Thanks to Jeff for pointing me to this video, which will only be amusing to those familiar with The Wrath Of Khan (which happens to be my very favourite Star Trek movie).

:-D

I’ve spent most of the past week recovering from a flu bug I picked up at FKO. Symptoms (if you caught the same, we can commiserate, eh?): overwhelming need to sleep ALL THE TIME, plus it feels as if someone has stuffed your head full of Elmer’s Glue and cotton. Starting a couple of days ago, I was conscious for periods long enough to (1) post more about FKO and (2) briefly browse Blip.fm and Twitter on my iPhone from time to time. Not terribly productive, but I did find this Twitter song:

as well as discover that Ingrid Michaelson wrote a short Twitter song as well:

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Inkygirl Haven For Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is having its VERY FIRST CHAT tonight on Second Life tonight at 8 pm EST (5 pm Second Life time). Anyone interested in writing and/or illustrator for young people is welcome!

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Thanks to Patricia Storms for the link.

Got a package from my friend Sib, and it included a bunch of postcards like the one above. What a cool project idea!

If you go to http://www.in1000years.com, you can find out more about Sib’s postcard project and how to contribute. I’m going to be bringing a bunch of the cards to Consonance in a couple of weeks, so feel free to ask me for one!

More info about what else Sib’s package contained in a future Blathering…

Above: screenshot taken in Story Mountain Center For Writers on Athena Isle (237, 87, 23)

When I first signed up for a free Second Life account, I didn’t like the interface or environment so I didn’t go back for a long time. Over the Christmas holidays I’ve decided to check it out again, mainly because of all the publishers, editors and authors I’ve heard talk about it.

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