Well I am back from SuperCon, it was a lovely weekend. A bit weird, first convention I have attended without Toad, not that I particularly noticed except no one was nagging me to eat, I did eat incedentally. I spent part of Friday afternoon helping Don set up consuite, and hang his video screen. I loafed a lot, talked to some cool people, basically it was one each average convention, except I spent far less time working. I also came to a conclusion while talking to Betsy, that I bitch about my job too much. I am going to try and make 3 days without bitching about it. We shall see if I succeed. I have made it through 1, but was home alone all day yesterday so that wasn't too hard. I think it might be time to start looking at contracting agencies and headhunters. But I am recitent to move and buy a new house on a contract job that I might not be able to replace, when the time runs out. We shall see. Basically I had a near perfect weekend. Thanks to all the fine people involved in running supercon, like Betsy, Ish, Don, Becca, Greg, Charles and some other folks I am sure I am forgetting.

I talked to some old friends, met some new people. I am still left wondering if people talk to me because they feel sorry for me or not, and if they really like me or just put up with me because I keep showing up and haven't done anything stupid enough to get myself banned, or blacklisted. Oddly I hardly talked to some folks I usually spend lots of time with at all. Worked on three or four puzzles with various people, including Andy, who I had no idea could be so much fun. I normally see him when he is totally stressed, so I normally think of him that way. He is a hoot.