at least be with nice people. I was, yesterday, got to spend some time with Mr and Mrs Alger. Who are every bit as nice as you might suspect. And had a great time. The home improvements Mark is doing with his place are intense- I don’t envy him the work he has yet to do, but the place has a great layout and great potential, and is well on it’s way to being an incredibly cute home.

Now come the restraining orders, and the death threats. Still, unlike most people who meet me for the first time, they seemed not to run screaming in terror until the end of the evening. OK, maybe yawning, but terror was definitely involved.

Nice to meet them. If you have a chance, you should do so too.

Bloggers, as a bunch, I’ve noticed, are decent folks. We all have our specific goofiness, and I am the POSTER CHILD for it, but aside from the occasional nervous tic, we’re remarkably normal. I have met almost all the bloggers I regularly read, now. And I have enjoyed meeting them all, the Algers a classic example. Thanks, folks, it was a great evening.