Collected Notes, Thoughts, and Hallucinations from beautiful Arlington, Texas
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DAY O: TRAVEL

My hats off to TSA; they really seemed to have their stuff together.

How to tell Texans from Ahians while waiting for your flight at the airport: Texans returning home after a short time up North have residual suntans; Ahians heading to Texas after a long Winter have residual chilblains.

I'm glad I didn't fly on one of the carriers advertising "Oxygen will be available for purchase in the cabin."

On the shuttle ride from DFW Airport to the Wyndham Arlington, you couldn't fling a dead cat without hitting a PB conventioneer.

DAY 0: Afterhours

Being introduced to all the best friends I'd never met was really neat. It is amazing how many of the people behind the handles on this forum turn out to be bigger-than-life personalities - everyone seems to be 6 feet tall with movie star good looks. Except Sunil.

Bob Lusk himself is bigger than bigger-than-life, a big brawny 6 and a half footer with broad shoulders and a broader mind. He has a vision of the Pond Management industry so intense that when he talks, the audience sees that vision big and clear. Favorite Lusk quote so far, on the success of Pond Boss: "Sometimes I lay in bed at night and start to giggle, 'cause I get jealous of myself." All in all, a marvelous man without whom none of this could have happened. Thanks so much, Bob!