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My First Sunstone!

chanson, September 28, 2009October 20, 2010

I’ve just done a guest post on the Sunstone Blog about my first Sunstone experience!!

Shortly after the conference, I was happy to see that two bloggers remembered the panel I organized as being a particular favorite! Unfortunately, neither one of them seemed to remember that I was on the panel. A bit of a bad sign…

Anyway, to prove that I really was there, I have a photo (taken by Kaimi):

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Comments (7)

  1. aerin says:
    September 28, 2009 at 7:32 am

    I think the link to biv’s blog is broken – you need to be logged in in order to access the post about the island of misfit toys…otherwise, thanks for posting! Wish I could have been there – it sounds fascinating!

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  2. chanson says:
    September 28, 2009 at 7:47 am

    I know. I submitted the guest post before she set her blog private — I didn’t know she would do that when I wrote it. I should probably write to the Sunstone folks and tell them to take the link information off of that citation.

    Reply
  3. wayne says:
    September 28, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Hey chanson,
    Where can we see a transcript of your contribution, and reactions to it?

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  4. chanson says:
    September 28, 2009 at 10:59 am

    The Sunstone Foundation recorded all of the sessions, so the audio will be available from them at some point. Also, I re-read my remarks for the Atheist Talk Radio Podcast, along with a bunch of additional commentary. Neither appears to be ready (yet), but I’ll keep you posted! 😀

    Reply
  5. angryyoungwoman says:
    September 28, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Hey, I remember you, at least. And that’s what’s important.
    Anyway the real party was the night before.

    Reply
  6. chanson says:
    September 28, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    Absolutely!!! 😀

    Reply
  7. Hellmut says:
    October 4, 2009 at 8:06 am

    You are looking great, Chanson! Sorry for the sexist remark. When the video is available, I will compliment your formidable intellect!

    Reply

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