Farewell, Anne McCaffrey

Great sadness. SFWA Grand Master Anne McCaffrey, best known for creating the world of Pern and the Dragonriders thereof, has passed away at the age of 85. Rest well, ma'am, and thank you.

Black Friday Week*

For all those who wish to shop this week, your first stop should be blackfriday.info.

For the musicians out there, there's a compilation thread on KVR Audio of all the various online sound sources -- indie producers of VST and VSTi plugins, creators of loop and sample libraries, etc., etc.

Lotta good deals in both cases, many of them going on right now.

Any plans for Black Friday shopping? I intend to be nowhere near so much as a convenience store. (And, to those of you who must work a Black Friday retail outlet, I am so sorry. Many hugs, and I hope you at least have some fun.)


* On the 4:30 movie. Or 4:00 movie. (Shout-out to older S.E. MI fans.)

I'm Very Curious As To Who Covered This Song

Because, while I likely granted permission at some point (and it's under a Creative Commons license anyway), I can't remember and don't recognize 'em: