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A sweet book group I am in, called Tom Purdue because when we started we read Proust, has now turned to Tristram Shandy. It is so wonderful to know people who like to read the fattest books on the shelf. I feel less alone. So I started plowing through Tristram Shandy, giggling and trying to make Danny listen to me explain how silly it is. The other day I was in downtown Oakland with my co-worker Charity (nominative determinism! we work in philanthropy!) and we ran into a gaggle of people I know who were at World Fantasy Con. I completely forgot WFC was happening and was in Oakland or I might have tried to attend! Oops! I am so busy with GOAT and DIFxTech work and have been working nearly every weekend since probably before January. But to my story. It was nice to see my nerds even for a few minutes. Maybe will see them some more at WisCon in May! Tempest suggested I go to “BarCon” ie just go hang out in the hotel bar. So after work I came back, ran into Tempest again and went with a…

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