Meanwhile

Excellent to see- or barely see- you all (Frank, Snay, The Lovely Birthday Girl, Jwer, that hot minute we shared with Jennetic, Common Wombat and his cackling - but fantastic- wife, The ever-radiant Zenchick, JJT, E and Fool, Eebmore, ACW, and in the final stretches, Epiphany and Martha. -- who did I miss?) Young wanted me to pass along that she said goodbye to everyone. What a great time, as always, dudes.

But, while we were covered in mardi gras beads chatting away in those smoky catacombs, my good pal Russell was apparently sick as a dog. Here is a smattering of the messages I received as my cell phone was somewhere sitting on the back of a chair:

message no. 1:
"Please come take care of me or bring me to your house"

message no. 2:
"Seriously help me! Please!"

and of course several voice mail messages, one of which literally said:
"Jessica, I'm serious, I'll pay you..."

Oh!!! What a terribly bad friend, I was! I was with you people for 3 hours and the whole world turns upside down!

Russell, I hope you're feeling better today and aren't holding too much of a grudge.