Aether Salon the Second, November 16, 2008

The announcement posted in the New Babbage Ning: 

Given the minimum of destruction wreaked by the first event, we are pleased to announce the second Aether Salon will take place on Sunday, November 9 16, at 2pm slt.

Please note the scheduling change, from November 9 to November 16, due to a scheduling conflict.

All are welcome to join us at the Aether Salon in Babbage Palisade (located across the street from Her Dark Materials, & conveniently near the train station) for tea and a spirited discussion of:

Weapons!
with dangerous perilous stunning craft to follow.

We are thrilled to be able to announce at this time that our guest speaker will be Miss Ordinal Malaprop.

Known for her fine production methods, exceptional scripts, attention to detail, and ability to keep danger at bay with a variety of weapons and tools, Miss Malaprop will be well armed address the current state of weaponry in our times. Or, really, anything she wants to talk about at all. We've seen her armory and plan to be most attentive and polite.

Please bring your manners, keep your wits about you, and check your own fine examples of might and mayhem at the door. Sanus, wear a shirt.

Time allowing, we will attempt to revisit the ongoing discussion 'What's wrong wiff Bob?' However, should this need to be put off for another month, I doubt that anyone will mind terribly.

Looking forward to seeing you there (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Babbage%20Palisade/97/59/105/?title=Aet...) at 2pm slt

Viv & Sera
Salonistas

For additional information on Miss Malaprop's work, see "An Engine Fit For My Proceeding"

Curses! Aether Salon the First, October 12, 2008

The Announcement posted as such: 

All are welcome to join us at the Aether Salon in Babbage Palisades (located across the street from Her Dark Materials, & conveniently near the train station) for tea and a spirited discussion of:

Curses!
with a make-your-own-curse craft to follow.


Topics will include curses old and new - both Babbage-centric, such as the dreaded monster hand, the amulet, and our current wandering mummy - and throughout history.* We feel that a solid education on the topic is important to the moral fabric of the Babbage community. All are welcome, including believers, practitioners, and nay-sayers. Bob, you can come too.

We are very grateful to all who are supporting the salon with their experiences, wit, and wisdom.

Salons will take place each month. Participants are kindly requested to bring a low-prim chair (although this may change in the future).

Future suggestions for salons are already streaming in. Our favorites to date, in keeping with the theme of discussion+craft, are certainly Miss CeeJay Writer's: "Demonic Posession, and crochet your own Cthulu" and "Food safety issues. Canning and preserving your own food. With discussion of what not to eat in Babbage. Django Yifo, guest speaker."

*Due to popular request, "what's wrong wiff Bob" will be an optional discussion to follow all salons.