In Austin

Rising from the crypt this morning at 5:30 am after a scant two hours' sleep, I schlumped onto a plane at eight, and six hours later I find myself in Austin, Texas. DC had finally cooled off to what looked to be a beautiful weekend... here, it's a sweltering 100 degrees. Thank god for air conditioning.

I have a heavy work schedule while here, but there are a few intervals of socializing mixed in, and I'm tacking one extra free day on the end. On Wednesday and Thursday I'll be having two get-togethers at wildly different ends of my personal spectrum. It should be a fun exercise in compare and contrast.