I'm off to Key West for the annual NORML legal seminar where I'll be speaking Saturday on Terrorism and the War on Drugs. The full agenda is here.
It's just about my favorite seminar of the year, between getting together with other drug defense lawyers, the Pier House Resort and Spa (check out my favorite room) and the free-spirit, laid back style of Key West itself.
This was going to be the first time TChris, Last Night in Little Rock and I were together in the same place, but TChris had to cancel due to his work load. Hopefully, he'll be posting here (as will Big Tent Democrat) while I'm gone. Also, check the diaries, Scribe and others have some new ones. I'll check in as well a few times a day.
So now, it will be LNILR and me sharing a happy hour conference on Talkleft. I'm also bringing a screening copy of Hunter Thompon's new film that I'll wathc on the plance and offer up to group if we can find an hour to sreen it during the weekend.
I couldn't have picked a better time to head to a beach. It's way below freezing and snowy in Denver, with very icy roads. Not to mention, for the first time I planned ahead and packed all my stuff in a big box instead of a suitcase and took it to Fedex today to deliver tomorrow. So I'll only have to manage myself and my laptop during the mutiple change of flights. It's a 12 to 14 hour journey, no matter how you cut it. But leaving in snow gear and arriving in sandals with that waft of humidity that hits you as soon as you leave the plane is one of my favorite effects.
I am going to make the most of every moment outdoors in the warm weather, since three days after I get back to Denver, I head on to Telluride for a court case. Talk about cold and snowy!
So wherever you might be today and this weekend, I hope you have as much fun as I will in Margaritaville. Here's an open thread to get you talking.
And if any of you readers want to post a diary, send me an email so I can set the softwar to approve you. You can cross-post your stuff at your other blog, or it can be original.
I only have four hours left before getting up to trek out to the airport, and I better get some sleep now, so I'll leave you with this: