The Feet Have Returned to Earth

I'm back from L.A. and what a nice time I had! I managed to speak coherently when I accepted my award (no small feat, I tell you), and found a way to get it home in my suitcase in one piece (Yay!). Now, all I need is to get my office back together (another small feat after last month's flooding) so I have a place where it can be displayed!

Friday was spent sightseeing as this was my first time in L.A. Santa Monica pier (nice), Venice Beach (a place I have no desire to visit again) and...