[T]here was a wonderful exhilaration about it all: my blood was kept at fever-pitch

They have to cope with the unacademic behaviour of faculty and administration...

I made a suggestion of something new to the sci.skeptics who hate Christianity but love Judaism.

I hope that it be a case of full board or nothing, though, since that price would be way out of reach for a lot of furs, and would also scare off many of those for whom it was their first furcon - something that seems quite likely in a country where we haven't had one before! If you're new to furcons and want to see if you like them, you don't want to go spending that amount of money straight away.