A PSA you will hopefully never need.

The corpses of people who died of something other than disease are not a health risk.  The bacteria that cause decay in dead meat are unable to infect normal living humans.  This is an issue because the belief that corpses cause disease leads to over-hasty measures to deal with corpses, which sometimes come at the cost of time and effort that could have dealt with more urgent  health problems like sanitation and clean water.

I earnestly hope that you will never need to know this.  But just in case, I thought I would pass it on.

Marcon Ho! And Kindle stuff

On a more cheerful note, I'm going to Marcon.  I'm looking forward to it, especially since I had to miss FKO.

I'm planning to bring my Kindle, so people can try one if they like (no buying books on it --- at least, no buying without paying me back! :-). 

The mimmoths are fighting about whose turn it is to go.  I may end up taking them all. 

And I heard from an old acquaintance again recently.  That was surprisingly nice.  I think I should make more of an effort to keep in touch.

And finally, there was a thread on MobileRead about what Kindle owners would like to see added to their Kindles.  I'm going to e-mail mine to the Kindle-feedback folks, but I thought I'd post it here first, and see what people think:

( Kindle Wishlist )