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Today marks the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor: a date which, according to the president at the time, would live forever in infamy.  But, as this article points out, 70 years is enough time to turn personally experienced terror into the abstract facts of the history book.  I know it’s the way of the world, but I find this deeply saddening.

Last Thursday, I attended a Thanksgiving dinner with 23 other people.  It was the largest Thanksgiving feast I have ever attended, and definitely one of the best.  The guests included many local members of the New Mexico SF community, both fans and writers, but also included families from Colorado, California, and Melbourne-freaking-Australia. 

(Below the cut, photos of the feast.)

My friend Kat Abraham is raising donations in support of Help Rachel Breathe.  There are only a few days left on her challenge, but if she can raise $5000 by December 1, Kat will shave her head.  (At $10,000, the eyebrows will go, too.)  

I’ve seen many strange things, but Kat in a Londo Mollari wig isn’t one of them.  

YET.

was an egg disguised as a cat in a very unconvincing home-made cat costume.

I guess you had to be there.

OK, here’s one of the cooler things that happened at World Fantasy last weekend. (And this is saying something, because it was a fantastic convention.  I love WFC because it has one of the highest concentrations of incredibly cool and fun people of any convention I visit, including Worldcon.  It’s just jam-packed with tons of wonderful folks, people with whom I love to hang out, and many of whom I only see once a year.  And I always make new friends at WFC, too.) 

But anyway.  There I was, minding my own business, when Derryl Murphy waved me over and said, “Hey, Ian, check this out.  This guy’s doing card tricks.”