Notes, ThinkWell #3

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Footnotes for Issue #3

1 Harumph about hardwood spearshafts. Rattan has been the basis of SCA weapons since before the first Pennsic, right? Were there other weapons there not made of rattan? Were spears not considered to be weapons? Harumph. —ælflaED

2 Not really anonymous, more like “name withheld.”

3 This is where mundane differences really compound SCA differences. East and West coast everyday behavior is so different that it seems each set finds the other nearly unbearable sometimes. What people “out here” (New Mexico and thousands of miles in many directions) see of East Coast behavior is that they seem relatively pushy, selfish and uncaring about individuals, and unwilling to consider that what we consider to be civilization really qualifies. What I think they see of us is that we’re less formal and more direct (and therefore too familiar too soon—asking personal questions as casual conversation), which could be seen as obnoxious and insensitive to people who didn’t grow up that way. (Other observations?)

4 Newer members might not be aware that long ago the board of directors was called “Imperial Electors” and addressed as “Your Serenity.” They used SCA names in board business. It changed about the time I started paying attention to such matters, give-or-take thirteen years ago.

5 Because it’s your turn to play Santa Claus (Bright Ideas and True Confessions, chapter 1, available from some SCA merchant at Pennsic or from Ælflæd by mail.)

6 Ælflæd says: If they express that resentment or make it obvious, it can make it really hard for supporters they may have to further their case (in the case of peerage, one aspect of which is attitude and behavior).

7 This was the original ending, which I especially like. Later in the week Hope changed the last verse so that the last two lines become: