The Final Countdown

Thanks to everyone last night who took part in Kansas City's first online Town Hall Meeting. It was a lot of fun. I learned that I am a fast typist but not fast enough to respond to multiple questions all at the same time! There were some behind the scenes hiccups. My Firefox installation decided it was time to update about thirty minutes before the chat. Of course the update failed because I'm running (reluctantly) Windows Vista. That left me with no Firefox and no bookmarks! My Putty shell which I use to run scripts on my webserver decided it didn't like the Roasterie's open WiFi so it refused to work also. That left me with no way to initialize the chat software! Fortunately I had driven to the Roasterie so it only takes about two minutes to get there from my house. I drove home, did everything I had to do to make the chat work from my good old (and I do mean old) PC. Drove back to the Roasterie, fired up Internet Explorer (Yuk!) and flipped the switch. People started logging in almost immediately. Pheww! Today I tie up the loose ends. Maybe knock a few doors that have some "interesting" combinations of yard signs. Make a couple of phone calls. Swing by church and light a candle (it's a Catholic thing) and then maybe have a nice dinner and relax. Tomorrow we find out.