There's something about blogging that brings out the "here's what I had for breakfast" streak in many of us. I bought SuperPhone so's to post during the San Diego show: planning that I could post each event as it happened, serving as a news feed and as a way to maintain my own notes. It would be packed with all sorts of gossip and wise perspective. Instead: Here's what I had for breakfast.

And I kept lousy notes.

Let's take a look:

July 25: I chatted with (argh! "chatted"! speaking of the streak in many of us! I don't just talk with people; I chat with them) Milton Griepp, as we waited in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport waiting to board the plane for San Diego. He was calling in fixes for his ICv2 magazine, and he said his cab driver told him he'd already taken a couple of other Madison residents to the airport for the trip to SDCC.

Getting on the plane, I walked by (and said a quick Hi! to) Neil Gaiman, who had the first seat in First Class. Other con-attendees-to-be were seated elsewhere on the plane. Nice.

Wrangled calls from Brent (coming the next day) and Karen Kraft (who used to be a Discovery Channel producer and planned to attend the SDCC briefly -- whch she did). I realized I still wasn't recognizing my new cell phone ring. I was That Annoying Person You Know So Well: Who's the jerk who's not answering the cell phone? Oh. Me. Oops. (Yeah, yeah, here's what I had for breakfast.)

The flight attendant wrapped up the opening speech with, "Thank you for your tension." Later in the flight, one of the attendants near me opined that there wouldn't be another Harry Potter film because the actors would be too old. Har. (I have all sorts of commentary on Hallows, but this is probably even less of a place for that discussion than it is for breakfast details. I will say that the book demands a second reading to get all the juice out of it, and I've now [Aug. 7] begun listening to the great Jim Dale audiobook version.)

July 26: Overheard one Comic-Con International: San Diego volunteer talking to a new recruit: "Floor Manager is a thankless job. You walk the entire floor for four days, telling exhibitors, 'You're breaking the rules.' "

Comparing and contrasting the Marvel Postage Stamp Presentation (2007) to the DC Postage Stamp Presentation (2006): There was less of an "event" feel about it. The DC unveiling made a point of including the comics creators connected with the stamps in question; the Marvel unveiling didn't even pay tribute to the fact that Len Wein (co-creator of Wolverine) was in the audience. And the Postal Service booth? It was #5500, and I did try to find it, trudging along the wall from booth to booth, but with no success. People did assure me it was there, but the show is so vast that most displays get me to look for them once -- and only once. (I did try repeated visits to the booth at which Ron Goulart appeared, but he was never there as I drifted by, doggone it.)

Let's post this so's not to take a chance on losing what I've written so far, OK?

... that, between them, Peter David and Mark Evanier have lost ME since last year? That's no abstraction: The two have slimmed down to a staggering -- and inspirational -- extent. They mentioned something about eating less. Hmm ...