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Home from Worldcon
Aug. 19th, 2025 01:55 pmI got home this morning (train from Seattle arrived around 8am, local buses got me to within half a block of home in another hour and a half). I'm feeling totally wrung out, so I'm not planning to be productive today. There's a relatively brief con report on my blog, including a slightly modified version of what would have been my Hugo acceptance speech (I changed the "win" bits to "finalist" bits) and a couple pictures. You can read it here: https://alpennia.com/blog/worldcon-wrap
I'd meant to get some sound editing for the podcast done on the train, but couldn't find a way to make Audible play through headphones rather than speakers, so that was a no-go. (The program has a selection menu for sound output, but I need to play with it to figure out what's wrong.) Instead, I managed to be productive by working on the lesbian history book. (I.e., converting existing material into book-version material.) I have most of the Introduction section revised at this point.
I have a week and a half and then it's my "official" celebrating retirement trip to New Zealand with Denise. That means I need to get two more podcast episodes uploaded. I also had to reschedule the Jury Duty notice that was waiting for me when I got home. And I won't be here to provide medical transport for my brother's cataract operation. But before I travel, I need to get the inspections sorted out for my solar system, including pulling retrospective permits for a couple of items that the city inspector asked about. (I've been assured that this will be trivial paperwork.) So I'm going to try not to add any other to-do items before the trip.
I'd meant to get some sound editing for the podcast done on the train, but couldn't find a way to make Audible play through headphones rather than speakers, so that was a no-go. (The program has a selection menu for sound output, but I need to play with it to figure out what's wrong.) Instead, I managed to be productive by working on the lesbian history book. (I.e., converting existing material into book-version material.) I have most of the Introduction section revised at this point.
I have a week and a half and then it's my "official" celebrating retirement trip to New Zealand with Denise. That means I need to get two more podcast episodes uploaded. I also had to reschedule the Jury Duty notice that was waiting for me when I got home. And I won't be here to provide medical transport for my brother's cataract operation. But before I travel, I need to get the inspections sorted out for my solar system, including pulling retrospective permits for a couple of items that the city inspector asked about. (I've been assured that this will be trivial paperwork.) So I'm going to try not to add any other to-do items before the trip.
