Watch the video on this page:

http://gizmodo.com/5411657/obamas-plan-to-help-next-generation-science-geeks

At the 1:50 mark is the following great quote:

"As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything."
— Barack Obama

When we last left off, we were in Philadelphia. Home of the Liberty Bell and this creeeeepy/cool place that my friend Carla told me about.

However, Peepy and stayed away from creepy stuff and instead hung out with the cool kids. That's cause the place was packed full o' authors! Here are just a some that we ran into/stalked on the floor of the NCTE Convention.

Caldecottian David Wiesner, Baby Mouse's (Mice?) Jenny and Matt Holm(s), plus gadfly David Lubar . . .

(If it looks like David's trying to strangle Peepy, he is. They had a disagreement over apples and oranges.)

While Peeps recovered from her David Lubar encounter, and BTW David, she says you should watch your back and other body parts, we ran into the talented Mr. Greg Neri and also Literature Affectionado/Soon-to-Be-Author Monica Edinger, New York Times Bestselling gal Maggie Stiefvater, multiple award winner Kathryn Lasky and that always awesome Lunch Lady-esque couple, Gina and Jarrett Krosoczka . . .

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Then Peeps and Moi attended the NCTE Books for Children Luncheon. Everyone at our table got a copy of BOBBY VS. GIRLS (ACCIDENTALLY) . . .


After, it was time for our booksigning. We were thrilled to run into our editor Cheryl Klein, and later we went out to eat (yes, again) . . .


Soon it was time for our rousing Blogging Panel with the gals, Maureen Johnson, Barbara O'Connor, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Justine Larbalestier . . .


(That's Justine on the left)

Next, food again! (Oink.) The M.R. Robinson Reception and Dinner, was hosted by Scholastic head honcho Dick Robinson. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving feast for almost 800 guests. Peeps was convinced the dinner was in her honor. However, that's not totally true. This NCTE Thanksgiving tradition has been going on for several decades . . .


Then, to cap off an incredible day, I got to finally meet the amazing Sara Zarr in person!!! We've been corresponding for YEARS, but have never been face-to-face before. I even named a character after Sara . . .


NEXT BLOG: More NCTE Convention. Plus . . . what famous authors are attached to these boots/shoes????

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After spending a couple days on the north shore of Oahu, I've come to the following conclusions.
1. Ten foot waves are beautifully hypnotic and utterly terrifying.
2. Surfers are crazy.
3. The sun, it is hot.

(I didn't say they were profound conclusions).

Title: Sacrifice
Author: wabbitseason
Fandom: DCU, Justice-verse
Characters: Priscilla Rich (Cheetah), Diana (Wonder Woman)
Words: 316 words
Disclaimer: DC Comics owns all.
Spoilers: Justice mini series
Summary: Blood called for blood.
Rating: PG for blood sacrifice/animal cruelty
Author's Note: Written for mini_nanowrimo. Taken directly from Justice #3.

( Sacrifice; Cheetah; 316 words )

The Waltz Minutia:

• 08:55 is not happy she woke up with the same horrible headache she went to bed with.

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Lee's Palace is forever gone... kinda

I liked that sign

Today I'm thankful for the internet. All the world's knowledge at my fingertips, plus cat macros, from the comfort of my own home. Truly, I live in the future!

• 11:31 My first TasteSpotting submission was declined. :( #
• 23:15 Taking a shower then doing more TV catch up while working on A.C. Almost done with section 3! Only 1 section to go after this! Woot! #

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1. I have a purple bar!

2. 110k!

3. I returned to my parents' house on a Thanksgiving visit today. My bed is gone, of course, as it's in my current place of residence. My makeshift bed for the weekend is a folding bed that my grandfather gave me as a kid.

Sometimes you really do go back to your roots.

(Yes, this is the entire entry at SWAT today.)

4. It's Donation Day at NaNo! Go to the Donation Station and donate before -8 GMT (3am Eastern Time, midnight Pacific), and if over $100,000 total are raised, then Chris and Lindsey from the staff will sing and dance. Matt and Tia from Atlanta are already bringing on shenanigans because of our regional goal. Now to see if $100,000 is reached. You know you want to see me dance, too, right? Interpretive dance, at that?

Need a recommendation: what's a classic science fiction short story that would be appropriate for a high-intermediate (there's that word again!!) ESL class? (Or maybe an excerpt that's complete in itself?)

( gift cards, sandals, rollerblades & more )

These items MUST be collected by Friday afternoon at the absolute latest!
Unfortunately, collection options are limited:

• collect your item(s) from my home (Roncesvalles & Dundas West intersection) any time after noon
• arrange a meetup with me @ Dundas West subway station

I'd be more flexible, but I'm desperately packing just now!

Comment below, or email me directly at misskittyDOT79ATgmailDOTcom...

I know it's neither Sunday, nor Wednesday, but I'm hoping you'll all forgive me. Please & thank you.

Time for some more Linux evangelizing.

Medibuntu (http://www.medibuntu.org/) is a repository that contains much of the stuff that Ubuntu left out for legal reasons -- copyright, patent, trademark, etc. Example: codecs for playing videos, stuff for Skype, and the "Hot Babe" system temperature monitoring application. Once I added the libdvdcss2 package, I was able to play DVDs using the VLC media player. Sweet!

With the apps I've added, I think I can accomplish about 90% of my total work in Linux. The major exceptions are those apps which run under Windows only (e.g. Quicken, Semagic), and sharing MS Office documents with advanced formatting. Again, that's what wine is for.

I like the Gnome user interface over KDE. To me, Gnome is more user-intuitive and functions a lot like Windows. No need to train or retrain; I already know how to use it. I see that as a major hurdle in people adapting to -- and adopting -- Linux on the desktop.

nanointothenight is now open!