Online Pegasus Nominating Ballot Closes Today

redaxe reminded in catalana's Virtual Worldcon thread that the last day to submit your nominating ballot for the Pegasus Awards is today, August 5th. (UPDATE: tarkrai says that the deadline is midnight, August 8th. I'll trust him. :) )

Here's the ballot and here's the results of the brainstorming poll in case you're prospecting for good ideas. (Hey, I spent some time browsing through those pages last night, so it's not like it's demonstrating that you don't know anything about this filk stuff... :) )

Online Pegasus Nominating Ballot Closes Today

redaxe reminded in catalana's Virtual Worldcon thread that the last day to submit your nominating ballot for the Pegasus Awards is today, August 5th. (UPDATE: tarkrai says that the deadline is midnight, August 8th. I'll trust him. :) )

Here's the ballot and here's the results of the brainstorming poll in case you're prospecting for good ideas. (Hey, I spent some time browsing through those pages last night, so it's not like it's demonstrating that you don't know anything about this filk stuff... :) )

Words, Mr. Rico!

My brother-in-law, Jeff, found this site which provides a list of words ordered by their frequency of use in the English language.

Of course, I had to go searching for my name (I almost said "Google" for my name -- *gack*).

"Bill" is #711, largely attributable to it being a common word, I'm sure. And it's surrounded by "carried" and "heart". "Roper" is #30103, flanked by "bognor" and "paras". Right. Excuse me while I get my dictionary.

Of course, I'm better off than "Gretchen" at #71489 with neighbors "kashan" and "cosmogony". And her maiden name, "Duntemann", isn't listed at all. But her middle name, "Harriet", is at #4893 between "Liz" and "withdrawn".

Actually, "William" does well for a name at #1227 between "proposed" and "February". And "Dwight", my middle name, is down the list at #36070 with "Trieste" and "Punjabi" as buddies.

You're going to go look up your name now, aren't you? :)

Words, Mr. Rico!

My brother-in-law, Jeff, found this site which provides a list of words ordered by their frequency of use in the English language.

Of course, I had to go searching for my name (I almost said "Google" for my name -- *gack*).

"Bill" is #711, largely attributable to it being a common word, I'm sure. And it's surrounded by "carried" and "heart". "Roper" is #30103, flanked by "bognor" and "paras". Right. Excuse me while I get my dictionary.

Of course, I'm better off than "Gretchen" at #71489 with neighbors "kashan" and "cosmogony". And her maiden name, "Duntemann", isn't listed at all. But her middle name, "Harriet", is at #4893 between "Liz" and "withdrawn".

Actually, "William" does well for a name at #1227 between "proposed" and "February". And "Dwight", my middle name, is down the list at #36070 with "Trieste" and "Punjabi" as buddies.

You're going to go look up your name now, aren't you? :)

Sympathy for the Justice

I realize that he may not be the most popular man to be feeling sympathy for, but I'm feeling a bit sorry for Chief Justice Rehnquist, who was in and out of the hospital with a fever again yesterday.

He's got thyroid cancer and the speculation is that it's one of the nasty versions. He's said that he intends to stay on the bench as long as his health permits. And it's looking like he's working very hard to do just that.

And I feel a bit sorry for him, because I suspect that urge to stay at his job is one of the things that's helping him stay alive.

Sympathy for the Justice

I realize that he may not be the most popular man to be feeling sympathy for, but I'm feeling a bit sorry for Chief Justice Rehnquist, who was in and out of the hospital with a fever again yesterday.

He's got thyroid cancer and the speculation is that it's one of the nasty versions. He's said that he intends to stay on the bench as long as his health permits. And it's looking like he's working very hard to do just that.

And I feel a bit sorry for him, because I suspect that urge to stay at his job is one of the things that's helping him stay alive.