hello from I-5 about an hour south of eugene, or

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I believe that i've reached a point in my life where i have to have Internet access wherever i am.  I fear that i'll have to purchase a hiptop or palmtop computer doohickey soon because whipping out the laptop and the broadband wireless card will prove to be too cumbersome.

Kim and i will attend her longtime friend Judy's wedding tomorrow.  The interesting breaks in today's drive have included sharing a decent spicy chicken sandwich from Jack in the Box, enjoying a very nice meal at Lily's Restaurant in scenic and snowy City of Mount Shasta, and a rest area where there were so many chattering birds that their noise, reflected off the walls of the picnic area, sounded like a boom box playing terrible pop music at a volume beyond what its cheap speakers could support.  It was a bizarre illusion that i dispelled when i walked over, looking for the offending device, and many of the birds flew away, taking their chatter with them.

Last weekend was DunDraCon, festival nonpareil of nerdliness.  In addition to seeing the usual suspects (palecur [who ran his first LARP, but i love him anyway], amywithani, racerxmachina, roseembolism, tinellaq, teawiththecheat, dancingshaman, deirdremoon, lurkingowl, changinganswers, crisper, and anotherdave), i picked up elmuchacho and Brendan from the Dublin BART station, and also saw two old Best Internet comrades, Aaron and Carl.  Once again, i got into Bruce Mattos's game (so did Aaron, except he sent Carl in his stead) and had a good time, and the other game i crashed was quite entertaining, despite the fact that one guy (who happened to have an unbalanced munchkin character) essentially screwed the entire party and then left the room.  Sadly, despite our best intentions, neither David nor i submitted games.  But next year for sure!  Pinky swear!