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San Antonio, Texas Yep, another really late night. After a long reasonably boring day of driving (though there were a few interesting parts along the way), we hit the town tonight… well, sort of 🙂 We actually went for a walk along the riverfront among all the bars and restaurants, and had a look at…

The convention hasn’t even started yet, and I’m exhausted already. I’m blaming this on the drugs, which are working a bit too well: normally if I had a cold I’d be in bed feeling rotten, and definitely not trying to do too much, but as I’ve got all these wonderful chemicals suppressing most of the…

I didn’t pick up nearly as many books at this convention as I did in Sydney, but I still acquired quite a stack: [album 128913 nzbcpile.JPG thumblink] The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare by Lilian Jackson Braun Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling Press Send by John McLaren The Theory of War by…

The taxi dropped us off a few doors away from the pub, and Hawkette and I struggled to carry our own heavy bags, plus Lytteltonwitch’s bag of books (Lytteltonwitch was under strict instructions from her doctor not to carry any heavy bags this weekend, so I’d promised to play pack horse for her), plus the…

Went to Trattorie for lunch with Lytteltonwitch yesterday. Actually, technically it was a meetup for the Cross-stitch meetup group I’m trying to resurrect (I wanted to join a new meetup group,in the hope of expanding my circle of friends outside of Bookcrossing a bit (not that there’s anything wrong with Bookcrossers, I just don’t want…

Ok, I’ve been back long enough now that the jet lag has mostly worn off (I’ve managed to convince my body clock to sleep at normal times, but I haven’t quite adjusted back to normal meal times yet – I keep getting hungry at really weird times, then not be hungry when it’s actually time…