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Forty-five minutes from now I have to drink 30 ounces of water as close to "all at once" as I can manage. Then it's off the hospital for an ultrasound.
( Cut for medical info about menstruation. ) My psych nurse suggested that this might be caused by fibroids, and my GP agreed to give me an ultrasound to see if any growths are present. I'm not much looking forward to the procedure (I've had one before and having a bladder THAT full is extremely uncomfortable), but I will certainly welcome any information it reveals.
As for the whole WisCon thing (which I'm sure everybody and their dog has heard about by now)... the more I think about it, the more depressing it becomes. Some people are prize-winning jerks, and while you have to admire (after a fashion) their comprehensiveness in hitting every square on the Asshole Bingo card, it's still a sad display of the depths of cruelty and mockery that a human being can sink to.
Yesterday I'd posted an entry filled with links on the subject, but someone on my Friends list kindly brought to my attention the fact that if something were to happen to the person in question (and yes, that person has received threats as a result of their conduct) I probably wouldn't want to have even the slightest doubt that my spreading of the information in such a blatant manner might have led to the act of retribution. They were right. Therefore, even though I find the story to be quite intriguing both from a fannish POV and a human interest POV, I deleted the entry. So if you saw an Incredible There-And-Gone post yesterday, that was it.
There was a great deal of indignation, and much sturm and drang, in the links I'd posted, but I don't think that in this case responding in kind is the moral high ground. WisCon has apparently perma-banned the person in question and is talking to the organization which sponsored the convention: since the person in question is associated with that organization, this might actually result in some real world consequences. But threatening the person with assault or death, and spreading the person's contact information around the Internet, as some people have done? No, not a good idea, and not sound ethically either.
Meh. Off to have a shower.
( Cut for medical info about menstruation. ) My psych nurse suggested that this might be caused by fibroids, and my GP agreed to give me an ultrasound to see if any growths are present. I'm not much looking forward to the procedure (I've had one before and having a bladder THAT full is extremely uncomfortable), but I will certainly welcome any information it reveals.
As for the whole WisCon thing (which I'm sure everybody and their dog has heard about by now)... the more I think about it, the more depressing it becomes. Some people are prize-winning jerks, and while you have to admire (after a fashion) their comprehensiveness in hitting every square on the Asshole Bingo card, it's still a sad display of the depths of cruelty and mockery that a human being can sink to.
Yesterday I'd posted an entry filled with links on the subject, but someone on my Friends list kindly brought to my attention the fact that if something were to happen to the person in question (and yes, that person has received threats as a result of their conduct) I probably wouldn't want to have even the slightest doubt that my spreading of the information in such a blatant manner might have led to the act of retribution. They were right. Therefore, even though I find the story to be quite intriguing both from a fannish POV and a human interest POV, I deleted the entry. So if you saw an Incredible There-And-Gone post yesterday, that was it.
There was a great deal of indignation, and much sturm and drang, in the links I'd posted, but I don't think that in this case responding in kind is the moral high ground. WisCon has apparently perma-banned the person in question and is talking to the organization which sponsored the convention: since the person in question is associated with that organization, this might actually result in some real world consequences. But threatening the person with assault or death, and spreading the person's contact information around the Internet, as some people have done? No, not a good idea, and not sound ethically either.
Meh. Off to have a shower.
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