Dorothy Marley's Journal

Here are the panel notes for my Hpericon panel "Issues in Online Fandom." Since it was a panel about on-line discussion, naturally there are numerous links, and handing out a densly typed sheet of URLs would just be cruel. So, here they are:

( The Harry Potter Lexicon Legal Battle )

( The Open-Source Boob Project )

( WisCon )

( There is a picture of a lawn mower under this cut. Click if you think you can stand the excitement. )

The lawn mower repair folks delivered our shiny new lawn mower this morning. They also installed the mulch kit, no charge. So, while losing an entire lawn tractor = not so good, replacing it with a brand new one definitely counts as a save in a customer service department. Plus, it's been so darn dry around here that we haven't even needed to mow for something like three weeks, so not having a mower hasn't even been much of an inconvenience.

In Hypericon news, I'm washing my pile o' Potter scarves in preparation for tasselling this afternoon. I have two ear flaps left to knit on my fourth Jayne hat, and I'm fairly certain I have enough yarn for a fifth, which I feel confident that I can finish during the con. I used Elann's Highland Wool, and it's actually not a bad yarn, especially for a project that's supposed to look rustic. Cheap yarn delivered fast. :)