Well, I've now had two different room situations for MFF fall through on me now, so.. Go figure, a week before the con happens, I'm looking for a room.

So, this is my desperate plea, for a room in the main hotel, for MFF this year. It sucks that I have to resort to a LJ post, for this, but I'm more-or-less out of options, and am getting rather worried. I don't take up a lot of space, and I don't throw parties, drink, or smoke, so... No worries on any of that. I have absolutely NO problem sleeping on the floor... I just ._. Need a floor to sleep on.

So yeah... If anyone here has a room, or knows anyone with a room, or has a friend, that has a friend, and so on. I'm willing to room with strangers, I've done that plenty already, for other cons.

Please, for any information, please contact me, either on here, or at my e-mail address.

I thank any and all of you, ahead of time, who put time and effort into helping me out. Thank you!

*Snuggs & Licks*,
SteelTheWarrior

Current Mood: determined

On this day in 1975, the Iron-ore carrier S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sank on her last voyage of the season, enroute to Cleveland, Ohio on Lake Superior. All 29 of her crew perished. No distress calls were recieved, no bodies were found. The Captain's final communication to the S.S. Anderson, which was some 5 miles ahead of the Fitz, was "We are holding our own."

Today, the wreck lies in over 500 feet of water. Her bell was recovered and now stands in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Whitefish Point, Wisconsin. The Fitzgerald's sinking remains the most storied wreck in Great Lakes shipping to this day.

Check out the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online at http://www.ssefo.com

Rest in Peace

Current Mood: nostalgic

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... based on the below passage. First correct answer gets a virtual gold star!

" For an appetizer I ordered radicchio with some kind of free-range squid. Anne and Scott both had the monkfish ragout with violets. Courtney almost fell asleep when she had to exert the energy to read the menu, but before she slid off her chair I grabbed both shoulders, propping her up, and Anne ordered for her, something simple and light like Cajun popcorn perhaps, which wasn't on the menu but since Anne knows Noj, the chef, he made up a special little batch... just for Courtney! Scott and Anne insisted that we all order some kind of blackened medium-rare redfish, a Deck Chairs specialty which was, luckily for them, an entree on one of the mock menus that Jean made up for me. If it hadn't, and if they nevertheless insisted on my ordering it, the odds were pretty good that after dinner tonight I would have broken into Scott and Anne's studio at around two this morning - after Late Night with David Letterman - and with an ax chopped them to pieces, first making Anne watch Scott bleed to death from gaping chest wounds, and then I would have found a way to get to Exeter where I would pour a bottle of acid all over their son's slanty-eyed zipperhead face. Our waitress is a little hardbody who is wearing gold faux-pearl tasseled lizard sling-back pumps. I forgot to return my videotapes to the store tonight and I curse myself silently while Scott orders two large bottles of San Pellegrino."

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There will be another hockey session at MFF 2009.

It will be at the same place, Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion, which is about 3.5 miles NW of the hotel.

The ice slot will be on Sunday, Nov 22, from 3:30pm to 5pm. This is after the fursuit games and before Closing Ceremonies. We would meet in the main hotel lobby at 2:45pm to arrange carpooling to the rink.

The total cost of the slot will be $225 ($150/hr). If we can get a decent number of people going, it should only be about $20 each.

So, bring your gear. If you can't bring a stick, post here or email me at poomie at poomie.net and we can see about getting extra sticks.

Hope to see many of you there.

Current Mood: excited

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIAHPCAT1+shtml/110306.shtml

I'm also a nasty curmudgeon myself. It's something I frequently have to fight against.

-The Gneech

...goes to the American Family Association which has called for an expulsion of all persons of the Islamic faith from the United States Armed Forces.

Need I say more?

By the way, the shooting incident referenced in the first few paragraphs happened less than a mile from my home in Little Rock, at a recruiting office at Rodney Parham and Reservoir.

thanks to bosn for the link

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Hello! Brand new to the diaperfur community, and I'm really happy to be in it. I'm a bisexual fox from Wisconsin, and I finally got them today. Two Classico Bambinoes. I even wore one to class, and I'm shocked with how much I like wearing it. I didn't have a single problem the entire time, and no one knew. It was a little warm, but oh well. Definitely ordering a box as soon as I possibly can.

http://feeds.theonion.com/~r/theonion/weekly/~3/_KBaVYgp_o0/fire_hot_0

http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/fire_hot_0?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/20091111

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/20091111

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_0100.html

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_0100.html/200911110100

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0656 PM CST TUE NOV 10 2009

VALID 110100Z - 111200Z

...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

...FL...
EARLY EVENING SURFACE ANALYSIS REFLECTS A 1006 MB SURFACE LOW ACROSS
THE FL PANHANDLE...WITH 70F AND GREATER SURFACE DEWPOINTS CONFINED
TO FL GULF COASTAL AREAS AND FAR EASTERN GULF AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
SURFACE BASED CONVECTION OF ANY APPRECIABLE VIGOR STILL REMAINS
QUESTIONABLE THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT OWING TO LIMITED
MOISTURE/BUOYANCY INLAND AND OTHERWISE NEUTRAL TO DECAY STAGE OF THE
PARENT EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE...BUT WILL MAINTAIN LOW PROBABILITIES
FOR A BRIEF TORNADO OR CONVECTIVE WIND MAINLY ACROSS THE GULF

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/20091110

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/20091110

Got up, went to foot surgeon's office. That went OK, but afterward I was feeling weak and a little queasy. Went home, took a nap, and somehow in my sleep smashed my glasses. I haven't figured that one out yet, but they were smashed and twisted like I had stepped on them or something.. I must be sleepwalking. Not too surprising, considering all the med I have to take. Anyhow, had to cancel an afternoon appointment and run out to the mall to order replacement glasses -- they wont be here until after MFF. Got the old pair put back together enough that they are wearable, and hopefully will last until the new set is done. More unexpected expense... Grrr...

Not much else going on. Possible local furry get-together this weekend, if my health holds out. And I have to figure out how to get to the hotel from the airport next week. hmmmm...

Current Mood: blah

This is a video of Roomba Pac-Man in action. A few clarifications:

• The red tape on the floor is simply so the user can visualize the map in the real world. The robots are unaware of the tape, and are rather constrained by a virtual boundary embedded in their programming.
• The "dots" on the floor are pieces of paper the the Pac-Man Roomba must vacuum up to complete the map.
• The ghosts actually autonomously search for Pac-Man, and when they get close enough to "sense" Pac-Man, chase him according to a set of probabalistic rules.
• The human controller cannot force the Pac-Man to cross any boundaries, it will only allow inputs in valid directions.

Current Mood: geeky