Memnison Journal

CONGENIAL, the con I started up in the late 1980s, has tried to maintain a standard of uniqueness over the years.  Here’s a few of the badges from our collection from the earlier years….

To spare people who hate these things, I’m just gonna say it’s all ladycelt’s fault, and no, I’m not a vegetarian. Much the contrary.

And another dose of the 50 Most Loathsome People in America (for 2005):

“Began his career as a seemingly skilled and passionate muckraker, but having been exposed countless times as a shameless, megalomaniacal fraud, he absolutely refuses to get out of our living rooms. “
“…a woman so frigid she makes Gila monsters look cuddly, rode this [...]

I’ve forgotten the exact circumstances of meeting RJ, but I can recall that he came highly recommended by other friends, that he was sleeping with my then-sister-in-law’s now-husband, and that he was a young man on his way up in fandom. He came with a valise full of ideas.
He has no *end* of ideas. [...]

My good pal wanted to interview me for his LJ; this is my reply to his questions. The first one refers to a earlier question about ‘If you were going to be a bird, which bird would you be’?
1> Why the Great Auk?
The Great Auk” is one of my oldest and favorite [...]