Nibs lost another pub.

The situation isn't as bad as last fall -- it's a smaller fraction of her income, she's got queries in the pipeline already, and she hated working for that editor -- but it's still a hit. I can't say I'm thrilled with the timing, either.

customary costume completion crowing

Through a combination of painstaking historical research (OK, the first Google hit), guesswork, spray starch, and cheesy fakery, I've finished the costume that I've been working on for the last couple of months. You can see it at Halloween, you can see it at Burning Man, or you can see it tomorrow night at the Merc: