[conspire] OT: So, I came back from New Zealand, and...

[Rick Moen]

FYI, for context:  http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1050848.html
http://www.basfa.org/

I started my Monday in downtown Wellington, NZ and finished it, quite
exhausted, and well-nigh two days later, thanks to the International
Date Line.  (BASFA holds meetings every Monday night at a restaurant in
Sunnyvale.  Each meeting closes with a vote on suggestions for 'BASFA
Rumour of the Week'.)

Au Contraire is the name of two iterations of the New Zealand national,
annual science fiction convention, 2010's and 2013's.  Deirdre and I
have attended both Au Contraires.


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Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:56:53 -0700
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: Dire Red <deirdre at deirdre.net>
Subject: Cleolinda (and friends) beat me to it
Organization: If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.

1.  I attended BASFA.  (Couldn't resist reviewing both Au Contraire and
Wellington on the same day I left.)
2.  My candidate for BASFA Rumour of the Week was 'Sharknado 2:  Sharks 
vs. Jets'.
3.  Damn Cleolinda.  I just realised by catching up on your Twitter
stream that she posted a version of that joke while we were in En Zed.
4.  Anyway, my proposed rumour was decisively beaten by a really awful
Sharknado pun rumour soon to be sent out in the minutes, so all is well.
5.  And I voted for that rumour.  ;->


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