Looking for something to do this Saturday?
Then come Stacy's Coffee shop at 7 pm for a concert by Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott!
They’ll be playing music from Catherine Asaro’s recent novel, Diamond Star, as well as a combination of original rock, jazzy pop, jazz standards and classic rock. Catherine will be giving readings from Diamond Star as well.
Stacy’s Coffee Shop is at 709 West Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. The phone number is (703)538-6266. Stacy’s serves a variety of sandwiches, pastries, ice cream, soft drinks, and of course excellent coffee.
Catherine Asaro is two-time Nebula® Award-Winning author of science fiction and fantasy. May 2009 saw the publication of her twenty-fourth book, Diamond Star (Baen Books). In April 2009, Starflight Music released a companion music CD, also titled Diamond Star, that offers readers a soundtrack for the book. The songs are performed by Point Valid, a vibrant young rock band from Baltimore, with Catherine as guest vocalist. Her second CD, Goodbye Note, was released in 2010.
Donald Wolcott has been playing piano since the age of five. In 2005, Donald received acclaim from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a top soloist in their annual jazz festival. In 2006 he was accepted as a bassist into the Montgomery County Honors Jazz Ensemble. In 2007 he earned an honorable mention for jazz performance in the National Distinguished Scholar Competition, and in 2008 he was one of only four people who received the coveted “Maestro Award” for individual performance at the Washington D.C. Heritage Music Festival. After his high school graduation in 2008, Donald accepted a scholarship to Towson University,
where he majors in Jazz Performance and is the pianist for the Towson Big Band, the school’s premiere
jazz ensemble.
Then come Stacy's Coffee shop at 7 pm for a concert by Catherine Asaro and Donald Wolcott!
They’ll be playing music from Catherine Asaro’s recent novel, Diamond Star, as well as a combination of original rock, jazzy pop, jazz standards and classic rock. Catherine will be giving readings from Diamond Star as well.
Stacy’s Coffee Shop is at 709 West Broad Street, Falls Church, VA 22046. The phone number is (703)538-6266. Stacy’s serves a variety of sandwiches, pastries, ice cream, soft drinks, and of course excellent coffee.
Catherine Asaro is two-time Nebula® Award-Winning author of science fiction and fantasy. May 2009 saw the publication of her twenty-fourth book, Diamond Star (Baen Books). In April 2009, Starflight Music released a companion music CD, also titled Diamond Star, that offers readers a soundtrack for the book. The songs are performed by Point Valid, a vibrant young rock band from Baltimore, with Catherine as guest vocalist. Her second CD, Goodbye Note, was released in 2010.
Donald Wolcott has been playing piano since the age of five. In 2005, Donald received acclaim from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a top soloist in their annual jazz festival. In 2006 he was accepted as a bassist into the Montgomery County Honors Jazz Ensemble. In 2007 he earned an honorable mention for jazz performance in the National Distinguished Scholar Competition, and in 2008 he was one of only four people who received the coveted “Maestro Award” for individual performance at the Washington D.C. Heritage Music Festival. After his high school graduation in 2008, Donald accepted a scholarship to Towson University,
where he majors in Jazz Performance and is the pianist for the Towson Big Band, the school’s premiere
jazz ensemble.
Looks like they have some very pretty things.
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Click on my dragons so they don't die!
| You Are a Black Panther |
 You have a knack for predicting the future. You just know what people are going to do. People are attracted to you. You are naturally able to influence other people's thoughts. You have the charisma to be a beloved guru or dictator. It's all about how you handle it. |
The top fifty SF (and fantasy) books. Bold the ones you've read, strike the ones you hated, italicize the ones you couldn't get through, asterisks for the ones you loved (more asterisks, more love), + for the ones you own.
1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien+*
2. The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov+
3. Dune by Frank Herbert+**
4. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein+
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin+
6. Neuromancer by William Gibson
7. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick+ (this would have been italicized except it was for a class and I had no choice)
9. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley+
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury+
11. The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov+
14. Children of the Atom by Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight by James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett+
17. Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison+
19. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey+**
22. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card+***
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling+*
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams+
28. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice+
30. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin+
31. Little, Big by John Crowley
32. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
35. More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld by Larry Niven+
40. Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien+
42. Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein+
47. Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks+
49. Timescape by Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien+*
2. The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov+
3. Dune by Frank Herbert+**
4. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein+
5. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Leguin+
6. Neuromancer by William Gibson
7. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick+ (this would have been italicized except it was for a class and I had no choice)
9. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley+
10. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury+
11. The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov+
14. Children of the Atom by Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight by James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett+
17. Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison+
19. The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey+**
22. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card+***
23. The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling+*
27. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams+
28. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice+
30. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin+
31. Little, Big by John Crowley
32. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement
35. More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach by Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld by Larry Niven+
40. Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien+
42. Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
44. Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein+
47. Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks+
49. Timescape by Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
On September 13, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center will open its gates to the public for a FREE open house.
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I'm aiming to do some housekeeping here on LJ sometime this week and clean up my friends list. It has gotten too long, and there are a number of people I just don't keep up with anymore. If you think this might apply to you and you want to stick around, this would be a good time to say something. And if you miss this and get cut off when you didn't want to, let me know. On the other hand, if you've been filtering me out instead of defriending me because you don't really care to read my posts but you avoid drama in all forms *looks pointedly at a few friends*, this would be an excellent time to do that. No drama, I promise.
