Thursday, September 15, 2011

Academy Demolished

The Academy for Difficult Girls has lost its home at Yahoo yet again.

I don't know whether this was the work of that creepy little stalker who has been posting libels against me on various groups, or the mischief of some random clod, or just another meaningless glitch in Yahoo's system.


Don't suppose it matters -- Yahoo explains nothing, apologizes for nothing.


There is a backup group,


http://www.keepitnice.com/kinc/pg/groups/11774/academy-for-difficult-girls/

and when I have the time and energy and am not feeling so kicked in the teeth as I am right now, I will create, I suppose, Academy 5 at Yahoo.


In the meantime, my apologies for the interruption of service.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Speak Out With Your Geek Out

http://www.speakoutwithyourgeekout.com/

My big geekiness is history, I have recently discovered.

I didn't list "history" among my interests until my wife pointed out to me that I had taught a middle-school class about the Cold War era [primarily by showing them "Dr. Strangelove" ("This is what we feared") and "2001" ("This is what we hoped for")], had written a series of alternate-history stories, was always surprising people with tidbits of historical trivia....