  Last week my nephew spent a few nights over playing GameCube and Yu-Gi-Oh!, which is always fun. Then he was on my computer and for some reason, the hard drive just died. So I had to get a new one Saturday. Afterwards, I went with a friend to visit my friend Rick's grave. I miss Rick terribly, but I feel I've come to terms with his death. Well, as much as one can come to terms with the suicide of one's best friend. I went to a urlLink Galactic League meeting Sunday, and started working on my costume and a short story. I decided not to go to the urlLink News &amp; Letters meeting because I felt I needed to do some therapeutic sewing.
Organizing the panel (see post from July 13) hasn't always been fun. I had to reassure people I knew what I was getting into and knew what I was doing in asking such-and-such a person to speak on the panel. I suppose I had better get used to doing such things if I want to get my Ph.D., eventually I'll have to give an oral defense of a dissertation, not to mention submit research proposals. I still hate doing it. 
