Having gone to several PAX Primes, I can totally understand the no-touching thing. Every year, I come home with Con Crud and it's miserable. This year wasn't so bad - I made a bigger stink about people getting too close to me, didn't touch anything I didn't have to, and washed my hands constantly. Then again, being on the short(er) side, I always have a problem getting mooshed around or stepped on in things like that, anyway. That being said, with the immense population at this year's PAX Prime (so many counterfeits!) I'm shocked I didn't come home with anything. I came home with simple exhaustion, but that comes with the territory of too much stimulation and hype in a short time frame. Wish I could be there at Dragon*Con. PLEEEEEEEEASE tell us you took the CoD with you! That was phenomenal!

Beautifully written. Thank you. A hint of this blog entry reminded me greatly of one of my all-time favorite books: Shoeless Joe by WP Kinsella ("Field of Dreams" before the movie was ever made). I think I'm going to go curl up with it now - been way too long since I've read it.