in other news

I can pretty much afford to attend Prophecy now if I want to. I'm not sure that I do, and I'm not going to rush int the decision, as it's a lot for me to do in one year on this bent. I even have a paper idea, but it's a bit incendiary, but I'm the sort who only wants to go to something like this if I'm presenting (of course, I could also submit my Phoenix Rising workshop again think it takes a very limited number of participants so there's no demand worry). So I need to think about it.

What I don't need to think about is the "herbal preparations workshop" at the Botanic Gardens in November. I'm registering for that tomorrow.

why the current gay rights meme going around LJ can go away

http://upstart-crow.livejournal.com/197606.html

meanwhile

George Clooney is still the coolest.

"Here is my theory on debunking photographs in magazines, you know, the paparazzi photographs," Clooney says in the November issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands October 10. "I want to spend every single night for three months going out with a different famous actress. You know, Halle Berry one night, Salma Hayek the next, and then walk on the beach holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/03/people.clooney.ap/index.html

recent AC

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/65890/does_jk_rowlings_severus_snape_have.html
Does Snape have celiac disease?

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/64829/sarah_monettes_melusine_a_review_of.html
a review of Melusine

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/63746/scarpetta_pasta_sauces.html
review of Scarpetta pasta sauces

plane crash

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/business/03road.html

The odds of this happening at all are infintessimal.
That one plane landed safely and happened to contain a NYTimes airtravel journalist is beyond bizarre.

If flying freaks you out, you probably shouldn't read this. If you're interested in hearing about pilots in a context other than being overworked, underpaid or drunk in the air (which seem to be the only pilot news stories one ever sees), you should absolutely read it.

Basically, that plane that crashed in Brazil? It collided with another plane. The journo was on that surviving flight.

*headdesk*

http://community.livejournal.com/apothecarium/574446.html