[insert random techno song here]

I'm sitting in the middle of the sales conference, waiting for the activities to begin. I got up to San Francisco last night, after an abbreviated day caused by a) sleeping until noon and b) a long lunch with Claudius. I'm staying in the Marriott with Arod, who's back from the India office for an unfortunately-short trip; we went to the opening reception and a later party, before hanging out in our room with Chris until bedtime.

Now the conference is beginning, but I wanted you all to know that I'm alive. I'll write later!