Latin speakers! (or, well, readers...)

Note: No more need; it's been taken care of (I found a wonderfully stuffy Classics professor XD).


Can anyone out there translate "Neither wind, nor blizzard, nor Texas drivers can keep me from ConDFW" into Latin? Or at least as close to Latin as it can get? :)

Context: we've always had wacky weather at ConDFW, ranging from the Snowpocalypse last year to winds high enough the con's first year to knock down the hotel's sign, which necessitated the closing of the parking lot for part of Sunday so nobody could leave. (and tidal waves in the hotel pool, and plastic lawn furniture sailing off over the fence...)

ETA: Also the Latin business comes from our officer's motto a couple of years ago, stemming from an incident the year previous in which someone woke the (very sick, and just gotten to sleep) con chair up at 3 AM to retrieve something they'd left in ConOps. The chair said that next year, she was going to answer the door with "Are you on fire? No? Would you like to be?" So we had officer shirts made up with "Are you on fire?" in Latin and a flowchart as to what to do when waking up the con chair. :D

Elfquest Re-read posted!

This month's edition of the Giant Elfquest Re-read is now posted at the Hooded Utilitarian!

I recap issues #3 and 4 in an attempt to get through the first 20-issue arc in less than a year and a half, and ponder a wee bit on the anthropological and biological basis of Recognition and elven society.

Now, what to do next month? Issue #5 ends a mini-arc, and #6 starts a new one, so it would seem a bit odd to do both at once. Maybe I should reread the novel that encompasses issues 1-5 and bang on about it in addition to #5? That would certainly allow me to get to issue #7 in March, which is hilarious. :)

ETA: If you want to comment and avoid the problematic CAPTCHA, you can register with the site and avoid it completely. That will NOT get you on any mailing lists; it's just for the Wordpress install that HU runs on. You'll have to go to the Register link on the home page instead of the post page, as it causes Wordpress to throw a wobbler when accessed from the post page (not sure why, the TCJ admins need to look into that). Or you can just click here to get to the registration page.

(no subject)

Walk 24 minutes 1 mi. Total: 936.5 mi. From Lorien: 78.5 mi. Drifting, la la la. You'll forgive me for not linking until I'm doing something other than DRIFTING.


We took an actual walk today! I'm in yet another ACK OSTEOPOROSIS! phase, which I periodically get into since I'm lactose-intolerant and therefore consume significantly less dairy than I ought (not to mention really not liking most of the non-dairy foods that are full of calcium). But weight-bearing exercise also strengthens bones, and that's something I can do something about. Toby suggested going for a walk, and we did. :)

Question

Library of Shadows, by Birkegaard. Yea or Nay?

Sent from my iPhone, in the bookstore