tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post5636373089828747897..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: Roll upAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-53795710123936646432014-09-10T19:57:36.829+01:002014-09-10T19:57:36.829+01:00PS (I guess it is a PS now): The link to the purc...PS (I guess it is a PS now): The link to the purchase of the economics profession by the Fed goes to Second Life Maps. HuffPo doesn't want anyone to find the serious articles, does it?D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-4996741660644813282014-08-31T04:10:51.885+01:002014-08-31T04:10:51.885+01:00Be the first to fund my Indiegogo campaign for my ...Be the first to fund <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tatterdemalion/x/8488754" rel="nofollow">my Indiegogo campaign</a> for my upcoming novel, <i>Tatterdemalion</i>. I've got an agent lined up, I've got the voiceover artist for the trailer on standby and I know where to publicize it. All I need is the funding. Look, I know I didn't shoot an unarmed black teen or fake cancer or getting stiffed on a tip but this great novel deserves <i>some</i> funding.jurassicporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673461210301442978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-35016854497873282112014-08-25T09:36:49.242+01:002014-08-25T09:36:49.242+01:00I was struggling with Worldcon. The ExCeL is not a...I was struggling with Worldcon. The ExCeL is not a place for people who want to talk: The acoustics were terrible with the echo from that tin-box roof, and one of the common effects of age is a reduced ability to pick out particular voices from background noise. I was getting on better with Twitter from my hotel room.<br /><br />One things was clear. London is still London. The skin colours had shifted but the people were the same, and I could be very rude about many of the residents of Her Majesty's Retirement Home for Feeble Minded Rogues, up-river at Westminster. when they rabbit on about the threat from immigrants.<br /><br />And it wan't just the ExCeL staff, being professional about their jobs. What almost overwhelmed me at times was the simple kindness of ordinary people. That's what being British is, and that's the sort of British Values that the Bullingdon Mob will never see.zhochakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653786360841345602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-1554549300503037932014-08-25T03:12:21.423+01:002014-08-25T03:12:21.423+01:00Argg!! I've spent 40 years regretting that I d...Argg!! I've spent 40 years regretting that I didn't go to MidAmericon in 1976. I don't think I can stand going another 40 years regretting that I missed the 2nd one. It's not like I'd have to travel since it's about 10 miles from my house.....katiebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262129879015590898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-22593697357764481552014-08-25T02:55:51.985+01:002014-08-25T02:55:51.985+01:00Yep, people send me links from all over. ;)Yep, people send me links from all over. ;)Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-76998598374173632822014-08-24T22:23:24.020+01:002014-08-24T22:23:24.020+01:00Re "Flowers I didn't expect to see" ...Re "Flowers I didn't expect to see" - gorgeous - I passed the link to flower photography keen husband - he asked me, "Did you read the text?"<br />Nope. LOL! Text I didn't expect to see. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-90625706468315885962014-08-24T17:29:06.778+01:002014-08-24T17:29:06.778+01:00I keep saying that one of the reasons the Great De...I keep saying that one of the reasons the Great Depression led to shared prosperity is that more people (namely <i>many</i> of the 1%) were affected and that therefore there was more openness to solutions that raised all boats. (Also the phobia about socialism. You've heard that rant already.)<br /><br />Probably the willingness to throw Mr. Nixon under the bus relates to 1) he's dead, 2) too liberal for current "conservative" taste, and 3) the current "conservative" project of rewriting history so they look less bad.<br /><br />I'm sorry I couldn't make it to Worldcon now.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.com