We're on our way

Our backs (er, I mean, bags, but my entire luggage is in a huge duffel which is currently sitting on my back, and is extremely heavy) are packed, we've left the house, to be picked up by a car service in 7 minutes, to get on a plane in 3 hours, which should drop us in London after a 7 hour flight. After which, we then get on a train to to Glasgow, arriving a "mere" 12 perceptual hours after we left (and 17 hours by the clock), not to return until the 17th, and not to spend a full 24 hours in NYC again until my birthday (the 21st of August).

Whee. I hope it's (and suspect it will be) worth it.

See all of yous who are going to Worldcon (or Tolkien 2005, but I don't know of anyone who reads this aside from drcpunk who does) or that other con in Indianapolis when that happens!

On the plane

Ok, this will be my last post before we land.

On our way into the plane, Lisa and I had someone pull us off to the side, check our passports...and let us cut the line. Wierd, huh? Especially given our usual expectation that this sort of thing would involve an extra inspection instead...

I've been reading, not vidgaming (apparently, the cheapo mp3 player I have helps, taking care of my nervous habits which often push me into playing video games on the zaurus in preference to reading far more than I'd like; hopefully this will continue, since I've been reading much less over the last couple of years than I'd have liked). What have I been reading? Actually, it's Ellen Kushner's latest manuscript. Is it good? Is it ever...

Gotta turn the phone off now.