winnipeg free press

Hey, the Winnipeg Free Press is interviewing me (Internet Today column). ONE MORE DAY until OVFF; I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this weekend; it's been a bit of a bad week or two for Allison, Jodi and me...we need this party veryvery much. Speaking of parties, don't forget to come to Scott Snyder's album release party at 11 pm in the Con Suite. And buy his tape! (and I'm not just saying that because we're on it! :-)) If you want more info, please write to Scott at w-snyder@uiuc.edu. From Scott:


Come one, come all to the Bardic Lug release party!!
11:00 pm on Friday - to take place in the ConSuite (so we can EAT!) It's Halloween, so
come in costume! (Fantasy Themed costumes are encouraged...) We'll listen to "Bardic Lug", we'll eat Rice Krispy Treats, we'll listen to
"Bardic Lug", we'll laugh, we'll cry... And you'll all buy a copy of the tape before you leave the con!! :-{)}


Urban Tapestry will be there around 11:30 pm (our flight gets in late)...hope to see some of you there! [Update: 3:08 PM] Got more stuff to put into the Urban Tapestry Emergency Stress Relief Package for the Interfilk Auction. Should be quite an interesting assortment... :-)

profit magazine

Hey, Jeff was featured in the Oct/Nov issue of PROFIT magazine (publication for Canadian entrepreneurs) in an article called "Plugged In"! Had a good practice last night with Allison and Jodi, we're hyped for this weekend. :-)

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SITE OF THE DAY: Halloween Clipart.

ovff

Got back from OVFF late last night completely exhausted but happy. The weekend was a much-needed break for all of us...and it was great to see some of you Blatherchatters in PERSON again! :-) More details coming soon in Allison's con report. One of the unexpected highlights of the weekend, though, came when we found out we had won the Pegasus Award for Best Performer (!). To say we were surprised would be an understatement. Also deeply honoured.

Many congrats to this year's OVFF concom for making the con a great success! Sadly, we won't be able to attend OVFF next year since it falls on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in 1998. :-(

pegasus winners

Many congrats to Jodi on getting a new job!!!! WooHOO! :-) :-)

A few people have been requesting that I post the full list of Pegasus winners. Diana's posted the list at the OVFF chat page (and I'll be updating the website with that and some other info when it's available) but I'll post her chat entry here as well:

Yawn... Had so much fun, I need more time to recover (g).
Congrats to our Pegasus Award Winners:
Road to Roswell (Linley/Landa), Best Song;
Rand Bellavia/Adam English, Best Writer/Composer;
Urban Tapestry, Best Performer;
"World Inside the Crystal" (Savitsky), Best Science;
"The Dark is Rising" (Cooper/Ecklar), Best Sorcery.

Also, congrats to the winners of the song-writing contests:
"Kentucky Monster Mash" (Mark Bernstein), Lyric;
"Rules of Engagement" (Randy Hoffman), Original.

We want to hear from you!  Let us know if you had a great
time, or if there's something you'd like us to know about.

x-files

Finally watched the X-Files episode I missed on Sunday because our flight was late (Jeff taped it for me). *** SPOILER **** --> Mulder isn't dead after all! (*gasp) MOVIES: Have any of you read Starship Troopers by Heinlein? (I assume it's by Heinlein, anyway). Is it worth reading before I go see the movie? OVFF: I've updated the website with the new hotel info, some Pegasus and songwriting contest info. If anyone knows the name of person and song who won 3rd prize in the parody songwriting contest, could they please contact me? Thanks kindly.