Into the Belly of the Beast

Well, today I'm off on my trip to Berkeley for the weekend. I have a particularly un-fond place in my heart for Berkeley after an unpleasant year spent in grad school. But there's a conference in my field there this weekend, so off I go. I'll try to post a chronicle of everything that goes wrong.

We're off to a fitting start (or is that "fits and starts"), with my flight being two hours late. Soon to come: traffic jams caused by war protestors, rude service in restaurants, and I'm sure other stuff.