This is particularly for anybody in the Washington DC, or if you know anybody in that area. Pass it along to anybody you think might be interested
Original post: http://hasufin.livejournal.com/191894.h
Text:
A while ago, B and I had an idea. Kinda Discordian, kinda fun. But a very real idea for a good cause.
Pretty simple. We want to prove to our nation's lawmakers that there are real GBLT citizens out there.
No chants, no marching on the capital building. We want to fly kites.
Rainbow kites. On the National Mall. Nothing "in your face", but if we can get enough people involved, it'll get noticed.
We've created a community for this. It's called
gbltkite
Due to the somewhat sensitive nature, it's going to be moderated for now. If you're interested, join up!
Original post: http://hasufin.livejournal.com/191894.h
Text:
A while ago, B and I had an idea. Kinda Discordian, kinda fun. But a very real idea for a good cause.
Pretty simple. We want to prove to our nation's lawmakers that there are real GBLT citizens out there.
No chants, no marching on the capital building. We want to fly kites.
Rainbow kites. On the National Mall. Nothing "in your face", but if we can get enough people involved, it'll get noticed.
We've created a community for this. It's called
gbltkiteDue to the somewhat sensitive nature, it's going to be moderated for now. If you're interested, join up!
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
to everybody who celebrates...
On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
silvrdragn sent to me...
silvrdragn sent to me...Twelve rpgs reading
Eleven tattoos skydiving
Ten bobcats a-swimming
Nine animals flogging
Eight faeries a-camping
Seven physics a-writing
Six cougars a-drawing
Five ne-e-e-ene thomas
Four weird things
Three magical creatures
Two renaissance festivals
...and a bast in a bisexuality.
| What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more. | |
| Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm | |
| Literate Good Citizen | |
| Book Snob | |
| Fad Reader | |
| Non-Reader | |
| What Kind of Reader Are You? Create Your Own Quiz | |
The Oracle 33% Extroversion, 66% Intuition, 44% Emotiveness, 71% Perceptiveness |
Heuristic, detached, and analytical to a fualt, you are most like The Oracle. You are able to tackle any subject with a fine toothed comb, and you possess an ability to pinpoint nuances and shades of meaning that other people do not have and cannot understand. Accomplishment and realization of ideas are, for you, secondary to the rigorous exploration of ideas and questions -- you are, first and foremost, a theorist. You hate authority, convention, tradition, and under no circumstances do you accept a leadership role (although, you will gladly advise leadership when they're going astray, whether they want you to or not). Abstraction and generalities are your interests, details and particulars are usually inconsequential and uninteresting. You excel at language, mathematics and philosophy. You are typically easy-going and non-confrontational until someone violates one of the very few principles that you deem sacred, at which point you can fly into a rage. Although you possess a much greater understanding of process and systems than the people around you, you are always conscious of the possibility that you've missed something or made a mistake. You don't tend to become attached to particular theories, and will immediately discard mistaken notions once they're revealed to be incorrect (but you don't tolerate iconoclasts who try to discredit validated theories through the use of fallacies and bad data). Despite being outwardly humble, you probably think of yourself as being smarter than most other people. That's because you are. In fact, in your dealings with people your understanding of their motives is so expansive that you know what they're going to say before they say it, and in world affairs, you usually know what is going to take place before it actually does. This ability would make you unbeatable in debates if only you were a little less pensive about your own conclusions, and a little more outgoing. Famous people like you: Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Thomas Jefferson, John McWhorter, Ramanujan, Marie Curie, Kurt Godel Stay clear of: Apollo, Icarus, Hermes, Aphrodite Seek out: Atlas, Prometheus, Daedalus |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Greek Mythology Personality Test written by Aleph_Nine on OkCupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
The word of the day today is apparently "twitterpated". What an odd word to have come up repeatedly. And in at least 2 completely unrelated contexts, too.
| Your Stipper Song Is |
 Master and Servant by Depeche Mode "There�s a new game We like to play you see A game with added reality You treat me like a dog Get me down on my knees" Yawn, dancing is so boring without a little spice. |
Hope everybody had a wonderful day, one way or another.
You are Strength
Courage, strength, fortitude. Power not arrested in the act of judgement, but passing on to further action, sometimes obstinacy.
This is a card of courage and energy. It represents both the Lion's hot, roaring energy, and the Maiden's steadfast will. The innocent Maiden is unafraid, undaunted, and indomitable. In some cards she opens the lion's mouth, in others she shuts it. Either way, she proves that inner strength is more powerful than raw physical strength. That forces can be controlled and used to score a victory is very close to the message of the Chariot, which might be why, in some decks, it is Justice that is card 8 instead of Strength. With strength you can control not only the situation, but yourself. It is a card about anger and impulse management, about creative answers, leadership and maintaining one's personal honor. It can also stand for a steadfast friend.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
 | You scored as Serenity (from Firefly). You like to live your own way and do not enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you that you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you.
Your Ultimate Sci-Fi Profile: which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? (pics) created with QuizFarm.com |
RAVEN EYES
You have Raven
Eyes!
Positive Traits: Intellectual,
Wise, Experienced, Honest,
Trustworthy
Negative Traits: Pompous,
Condescending, Withdrawn, Pessimistic,
Depressed
Your eyes are the windows to your soul. What type of eyes do you have?
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