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Patty has presumably reached Ohio. When I went to bed last night they were in West Virginia, and it's too early to prod at her now after all of that.

I have my period and feel MISERABLE, on the other hand, I'll be functional by the time I leave for the UK.

Facebook Fail: YA author Owl Goingback has been told by Facebook that he can't join until he provides government documentation that his name isn't fake. It's not fake; it's Native American, like him.

astolat has been hosting an unofficial rewrite of the problematic VividCon accessibility policy in her journal. It now continues here. If you are a con organizer or trying to learn more about being inclusive when it comes to people with disabilities, this discussion, especially the comment-heavy first part, is a must-read.

A review of ellen_kushner's "The Man with the Knives" is out that is spoilery for only the barest bones (literally) of the story, but that has me really excited because yes, yes exactly! and now I get to quote it in my Dragon*Con presentation.

Oh, cool Gilded Age place. Patty and I should visit.

Kai Wright has been answering reader's questions about gay youth.

Why is it so hard to apologize well?

Why is it that when my Mac breaks (track pad click death this time) it always starts working again the second I get to the Genius bar allowing some dude to give me the "stupid chick" face? Oh look, it started doing it again. Track pad replaced. So that's win, although I hate handing the thing over what with the "Battle Butler" wallpaper and the scads of porntastic fanfic on it.

Looks like TW S4 is going to start shooting in January.

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[weirdquark]

Facebook Fail: YA author Owl Goingback has been told by Facebook that he can't join until he provides government documentation that his name isn't fake. It's not fake; it's Native American, like him.

Seriously? Because I know several people who are not using their real name on Facebook, and are in fact using obvious pseudonyms. Though I can't be sure that they didn't register with their real names and are displaying the fake ones -- I don't remember how registration worked.

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

I'm one. After LeakyCon 2009*, I was persuaded to set up a FB under my online nick. I was never asked to supply my legal name, and as I mentioned below, the construction is actually quite similar. I have several bellydancer friends who have similarly set up their FB under their dance names, some more obviously pseudonymous than others.

*Date thrown in because Mr. Goingback's case started in 2008, so it's clear that whatever algorithm "caught" his name a) was already online and b) let mine slide right through.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

I know a ton of people with FB accounts that display fake names. I know for sure one set hers up under that name and doesn't have her real name affiliated at all, though it's a plausibly real name; however, many of my roller derby friends have theirs under names that are obviously pseudonyms. I'm astonished that they'd pause one bit at "Owl Goingback" considering the names I see every day. Some of which contain vulgarities and cuss words. As is the nature of roller derby.

[eris.livejournal.com]

Also me! My facebook name is the same noun repeated twice, which is nothing like my actual name. Because my facebook account is strictly limited to a small set of family, real life friends, and a few long term online friends. And my name is everywhere else on the internet that I didn't want people to be able to search for me. There was not a problem doing this.

Case in point, observe my livejournal username, which is my first name.

[eris.livejournal.com]

Also my ex girlfriend/close friend's facebook name is Calico Jane, and MY CAT HAS A FACEBOOK, her name is Princess Sydney. WTF facebook.