a badge, but not a smelly one

I had a good time (as usual) at the local SF club's monthly meeting last night. They held their once-a-year auction, and some of the things I donated fetched quite a few dollars for the club's treasury. I bid on a few things that went for more than I could pay so I passed, although I was tempted to splurge on that cane with the skull-shaped pommel. I wound up getting a "Sid and Marty Croft" badge.

from M.K.Hobson's Kickstarter project - puppies

M.K. Hobson obviously has no shame, hawking her Kickstarter literary project by showing off newborn puppies.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1502240576/the-warlocks-curse-3-in-the-veneficas-americana-se/posts/207128

a family affair

"Our situation has not improved."

Doctor Jones to Doctor Jones.
Goodness, it's been a long time since I've watched "The last Crusade".

a war like none before

"There is great unrest. Countries set at each other's throats, baying for blood. It's a powder-keg. The trouble of which I speak could set a match to the whole thing: War."
"With whom, exactly?"
"Everyone. A world war."
- from 2003's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"

the more the marier

This morning it occurred to me that each and every Kickstarter project I've contributed to had been created by a writer named Mary. First there was Mary Robinette Kowal, then Mary Anne Mohanraj, and now Mary K. Hobson.

Maybe the Universe is trying to tell me something.