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Ready for my nap now….

So last night I did make it to the dinner with Katie. It turned out that my parents could bring C to their evening meeting (and I hear she ran the show).

The whole shindig was quite neat. Not only did they wine and dine us (sans wine, of course) in the luxurious skybox at the football stadium, but we also got the privilege of hearing one of new media’s leading innovators. He is an amazing speaker, and he really changed my thinking with where we’re heading with technology and the media. I’d never realized, for example, the extent to which databases drive pretty much anything interesting online, and I was reminded once again how hard it is to think outside your paradigm.

I’ll never forget the day in college when they asked me, as a member of the tech support group on campus, whether it was worthwhile to invest in wireless internet. At the time, I thought the notion was ridiculous. I had no clue.

Anyway, I was impressed and honored to be there, but I still can’t believe how late it ran. We got C home and in bed around 11, but my parents had already gotten her down to sleep, and she didn’t stir from their house to the car and then to her bed, which was a really fortunate first. I know they had good reasons for running so late, but it sure wasn’t ideal for anyone who had to work today.

Did someone say something about work?