There's a plane here. There's a pilot here. My seat assignment may be wrong; we shall see. But on to the next challenge. (I bet my office e-mail is, um, plenty full.)

I hear more comments about the flight being canceled, but the gate and monitor say it's on time. But there's no plane at the gate. But it wasn't scheduled to leave for more'n an hour. I think this is one reason many folks aren't eager to fly; it's certainly why I'd like to be home today. Just the constant shift in plans. Hope I make it before dark, what with reports of (surprise) icy roads in Wisconsin.

I'm sitting in the Baltimore airport, and it's the most deserted I've ever seen an airport during the day. And now I overhear someone saying his Chicago flight has been canceled. And I think it's mine. What the?

Ah, that's not something you want to hear: "Everyone on the 9:40 flight, line up over there! That flight has been canceled." Kudos to daughter-in-law Denise, who'd insisted on joining me at the ticket counter instead of (as I'd suggested) dropping me off at the entrance.

... of making 75-ohm connectors painful to use? I've come off more than an hour's contortions of trying to line up cable to a VCR (old Panasonic) equipped with a 75-ohm input spot only accessible to a lemur. Eventually, I gave up -- with hopes of finding more recent electronics that work. But gee whiz.

Suddenly, the countdown to end-of-year holiday celebrations takes on urgency. I'm sure the Post Office is already suggesting that slower-moving packages be shipped NOW. I have a few items picked out (none wrapped), but I'm having to mail virtually everything, so it's time to get things in gear. Boxes, bags, backer boards, comics, and what else? Oh, and now we have quite a few videos posted at CBGXtra. Have you looked at any yet? What more would you like to see?

We'll see what turns out to be usable (that is to say, informative and entertaining), but I'm pretty sure I came away with a number of fun little clips. Hold your breath, because it'll be a couple of weeks till I can get any transferred and posted.

I've spent time today responding to queries of how the Maggie Roast went (from those who couldn't make it) and coments on how those who DID attend it enjoyed it. It was fun -- though, bewilderngly, some just said nice things. (My worst trait is, apparently connected with driving directions. Luckily, I just bought a Garmin GPS system.)

I had a chance to talk with many on my must-talk-to lst. Unfortunately, Tom Batiuk was apparently busy elsewhere much of today; luckily, he gave me a lovely LISA'S STORY yesterday.

Now I'm sitting in a United Airlines gate area, whence I hope to fly out in 1.5 hours.

And a lazy one, sleeping in, hanging about, reading more of the Kirby book, chatting briefly with Mid-Ohio-Con organizer Roger Price (who looked cheery and relaxed two days before the show), and now preparing to head out for dinner. Part of my thoughts has been devoted to ways to work with the OSU comics folks. That part has come up with some ideas that I'll be discussing in December.