Hello from Austin, TX!

I'm still having a little bit of a hard time believing that I'm actually in frakkin' Texas. Talk about a state I never expected to visit. Anyway I'm here at Netroots Nation, THE epicenter of new progressive movement created, fueled and expanded by the liberal bloggers.

So, anyway here's a couple pics I've taken:
Lobby at the Hilton


Checkin


Convention Center sign #1


Convention Center sign #2


Darcy Burner checking in.


Our fearless leader of the DNC, Howard Dean


The pic that is not here is of Markos Moulitsas (founder of DailyKos, one of the founding fathers/mothers of the liberal blogosphere). I was walking along when he came up the escalator right beside me, but he was with his wife (I think) and carrying his child, didn't seem appropriate to take a picture. I would make a lousy paparrazi.

More to come, I'm hungry.

DCist Exposed Contest Submissions

So here is a link to the 3 pictures I entered in the DCist Exposed Photo Contest. Looks like there is some tough competition. Wish me luck. Oh, and here are the other photos I was considering.

Cute but weird flowers

At the diner

Chandeliers from the clouds

Owls water purifiers and washing machines

Lincoln Memorial

Coming off the Memorial Bridge

Bwah?

Where did it come from?

Train spotter?

This guy is parked here nearly every morning

Another iris

Give me shelter

Iris just opening

Oh say can you see...

Went over to Peter and Anika's Saturday night. We unfurled our geek flag and planted that muthafu@$@er on the high ground. Ate a big Mediterranean dinner and then played Magic until 2 or 3, then Anika and I played Halo 2 until 8 in the morning. Then Anika, Steph and I went to breakfast at Open City. That's right an all-nighter of geekdom and here are some pictures from the evening.