Everyone who ever chanted "Drill, baby, drill!"

please report to the Gulf coast for cleanup duty - apparently a tweet from Bill Maher.

Looks like a steampunk weekend

On Saturday, there's the New England Steampunk Festival at the Museum of Science and Industry in Waltham:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Waltham-MA/Steampunk-Festival/234046964955

The museum was recently flooded; I gather they could use the support.

On Sunday, there will be house tours of the Steampunk house.

http://sharonhistoricalsociety.org/2010_House_Tour.htm

I think I'll be doing both.