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Making Light party at Worldcon

Not being organized by persons named Nielsen Hayden, although we'll certainly be there. Friday night, 8:45 until all hours, Delta...

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #1 from xeger

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:13:16 -0500

Whee! Fun shall be had by most (ideally all!)

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Posted August 2, 2009 5:13 PM by xeger

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #2 from Bjorn

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:43:00 -0500

Have fun for me. Had planned to be there to meet some of you whose posts I've been reading for years. Then last October happened in Iceland.
But there will be another WorldCon and another ML party.

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Posted August 2, 2009 7:43 PM by Bjorn

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #3 from Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:36:08 -0500

There's now a post for the Miracle Fruit tasting supraparty.

Even if you've already RSVP'd to the main post, could you re-RSVP and look over this page if you're interested in the tasting party?

We'd like to divide up the bringing of the most interesting drinks-Balsamic vinegars, for example-because they're most easily brought There and Back Again by a multitude of volunteers.

-- Unlike standard party drinks, other parties are unlikely to accept donations of these as leftovers (and if you bring a small bottle, it won't be hard to bring it home).
-- We'll only need enough for sampling and sipping.

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Posted August 3, 2009 4:36 AM by Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #4 from Earl Cooley III

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:37:01 -0500

Kathryn from Sunnyvale #3: There's now a post for the Miracle Fruit tasting supraparty.

Is that Oprah's Acai Berry (about which I've received an increasing burden of email amspay)?

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Posted August 3, 2009 11:37 AM by Earl Cooley III

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #5 from Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:41:44 -0500

Earl Cooley III @IV,

No. Acai is the pomegranate of 2009: a fruit high in antioxidants and hyped in health claims.

Miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) has a glycoprotein molecule, miraculin, that temporarily causes the tongue to taste sour/bitter flavors as sweet. This has an interesting and fun effect on foods where sour is a dominant flavor- it can make their overall flavor more complex (because you can taste the notes normally hidden behind the sour).

People have parties devoted to exploring this effect: that's what we'll be doing.

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Posted August 3, 2009 12:41 PM by Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #6 from Skwid

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:39:33 -0500

I see no reason to delay all the partying until Friday...I'm already here, after all! Staying in the Delta...folks looking to get ahold of me should e-mail me at thehumblest.net (put my handle before the at), or perhaps catch me on either Google, AIM, or Y! IM as "tggskwid."

Whee!

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Posted August 3, 2009 8:39 PM by Skwid

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #7 from Clifton Royston

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:32:16 -0500

Well, good luck to you all. Perhaps another year...

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Posted August 4, 2009 1:32 AM by Clifton Royston

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #8 from Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:09 -0500

The Miracle Fruit tablets arrived today, and I did a mini taste test at lunch, using cafeteria selections.
While there were no lemons, several other commonly-tested foods (onions, granny smith apples, pickled veggies, vinegar) became much more interesting. And chilled cherry tomatoes tasted straight-off-the-vine.

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Posted August 5, 2009 12:00 AM by Kathryn from Sunnyvale

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #9 from Kathryn requests RSVPs

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:37:59 -0500

a quick day-before request to put in RSVPs and might-drop-bys: we'll be doing some shopping today. (and internet accessing will be more intermittant: the internet is not, in fact, like oxygen, to be taken continuously. It is like food.)

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Posted August 6, 2009 7:37 AM by Kathryn requests RSVPs

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #10 from Kathryn requests RSVPs

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:38:49 -0500

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Posted August 6, 2009 7:38 AM by Kathryn requests RSVPs

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #11 from James D. Macdonald

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:43:42 -0500

Doyle, Pip, and I will make every effort to be there.

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Posted August 6, 2009 7:43 AM by James D. Macdonald

Making Light party at Worldcon -- comment #12 from Kathryn requests Update

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:13:31 -0500

(mods- please add that the room has changed (again) to 2131, not 2831 (and not 631 the original).

Room change to 2131. This is a lovely suite with more than twice the usable space as the Denver party, and no staircases.

Also, Twitter Feed "MakingParty" for Logistics and Announcements

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Posted August 7, 2009 4:13 PM by Kathryn requests Update