It was like the difference between reading a proper book, with the thin, rough paper that flips easily through the fingers and reading a book that was printed on the heavy, white paper my laserjet spits out. Logic may say it is acceptable, but I know that it unbalances the humors in my body.

"Legitimizing the woo factor"

I am disappointed you didn't quote anything memorable from Margaret Ronald in that panel, just the other guy.

"Rolling a great big woo-katamari up the hill." -- Margaret Ronald

Peter Watts is just a sharp and quotable person, even for an SF con panelist. (I think Avram covers this topic in sketch 05. :)

Avram@0: You managed to misspell Neil Gaiman's first name, and then adapt his anagrammatic psuedonum (Ilen the Magian) to match. Good job.

I was already working on the poem then, but I didn't actually write it until Sunday morning, because it was shabbat. No, really... but as a side effect, not as a conscious decision.

"Jeez, I'm only asking a question."

From sketch/notes 16 (Pathologies of Fannish Culture): PNH - "This panel is a margin in which there is not enough room to write all of the things I'm thinking"

Which is exactly why I'm hoping Patrick will grace us with a sequel, in the form of a post right here on this blog. That panel did indeed have a remarkable "Is it time already?" feel.

Also, re: sketch 7 - I think you're right. Although I'm not sure I remember being in that particular spot (physically) in the conversation.