Happy JayCon day! I'll be out and about this morning on a mix of errands and generalized foolishness with khaybee, danjite, lasirenadolce, the_child and possibly tillyjane. See some, all or none of you this afternoon. In other news, the Amazon Bookstore Blog is featuring yours truly , courtesy of the Squid Man himself, jeffvandermeer. Also, csinman has provided me with this delightful caricature , in my zeppelin pilot rig with my hair streaming behind me. I love the gearing, too. Finally I note Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon ] is well below 10,000 in its Amazon sales ranking, at least as of this writing. Whee! As we clockpunks say, "sproing on, crazy brass."