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MMHCI Troll in the Dungeon

| February 22, 2021

I was on a panel yesterday about misogyny in fandom both online and at conventions. It ended up being more about conventions than the Internet and how far we have come along with how far we have to go. It has changed a lot since I started going to conventions.  For one thing there are a […]

Sunshine not Snowing outside

| February 21, 2021

We figured out the last time we saw the sun was Monday of this week. Today the sunshine is playing off the piles of snow on the ground. A year ago, we were at Farpoint which is the last convention we attended in person. Today I am doing two virtual panels for Farpoint. One on […]

Day 3 of Snow: the “Oh Come On!” stage

| February 20, 2021

It is still snowing.  This was originally predicted to be over by lunchtime yesterday. Apparently, the weather had other ideas. When I went to bed last night, I checked the weather report and it said that the snow would be ending about midnight. Nope. Now they are saying noon today. We will see. We are […]

Day Two of Snow Muppet Show Day

| February 19, 2021

With extra Kermit Flail. This morning we have a sheet of ice over the snow with more winter mix on the way until about lunchtime. I don’t care because today all five seasons of the Muppet Show dropped on Disney+ so I have my day planned. I love all of Henson’s work, which should surprise […]

Day One of Snow

| February 18, 2021

It is going to be snowing/sleeting/icing for a consistent almost forty-eight hours. I did what I could to get us ready. Fortunately, I don’t have a shift until Tuesday. So, we can hunker down and wait out the snow. I am really hoping that the garbage gets picked up before it gets too bad. The […]