Worldcon swag

( Here's what I brought back with me from the con ... )

Yahoo frustrations

I have been unable to log on to my Yahoo account at all today, and I had the same problem a couple of times last week. Has anybody else had this problem, or is it possible that I've fucked up some setting on my internet connection? I can get to the first page, but when I click the Sign In button I get "Unable to connect". It was fine last night.

Meetings with remarkable women

It's not actually true that I spent more time at LACon IV hanging out with women than with men, nor is it particularly true that the women I hung out with were more remarkable than the men I hung out with. However, certain women played key roles in my experience of the convention, and I have to choose some angle on the convention to get started. So I'll use the topic of the women of the convention as a filter to narrow the story to a manageable size, but from a different angle than the Worldcon swag post.

( Testing, testing ... Cut, cut ... )