-posting from Gametime, for obvious reasons - this is about support from the global tabletop RPG community, if you're part of that, then here's a great way to spend US$20) Delighted by the OneBookShelf relief bundle for the Christchurch Earthquake. Lots of efforts going on behind the scenes to make this happen - huge thanks to Matt McElroy at OBS, and Gregor Hutton & Gareth-Michael Skarka for driving the conversation. _So_ much good stuff generously offered by publishers! And from Kiwis - there's NZ company RedBrick's Earthdawn novel, & Silver Kiss, & Al-Shir Ma, & my adventure for ICONS... and Cold City and Remember Tomorrow from our Scottish honorary-Kiwi contingent... (I don't even want to start writing about the earthquake itself. It still feels unreal. Enough to say that every bit of support is hugely appreciated.) Get the bundle here: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=88713
All the Christchurch Earthquake links in one place http://pubadr.es/im:7047 Donations, finding people, ways you can help, and more. Check it out and share it around.
( x-posted from my blog)  Willa arrived about 4.45 this morning. She’s happy and well. Cal is delighted by baby and fact she’ll be able to enjoy a Christmas feast. Dad = thoroughly chuffed.
A rare From The Morgue crosspost - this is worth bringing to as many eyes as I can muster. Original: http://morgue.isprettyawesome.com/?p=1743 Apologies to those who follow both here and there for the spammage. 
My friends George and Robyn have been hard at work the last few years on starting a charity. I think it’s pretty amazing. They are behind Kaibosh, and what they do is collect surplus food from retailers (so it doesn’t get chucked into landfill) and deliver it to charities working with people who could do with a bonus meal. That’s pretty much the whole deal – there is leftover food at place A, and hungry peeps at place B, so they make the connection. Simple premise, but (as always) a complex mission in the real world. George sez: We wrangled a few friends to become members of our board of trustees and have spent the last 18-months trying to raise funding to increase the scale of our efforts. Our main support has come from Wellington City Council and the Lotteries Commission. With their help we’ve leased an office on Holland Street and hired a part-time Operations Manager. We’re now able to step up our operations (to date we only pick up food from Simply Paris and Wishbone) and hopefully expand our volunteer base (currently sits at six non-trustees).
That is how you walk the walk in this world. I give this whole enterprise one mighty double-rainbow-all-the-way thumbs up. Kaibosh is having a launch party at their HQ tonight at 6pm – come along if you’re in W-town, and eat some of the food, which is of course donated from local businesses. Kaibosh website
Kaibosh on Facebook
(Right, catching up continues.) Wellingtons: ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) craigoxbrow is in town next week. He arrives Tuesday afternoon, leaves the following Tuesday afternoon. (Who is craigoxbrow? He is a friend from Edinburgh. He saw Joss Whedon speak in Sydney. He ran long-running Buffy game The Watch House, written up and followed by a crowd on RPG.net. He makes custom action figures with some prowess and has dipped his feet into the wild world of 48-hour filmmaking. He is a good chap.) So, if you're in NZ a week, starting and finishing in Wgtn, what do you go see? I've already suggested a trip up to Rotorua and Taupo, which are tourist destinations for very good reason. Hmm, LotR sites too? Paths of the Dead? And - if you're in Wgtn with a spare room? Craig will be perfectly happy to hang in a backpackers but if anyone can offer more hospitality, then great. <lj user=wyldcard> has kindly offered space for a few nights, but he's out of town for some of the time... And we'll definitely sort out a get-together in a pub or something. All will be welcome!
Received an email:
Why Not <gombestream@gmail.com> wrote:
"Hello,
I posted a comment on your site, morgue.isprettyawesome.com that I am hoping to have removed.
[comment reproduced inside the email in its entirety]
Is there any way that you can take my comment down for me? Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
[name from comment]"
I don't get it. Is it some kinda weird email harvesting thing?
The comment chosen is by a businessperson defending their business - but there's nothing particularly objectionable about it, the business has rebranded completely since then, and there are other comments to the same post from the same person.
If it's a email harvesting thing - whuh? Why does it really look like a cut-and-paste of the comment, including date stamp and "permalink" link? Doesn't look like bot-harvested content. And what are the odds of it selecting randomly a comment that relates to a business, that a businessman might conceivably want deleted? (Answer: about 1/3000)
If it's legitimate - why using an email titled "why not" and a gmail address of a Tanzanian safari destination? What the hey?
I'm kinda curious to reply in case it's legit, and to ask why they want the post taken down. (Which I'm not gonna do by the way.)
I've already queried the original email address used, but it bounces. |
