A Bug's Life

Perhaps I'll call the hamster Linda Lovelace. Unsatisfied with sipping from her water bottle, she took the whole spout into her cheek pouch. Which is a lovely image for a Sunday morning.

Consternation is good; very heavily programmed for a games con but lightly for an sf con, including a panel (with major_clanger) about space as a setting for RPG campaigns. I had no idea there were so many real hazards involved in poking round a deserted star ship or space station, it makes yer Dungeons & Dragons traps look horribly contrived. Also played a game which unfortunately pressed some rather emotive buttons: billed as "'Abnormal for Norfolk': a team of doctors are presented with an unusual unconscious patient" my character was a PhD medical student with a dreadful supervisor, and the disease was reminiscent of my late hamster's infection - especially when the team got a load of infected mice :-(

On a lighter note than diseases of rodents, I now have the requisite five nominees for my TAFF candidacy! Next I need a platform - any suggestions for choice phrases? I'll try to avoid references to Deep Throating hamsters. [looks sternly at dougs]