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Hey, it's time for my annual big plug/reminder for Anonycon, the gaming convention this weekend (Dec 14th-16th) in Stamford, CT that I helped found and which is now run by banana_pants.

Why should you come to Anonycon?

1. The games! We've got prison breakouts, Yale secret society shenanigans, heroic mischievous 1st graders, deadly plagues, moralistic Mormon detectives, and much more, including buckets of Living Greyhawk, if you're into that.

2. The people! Well, I'll be there, obviously. But so will other awesome farflung folk, like darkforge and Reyn Jones, one of the two best GMs I've played with. (viking_cat is the other, but he can't come.) There will be great hanging out and cute kids and lots of escapism!

3. The location! Stamford is not that far from anywhere in the Northeast. The hotel is comfortable and pleasant, and there are plenty of food options nearby.

You can spend this weekend sitting around in miserable freezing weather or braving the mall hordes in holiday shopping, or you can spend it amongst friends (and we've even got a dealer's room for geek shopping) having immense amounts of fun playing great games. I know which I'm choosing!

If you are coming and interested in playing our games, sign up quick, because they're selling out fast! Still, usually a few spaces materialize on site.

The Year in Media Errors, from regrettheerror.com

My favorites:
Portland Press Herald:

A story on Page B4 on Wednesday about foraging for edible mushrooms contained a photo of amanita muscaria, which is a poisonous and hallucinogenic mushroom. It was a copy editor’s error. should not to be confused with the UK Ipomoea, also known as morning glory, which is poisonous.

Sunday Times (UK):

An article about Lord Lambton (“Lord Louche, sex king of Chiantishire”, News Review, January 7) falsely stated that his son Ned (now Lord Durham) and daughter Catherine held a party at Lord Lambton’s villa, Cetinale, in 1997, which degenerated into such an orgy that Lord Lambton banned them from Cetinale for years. In fact, Lord Durham does not have a sister called Catherine (that is the name of his former wife), there has not been any orgiastic party of any kind and Lord Lambton did not ban him (or Catherine) from Cetinale at all. We apologise sincerely to Lord Durham for the hurt and embarrassment caused.

Independent Saturday (UK) magazine:

Following the portrait of Tony and Cherie Blair published on 21 April in the Independent Saturday magazine, Ms Blair’s representatives have told us that she was friendly with but never had a relationship with Carole Caplin of the type suggested in the article. They want to make it clear, which we are happy to do, that Ms Blair “has never shared a shower with Ms Caplin, was not introduced to spirit guides or primal wrestling by Ms Caplin (or anyone else), and did not have her diary masterminded by Ms Caplin.”