Dear Dragon*Con: Am I going to stand out a mile, and am I going to look seriously out of place, if I don't wear any costumes at Dragon*Con? I am hoping to make it this year, barring health problems, and it will be my first Dragon*Con, although it will be far from being my first convention. With the travel I'll be needing to do, and the uncertainty of my accommodations, coupled with the fact that...

19:07 I'm an adult & a working professional. I'm a geek & proud of it. See norda.livejournal.com/566196.html for more details. #

Cornish is dead. Maybe. I've always had a fascination with dead or dying languages, though I have no gift for them: I have studied Latin and Greek and Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse and even a bit of Sumerian (which went nowhere, so don't ask me about it.) And with created languages (Sindarin, Quenya, Klingon) and with speaking in languages long lost to anything but shadows. (One of my favorite moments...

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Fundraiser Saturday night, Barfleet party. Right. What's getting not-raffled? Music * CDs by s00j ! * MANY A SLEEPLESS KNIGHT by the Boogie Knights, signed by the artists * DVD of the Boogie Nights Books * Wind Tunnel Dreams chapbooks and a gift certificate for the full book * Autographed set of Orphan's Tales books by yuki_onna and companion CDs by s00j , autographed...

Fundraiser Saturday night, Barfleet party. Right. What's getting not-raffled? Music * CDs by s00j ! * MANY A SLEEPLESS KNIGHT by the Boogie Knights, signed by the artists * DVD of the Boogie Nights Books * Wind Tunnel Dreams chapbooks and a gift certificate for the full book * Autographed set of Orphan's Tales books by yuki_onna and companion CDs by s00j , autographed...

I think I'm pretty gosh darn happy! This is good stuff! EDIT: Okay, LJ cutting isn't working. Enjoy the entire thing. I turned eighteen on Monday (thanks norda  for the birthday wishes!) and that was . . . surprising. I certainly don't FEEL any different. And I'm not! Am I? -I can vote -I can buy adult material -I can buy cigarettes -I can open a checking account -I can see a R movie ...

(I'm not sure I'm going to start doing these every day again, but we'll see.) First we have rhinoplasty , submitted by the_gneech . The new word is: chinoplasty n. Surgical reshaping of khaki pants, aka "tailoring." Next we have interlaced , submitted by norda . The new word is: Pinterlaced adj. Shot through with bits of dialogue from Harold Pinter's plays. Next we have...

First we have surprise , submitted by skullx . The new word is: furprise n. the sensation of astonishment felt when unexpectedly stepping on a hairball in one's bare feet. Next we have numismatic , submitted by badcat42077 . The new word is: nudismatic adj. Related to nakedness. Next we have wyvern , submitted by ludzu_alus . The new word is: whyvern n. A small...