A Secret History

• 14:21 Lunchtime walk and drowsing in park w/ Hoi Didymoi, watching gulls wheel overhead in impossibly blue sky. #
• 14:36 Fight the H8. Amusingly, I *am* working a half day today (although for a reason unrelated to bisexuality). tinyurl.com/daywithoutgays #
• 14:56 Daniel Pon's Paradox Mouse is an amazing piece of macabre retro-tech art: tinyurl.com/66tt9x #
• 18:57 Heading to Cafe Gratitude with the Girl. I am abundant. #
• 19:34 Meanwhile, snacking on some of @tinellaq's super-delicious ground-nut stew over rice. #
• 00:31 @yellowgoatetsy: The Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World cookbook is spectacular. I recommend the Tiramisu recipe: tinyurl.com/yumz0rz #
• 00:42 @basmatiheather: Received your gorgeous natural history cards! I love them! Thank you so much. ♥ #

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• 09:27 Zombie jamboree this morning. Grraaahhh. #
• 09:29 @SethraLavode: Yes, the Latin yesterday was from Catullus, Carmina 3. Well done. #
• 19:05 I have a gingersnap latte and 100 feet of copper tubing. If you're not yet quaking in your boots, start now. #
• 19:23 Just joined the Etsy Merchants Twitter Group: tgr.me/g/etsy. #
• 19:28 Just added a link to the LiveJournal Twitter Group: twittgroups.com/group/livejournal. #
• 19:58 Join Steampunk Twitter group for neo-Vic tinkers/unnatural hist/mad sci/anachronists: twittgroups.com/group/steampunk. Pls retweet! #
• 22:15 In our finery, setting out for the Guild of Spoooooky Mortality. www.deathguild.com/index2.html #

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• 04:35 Anatomical plates from the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, circa 1522-1867: link.library.utoronto.ca/anatomia/application/index.cfm #
• 12:35 Baking gingerbread; smells heavenly. #
• 13:13 Gingerbread in oven; now cleaning and laundry. Pondering Pandora costume for Sin-themed party tonight. #
• 15:49 @Theremina: RE: Cabin Fever. Yeah, but the part about getting to third base w/ the chick who has a flesh-eating virus = major squick. #
• 16:50 Whoosh! Workshop (mostly) organized, litterboxes changed, sheets in laundry. There are strange things in my laBORatory. #
• 19:30 Sinful costume: burgundy peony corset, black lace shawl and fitted skirt, garland crown and box of evils. My date, of course, is Vanity. #
• 00:42 So many wonderful peeps at Sin Francisco! I couldn't decide which room of sin I liked best. Embrace power of AND. #

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• 09:01 Uncle Dennis: tinyurl.com/6bfypt ♥ #
• 11:21 Found the sweetest monogrammed hooded towel and robe set for tiny nephew: tinyurl.com/6x3yb2 #
• 12:06 Farewell to Locusta temporibus, my brass clockwork lobster: tinyurl.com/56n5b5 #
• 13:22 The Philosopher is trying to eat my head. #
• 14:13 Steampunk wallpapers (Sherlock Holmes and orig. Star Trek): tinyurl.com/steamwallpapers/ (I love 221B Baker St and Scotty ones) #
• 14:28 Applauding PETCO plan to phase out sale of rabbits while encouraging adoption instead: tinyurl.com/55yxrh #
• 16:22 Claudia Drake makes splendid B&W digital collages: weheartit.com/tag/claudia%20drake (for @theredshoes: tinyurl.com/moiraface) #
• 21:47 Top 12 videos of vaguely creepy automatons (*shiver*): tinyurl.com/5ecefr #
• 22:11 South Indian cuisine w/ @tutordennis, now curling up w/ Rabbit. We've finished Watership Down, and begun C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces. ♥ #
• 22:13 And please note that my MacBook ought not be referred to as "the Bengal's Buttwarmer." Humph. #
• 22:19 Retweet of @grailquestion's IM convo: "BDSM tweeting. 'Tweet that you're my bitch! Tweet it!'" #

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• 09:50 Concerned that many otherwise-rational folks seem to think the author's name is Charles "Dicken." The final S is not possessive, I promise. #
• 14:01 @zhaneel: It's not just you, m'dear. 'Tis the season, it seems. #
• 16:08 You know, I've always found Santa kinda creepy. Good to know I'm not alone in this: tinyurl.com/creepyoldman #

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• 15:32 Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! Catching up on Rabbit snuggles. Also, trying to buy 50' of 1/8" copper tube for projects. #
• 19:50 @magna_maxima: Agreed. Arabic is so trendy nowadays! :) #
• 19:58 @kaden_harris: Oh, thanks! I actually need tubing, not wire; 1/8 is narrowest I've found. Does it come in diff thicknesses too, like pipe? #
• 20:00 Oh dear. Experiment FAIL. Sometimes, science is poopy. #
• 22:35 @karenbynight and @kaden_harris: Very helpful, thanks! McMaster-Carr FTW: www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/114/135 #
• 01:14 Mr. Housman has clearly read too much Greek Tragedy, and heard it translated badly too often, the poor man: tinyurl.com/housmanspoof #

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• 04:09 Arrived safe and sound. Happy Thanksgiving, all! #
• 04:12 @Fyriel: We totally saw the Buttonwillow sign and cracked up before we even saw your tweet! *jinx* #
• 12:36 At Grandma Furn's in Calabasas. Thankful for all the amazing people in my life. ♥ #
• 15:09 Oh, love. When @tutordennis first held our new nephew, the baby stopped crying and fell asleep on his chest. *sniff* #

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The first run of the 2009 Geek Girls Calendar has sold out, but the second printing is underway, with guaranteed delivery for the holiday season.

The 2009 calendar features the following geeks: Chemistry, Librarian, Knitting, Math, Music, Grammar, History, Computer, Theater Tech, Roleplaying Game, Video Game, and Steampunk. None of the models in this calendar are just posing; they're all real geeks who are passionate about the themes of their pictures (quite passionate...these geeks are seriously hawt!). The twelve-month calendar also includes geeky holidays such as Pi Day, sci-fi cons, birthdays of notable geeks like Albert Einstein and Ada Lovelace, and the Unix timestamp 1234567890. Cost is $16.95 plus shipping, and the order form is on the website here.

Join the low-volume mailing list here. If you wish to help promote, feel free to use the above banner, the accompanying icon, or one of the other lovely icons and banners available on the website.

Many thanks to Geek-in-Chief jedusor for making this all happen. The 2009 calendar is dedicated to the memory of Ava, our Chemistry Geek, and her portion of the proceeds will go towards a scholarship fund in her name. My calendar photos were taken by tutordennis at Maker Faire (Bay Area) 2008, and the main page features The Whirlygig Emoto, Tom Sepe's steam-assisted motorbike.

Here's the short version of the interview we did last week for NBC:


We filmed at the secret warehouse that stores the Steampunk Tree House. Sean Orlando was there to talk about the Tree House, along with Alan Rorie and his Dihemispheric Chronaether Agitator, Tom Sepe (of Whirlygig Emoto fame), Oliver W. Lowe, author of Steampunk Live: A Retrofuturist Dream, and his partner, the lovely Deborah Sciales.

The segment first aired on Friday, 21 November 2008. This short clip is heavily edited, but it's still great fun. Enjoy!