People watching

Today was a quiet one. I worked on my writing notebook project. Revisiting some of those old exercises was interesting and not nearly as embarrassing as I'd expect. There are some useful bits in them I can mine for later. I could definitely track my progress with the different projects.

Metro was great for people watching tonight. Half of the cars going downtown carried people in various states of black tie and evening dress, all headed to some inaugural ball or party. I did cringe at the one lady chatting on her cell phone. It must be 20 degrees outside and she had on a sleeveless dress and a satiny wrap. I realize checking your coat is a pain, but it's better than calling in sick later with pneumonia. Alas I could only stay on for one stop, so I couldn't stay and look. I was reminded of the night whytcrow, ariadnesthread and I were coming home on the Metro from World Fantasy Con. It was Halloween and everyone was dressed up, some more unfortunately than others. The bondage Britneys only made you blink. Although there was a couple in WWII era uniform and evening gown.

Okay, I'm annoyed. I thought Katsucon was the last weekend in February but its actually President's Day weekend. Writing retreat or Range Murata? Decisions, decisions...

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Booktastic!

This sounds neat!

From the USA Today article on Booktastic game:

( What's not to like about a game about bookstores )

Old group, newly purposed

fanthropology: dedicated to the study of fandom. This used to be a mailing list with some fascinating cross pollinating of various fandoms and subsets.

Article from the International Herald Tribune about the discovery of a workshop that might have been used by Leonard Da Vinci in Florence. The Louvre is also making news in that they're allowing them to film "The Da Vinci Code" there.

The area is gearing up for a bigger wave of snow. It'll probably be a madhouse at the grocery store tonight. Ah, the call of the milk, bread and toilet paper run...