Before I left Seattle, Larry was planning (or having Clare plan) a retreat for the entire firm. As it happens, the retreat was the same weekend as Susan's wedding; had I still been with the firm, I'd have gone to the wedding anyway :)

Tomorrow night, the big firm I work with now is hosting a little bash to show off our game. No lakeside chalets and camp fires for us...the party is at the apparent social center of San Francisco and only a few folks from San Diego are going.

I'm not sure that we were supposed to see the part of the email that said that some folks were being invited to offset the "geek factor." :D Still, it was an amusing little turn of phrase. I am a very lucky chicklet as I get to go; not as an offset mind you, but as a geek. Whee!

Of course this gives me some social anxiety. Broos will be there, but as one of the big cheeses he and his kilt will be schmoozing with the other bigwigs. I'm not sure about Matt's plan for fun; he wants me to take photos of him "farting on celebrities." I hope the celebrities have no sense of smell.