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Aug 21, 2019 12 tweets 5 min read Read on X
They are closing the boarding doors. Have a drink! #marygoround
Welcome to Newark! We've landed safely. Have a drink!

#marygoround
Oh joy. My flight home to Nashville is cancelled.

#marygoround
While we sit in the tarmac because there's no available gate, maybe I'll see if this nice island we passed over is for sale.

#marygoround Greenland, seen from an airplane
To all the #WorldCon folks on the plane with me. Sorry about this. Probably should have seen me and rebooked.

New followers, to play #marygoround:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.
(Sip, don't chug. Does not need to be alcohol to play.)
I've been rebooked on another flight! (Point to you.)

Which is delayed. (point to me)
#marygoround
The captain says that we'll be sitting here for another 30 minutes.

That's fine, because my next flight has been further delayed by an hour.

#marygoround
Finally at the gate! Have a drink.

#marygoround
My flight is further delayed. We don't have a plane.

On the plus side, it meant I got to have dinner with @2muchexposition
who edited #thecalculatingstars

#marygoround
My plane arrived into the international terminal, and they needed extra time to tow it to our gate because of severe congestion on the tarmac as a result of thunderstorms in Newark.

BUT WE ARE FINALLY BOARDING NOW!

Have a drink. #MaryGoRound
They are closing the boarding doors! See you in Nashville. Have a drink!

#marygoround
Welcome to Nashville! Only 31 hours after my original return time. Have a drink!

#marygoround

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Mar 1, 2022
You are invited to a Gala commemorating the 70th Anniversary of The Meteor.

It is also a fundraiser for Ukraine.
eventbrite.com/e/70th-anniver…
You might notice that I have a Ukrainian surname.

My husband's grandfather emigrated from Kyiv to escape "the troubles." We don't know any of our relatives there because he fled leaving everything behind. He changed his name to simplify it for English speakers.
I watch the events in Ukraine and think about the repercussions that will roll decades forward from this point in time.

So what I can I do?

I was already planning to host an event because, in Elma York's world, Wednesday, March 3rd would be the 70th anniversary of The Meteor.
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Nov 1, 2021
Rob and I are aboard our flight to Reykjavik and @icecon21!

Fáðu þér drykk!

To play #marygoround:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.

(Sip, don't chug. Can play with water, because hydration is important.)
Oh my, hearing Icelandic spoken by the pilot makes me very happy.

Even if he is telling us that there is a problem loading the plane.

#marygoround
They are having "a little electrical problem and have to switch off the power. It will be dark."

#marygoround
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Oct 16, 2021
Who wants to watch a rocket launch this morning?

#LucyMission is launching. It's 12-year mission, to explore strange new asteroids, to--

Wait, actually these are really old asteroids and may give us new information about how the solar system formed.
Waiting with @AstroKatie, @therealfitz, and @ChristineSFF to see #LucyMission launch.

It's exciting to see how many people are up this early to see a launch. Night. 4 very excited people wait in line in front of an ill
Not the rocket we're here to see, but still pretty. Mercury rocket at night
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Oct 15, 2021
Ready for today's game of #marygoround? I'm headed to Cape Canaveral to watch #LucyMission launch tomorrow morning.

To play:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.
(Sip, don't chug. Can play with water because hydration is important) Image
They are closing the boarding door for an on time departure. Have a drink!

#marygoround
Welcome to Chicago! I'm just passing through on my way to Cape Canaveral to watch a launch.

Have a drink!

#marygoround Chicago from the air at dawn
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Oct 1, 2021
A recent conversation with Elsie using @FluentPet buttons.

Elsie: Open
Me: The door is open, Elsie.
Elsie: Open.
Me: The door is open.
Elsie: Open. Help.
Me: I don't understand.

As I walk to her, she walks past me to the bedroom door which IS closed.

1/
When I open it she goes straight to her water bowl & drinks. It's not normally in the bedroom, but we've had construction.

It's cool that she's generalized from one door to the other.

When she finishes drinking, she walks back to the button board.

Elsie: Open. Love You.
It's really hard to read that is anything except my cat thanking me.

Meanwhile, as I write this, she has told me "Want. Training. Help. Play."

Also, just walked in to look at me, then went back to the button board & pressed "all done" aka "get off the computer."
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Aug 26, 2021
Time for a new game of #marygoround with @cwvinewhisperer coming with me en route to @SiliConSJ

To play:
1. When my travel goes well, you drink.
2. When it goes poorly, I drink.

(Sip, don't chug. Can play with water, because hydration is important.) Image
Houston is at a ground stop due to thunderstorms. So, we will not have an on time departure...

We only had 55 minutes to change planes, so I'm going to hope that is also delayed.

#marygoround
An hour delayed, but Houston had lifted the ground stop. Have a drink!

Hopefully we'll depart soon.
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