Baycon looms over us all.

• kshandra and madelineusher are safely settled at the Santa Clara Hilton.


• Kiri's scooter has a back up alarm. This pleases me no end.


• I'm mostly packed. Clothing is done, denture stuff will go in after I put my teeth in tomorrow.


• I obsess over t-shirt selections the way real fashionistas obsess over real clothing.


• Pretty much ready for my panels.


• Got forwarded an excellent article for the Military Robots panel.


• Given my rocking steampunk shirts and the vest hellloooonurse bought me a few years ago, I really need a rocking hat.


• Yes, I am willing to part with my iconic Giants cap for the weekend.


• I'll have my Giants lanyard.


• Bringing along Eisenhorn and the Dark Heresy rulebook to read during down time.


• Y'all can laugh at that last line now.


• Hopefully, tomorrow is very light at work. Since most of the union guys have the day off, I'm expecting an easy day.


• One nice thing I already noticed: a special late-night menu both in the restaurant and for room delivery.


• Since I generally eat sans teeth, this is a mitzvah.


• Cue whiplash in my friends who are Jewish.


• OK, pack my backpack, gather some nutritional shakes and Mountain Dew (and take those down to the car), make sure that I have space for all the required power cords.


• CONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attention Kevin!

I've managed to sneak some footage of test track for the California high-speed rail system!

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