Tucson Wake up and smell the Jawa! Good morning Tucson!! (v2.0)

Here's the IRS info on non profit for your parusal.
http://www.irs.gov/charities/charitable/

Its just an idea....

 

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Long live the WookieE, and his family

 

It is a great idea. We should look into it and weigh the pros and cons because I also know that it means alot of fiscal responsibility. For the record, I'm not fiscally responsible so I'd advocate creating a position of Treasurer to deal with this.

 

OK, my whole life was just turned upside down once again by a simple phone call.

Why? why oh why oh why?

 

some phone calls are just not worth taking.. but I guess we have to have life move forward.. even if it feels like it making life a wreck..

I am a responsible person with funds.. but not sure I want .. no.. I know I do not want to be in charge of the Treasury... once we look into all of this.. and decide.. we will have to either appoint someone or hold an election for the job.

 

I hope everything is ok...

 

what happened?

 

very tired.. was a long and arderous day.. from the dog and housesitting to the emotions of holding day old baby to talking with the BK owner to the foodbank preparedness.. I am one worn out Jedi.. here's hoping everyone else is great.. gonna shut off the computer for the night and crash for about 8 hours..

 

Jada.. this is interesting info for us females.. I got this from an LucasFilms employee.. she posted it on our girls starwars.com website..
Slated for Fall 2006

Geeks are taking over the world. They make the most popular movies and games, pioneer new ways to communicate using technology, and create new ideas that will change the future. But the stereotype is that only men can be geeks. So when are we going to hear from the triumphant female nerds whose stories of outer space battles will inspire generations, and whose inventions will change the future? Right now.

Female geeks are busting out of the labs and into the spotlight. They have the skills and knowledge that can inspire social progress, scientific breakthroughs, and change the world for the better, and they're making their voices heard, some for the first time, in Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders' book She's Such a Geek. This anthology will celebrate women who have flourished in the male-dominated realms of technical and cultural arcana.

We're looking for a wide range of personal essays about the meaning of female nerdhood by women who are in love with genomics, obsessed with blogging, learned about sex from Dungeons and Dragons, and aren't afraid to match wits with men or computers. The essays in She's Such a Geek will explain what it means to be passionately engaged with technical or obscure topics -- and how to deal with it when people tell you that your interests are weird, especially for a girl. This book aims to bust stereotypes of what it means to be a geek, as well as what it means to be female.

More than anything, She's Such a Geek is a celebration and call to arms: it's a hopeful book which looks forward to a day when women will pilot spaceships, invent molecular motors, design the next ultra-tiny supercomputer, write epics, and run the government.

We want introspective essays that explain what being a geek has meant to you. Describe how you've fought stereotypes to be accepted among nerds. Explore why you are obsessed with topics and ideas that are supposed to be "for boys only." Tell us how you felt the day you realized that you would be devoting the rest of your life to discovering algorithms or collecting comic books. We want strong, personal writing that is also smart and critical. Be celebratory, polemical, wistful, angry, and just plain dorky.

Possible topics include:

· what turned you into a geek
· your career in science, technology, or engineering
· growing up geeky
· being a geek in high school today
· battling geek stereotypes (i.e racial stereotypes and geekdom, cultural analysis of geek chic and the truth about nerds, the idea that women have to choose between being sexually desirable and smart, stereotypes about geek professions such as computer programmers)
· sex and dating among geeks
· science fiction fandom
· role-playing game or comic-book subcultures
· the joys of math
· blogging or videogames
· female geek bonding
· geek role models for women
· feminist commentary on geek culture
· women's involvement in DiY science and technology groups
· Stories from women involved in geek pop and underground cultures. These might include comic book writers, science fiction writers, electronic music musicians, and women interested in the gaming world.
· women's web networks and web zine grrrl culture
· Issues of sexism in any or all of the above themes

Editors: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders are geeky women writers. Annalee is a contributing editor at Wired magazine and writes the syndicated column Techsploitation. Charlie is the author of Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press) and publisher of other magazines.

Publisher: Seal Press, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group, publishes groundbreaking books by and for women in a variety of topics.

Deadline: January 15, 2006

Length: 3,000-6,000 words

Format: Essays must be typed, double-spaced, and paginated. Please include your address, phone number, email address, and a short bio on the last page. Essays will not be returned.

Submitting: Send essay el

 

Very cool! I've just sent posted that at Phatooine and in the phxff.net forums.

 

I thought it pretty neat myself.. course I procrastinate so often.. I might not get it in in time.

 

Cat, I got permission from the Fan Fic mods to post it in Fan Fiction Resources

 

that is awesome!!

 

Hey people. Guess what, IT'S BAND DAY!!! A quick reminder before I go to sleep. We perform at 12:14 and 7:00 today. For the afternoon performance, wear warm the sun will not be merciful to you. The evening looks to be pretty cold, so I would say bring a jacket and blanket to snuggle up with somone in. Oh, also bring someone to snuggle with. Admission is $5 and parking is FREE. I probably will not see you there, but you will see me if you show up, so show up. Hope you can make it.

 

so I spent the evening looking over old tucson threads.. we have come so far in so little time!! I am really looking forward to our christmas party!! Right now I should be in bed... hours ago I attempted that and gave up... and just sat here reading.. my back has definitely seen better days.. but oh well.. that's not important.. mainly was just feeling emotional and so happy that we are all such a great team of wonderful people.. sorry.. guys... I know it's rough having to listen to me gush about you all the time.. but I just want you to know if I didn't have ya'll (jake and my kids included here) I would not get out of the bed in the mornings. So here's to ya'll being my best medication in the world ever!

okay.. now I will go to sleep and force myself to rest.

 

ok im about to leave for my flight
when i get there ill post again to tell you guys im tucson
i might even get to see you guys
later

 

Morning all, getting ready for Thanksgiving. Wednesday the turkey will be "swimming" in my bathtub to defrost

 

kewl.. let us know when you arrive and what time frame you have free..

Jada.. can I steal that idea.. never thought of that.. spare tub is a great place to thaw a turkey..

 

my wonderful cable went blahooey three hours ago.. during a post.. never came back.. I just got cox on the phone and they had to reset it by phone.. wonder what causes something like that to happen?

 

I dare say there are several of us currently online posting.. sometimes I wish we had a chat room.

 

Jake and I bought tickets for the 11:30am showing of harry potter for tomorrow at park place if anyone wants to get tickets and join us.. going for the matinee as it is three dollars cheaper.. six dollars will buy drinks at least.. though I am infamous for sneaking my own beverage in.. we were supposed to go today.. but neither of us is up to it.

 

I might, I was suposed to take Robin to see it for her B-day but we got busy with life stuff. So, I gotta go out and get a bird for the turkey day thing first thing in the AM and then we were going to C the film, so maybe we'll catch U 2, I'll call your cell if I think it's all going 2 work out.

 

kewl

 

Absolutely.

Alot of people use AIM to chat. (That's the AOL chat feature in their instant message program. you don't have to have AOL to use AIM)

 

true.. I don't have AIM.. but I do have yahoo messenger.. and I do talk with a few folks around there.