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I am likely to be away from the Internet tomorrow. If so, I will be back on sometime on Monday.

Thanks, person who

requests "Any", but then uses the optional details to specify characters in a limiting way, or to ask for characters that weren't nominated

for making life significantly more difficult for people who don't abuse the system and like more abstract fandoms and/or legitimately aren't picky.

I once had a fellow at the BNA baggage check offer to fight me for my hat. The escalator at Alewife this morning was less polite about it, but I was victorious and remain in possession.

I'm writing from Manhattan, NYC,
where lumpybeast and I are spending time
to start her April break. I'm taking Monday off,
and took off half of Friday, so a bit
of time. So far, we've mostly shopped (as well
as eating: everything we've had was great).
On Friday, it was books: we hit the Strand
where she bought YA books and I acquired
a couple Latin books. Then yesterday
we went to Brooklyn, going to Re/Dress,
an awesome plus-size vintage clothing store.
While we were checking out, the cashier said
that down the street we'd find LeeLee's Valise,
a nice boutique for plus-sized girls, so off
we went (with stop for lunch, which was
crab hash and salmon Benedict (!)) to there,
where Lumpybeast had very happy times
and bought a couple dresses. I went to
a nearby bookstore and picked up a book.
Then back onto the subway to the stores
of Herald Square. We shopped a little more
and went through Macy's, then to base.
Last night it started raining very hard
so we ran out for take-out sandwiches
and had a picnic on our king-size bed.

Today we do museums. Off we go.

Pizza Days (our local late-night pizza chain) just sent me the following email coupon:

FREE!

PIZZA DAYS SOCKS
WHIT ANY PIZZA
ORDERS

PLESE MENTION THE COUPON
WHEN YOU ORDER

Unfortunately, I don't expect to order pizza at 1 am anytime this year. But the coupon's undated, so maybe I can get socks in January. Because hey, free socks.

Times in my previous 2 posts are in Mountain time. So "our" hour starts at 5:00 east coast time.

My crazy idea is a go! We're sponsoring the 3-4pm hour on Friday, featuring Scott Johnson. The host, Brian Ibbott, is putting us there because it should be a popular hour. Thanks to my 4 co-sponsors! I don't know the streaming details, but I'll post them when I have them.

So, there's a podcast, Coverville, that plays cover songs. I've been listening to it for a number of years, and it's a pretty popular podcast. In a couple of weeks, they're doing a 24-hour coverthon, a half-fundraiser/half-benefit. They're offering hourly sponsorships, which give the sponsor the chance to have their business mentioned multiple times in the hour, and have a logo up on the stream.

My crazy idea is to have one of these hours be sponsored by the letter R and the number 7, as if it were an episode of Sesame Street. We'll be essentially anonymous to the show's listeners.

It'll cost some money (the total for a sponsorship is $150), but I can put up a lot of it, and I have at least one co-conspirator.

Anyway, let me know, by comment, email, or private message, if you want to be part of this. Or if you have any questions.

Squid can fly.

Not that far, mind you. And it doesn't happen often. But that's probably what they said about the ancestors of Archeopteryx.

If corporations are people, why is it legal to own them?