Beginning to get a complex here...

[gnomi]

OK, after reading a bunch of OVFF trip reports from friends and friends-of-friends, I'm gonna have to ask: Raise your hand if you saw Becky, Harold, and Aaron Feld at OVFF.

OK, now raise your hand if you knew that Becky Feld is my sister.

Thank you.

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Hello

[shaneomatic.livejournal.com]

I poked the "random" button and then I saw this vortex open and I landed here in this corner of the space/time contiunuum. That's as nerdy as I get. At any rate, I have enjoyed your first two entries despite the noticeable disadvantage of knowing neither what OVFF is nor who you are. I give due consideration, however, to word geeks. I enjoy the language and it's form but wish I were better at working it. Maybe I can glean from your writings.

Also, have you ever heard of Beck Feld?

Re: Hello

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Hi! Welcome to my admittedly-bizzare little corner of the Livejournal universe. I'm glad you dropped in.

OVFF is the Ohio Valley Filk Festival, and it was held last weekend.

I'm a linguist-turned-technical-writer in the Boston area.

And, no, I must admit I've never heard of Beck Feld. Please enlighten me.

I hope you stick around; I always like meeting new people.

Re: Hello

[shaneomatic.livejournal.com]

I hate to be so goy, but please tell me what Filk means. I am making a leap and guessing it might be a Jewish thing. How far off is that?

Re: Hello

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Actually, filk has nothing to do with Judaism, though I do know a lot of Jews in the Filk community. Filk is the music of science fiction, and it is a subculture unto itself. Those who write and perform filk are known as filkers. Tigerbright (I'd have made this a link, but LJ is picking on me) is a member of the filk community and is one of the memebers of my friends list; she might be able to explain better than I could.