DC

OK, here is a bit of an update. Brief, because I am now flagging (coped well, mostly, during con time, but now...).

1. As you might have guessed, I am now back from Contemplation, or the Emergency Holographic Eastercon. I plan to write a bit more when I am, you know, sentient. But it was good. At times I was reminded of the first cons I went to, over a quarter of a century ago. I did make it to some programme items (not just the ones I was on!), I did help out as best I could, and I did not suffer a catastrophic loss of spoons at any point (in fact, I seemed to get a supply of con spoons from somewhere).
   
   I saw many people it was great to see again, in some cases to get know better than before. As well as people like the_magician and frandowdsofa, and the putting of faces to some LJ usernames (the lovely darth_tigger, for example, and mevennen, whose stall I was looking at for an embarrassing length of time before the penny dropped), it was fantastic to see judip and Zandy again. Best of all, I finally got to meet purpletigron in the flesh. :)
    
2. I still have not caught up with LJ. I really hope none of you have died/been maimed/lost your jobs, that you have not suffered the loss of family, friends or pets, while I have been really failing quite stunningly to keep up.
    
3. Email? OMG, I have over 120 non-spam emails. If you have emailed me with anything urgent and I don't get back to you soon (bearing in mind I plan to spend much of the non-Life On Mars portion of the next 48 hours as unconscious as possible), prod me.
    
4. Those of you in Glasgow, Trout is on Thursday. satellite_1 membership rates went up today, but just for those good folk who come to the Ingram on Thursday night there will be one last chance to sign up at the old rate of £15. We should also have membership forms for Orbital 2008, the next Eastercon, as well as information about LX, the 2009 Eastercon in Bradford.
    
   
5. I am knackered, and I am now going to: eat; watch The Daily Show then Life On Mars (the tension mounts...); and have a hot bath. Catching up is going to have to wait a bit longer.