rolanni | Right Word, Wrong World

As you know, Bob,

kinzel and I have been working on a small divertissement entitled Fledgling. The world on which the action takes place is one where those involved in academic pursuits are ascendant over those who pursue non-academic interests, and on which females are the more favored gender. Among other things, (hetero)sexual liaisons are initiated by the woman, who proposes to the man of choice that he place himself under her protection, becoming what is called, for reasons that I trust are sufficiently obscure, the woman's onagrata. It appears, from what the characters have been pleased to share thus far, that as long as it is in force this relationship is monogamous. However, since all the details and niceties attending procreation are also on the woman's plate, it is by no means a given that her onagrata (if any) is also the father of her child(ren) (if any).

I don't make this stuff up, you know.

In any case, here comes

rolanni, typing as fast as she can in order to keep up with the discussions of a Very Important Departmental Meeting, in which it is decided by the attending scholars that the Department must indeed make a commitment to husband its resources.

Um, oops. *Makes a note to Fix That in rewrite...*

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In other news, we have been informed by the tireless and talented

sambear that the podcast of "Electric Words,"

kinzel's talk at the Second Life Library on Info Island last Saturday, is now available for your listening pleasure.

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Does anyone have a copy of The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw that they can lend me?