Hey Nickie. Yep. Jeff has been telling us all about the Internet connectivity problems at the Marriott this year. He says the IT staff are, at least in part, blaming it on his laptop. Was that also your experience? Sounds like many others also had serious problems with Internet connectivity. I'd suggest you all insist to the hotel staff that you should not have to pay for Internet service that has mostly not been provided!

Hey. Wow. I now think I might be starting to have some sort of an idea what it must be like to live with chronic pain issues. This last eye surgery I had back on March 16 has really been kicking me in the behind in the pain department. The doc did warn me about this right after surgery, but words just can't describe it. I'm usually pretty tough when it comes to pain, choosing to avoid heavy pain meds like Vicotin. But, for over a week now, I've been in almost constant serious pain since the surgery. I have been taking the pain meds about twice a day. It helps. Certainly it feels better than not taking the pills, but, wow, the headaches and eye aches are just absolutely incredibly intense at times! Good luck, and I'm definitely bummed out I couldn't hang out with all of you at CSUN this year.

Are you going to make a post discussing any of the new things you saw, or the "good stuff" points? I'm just kind of curious how you enjoyed the conference, and what you saw.