Beautiful, zero Fahrenheit Minnesota! Where I will get to speak to some wonderful folk (see here for info<\/a>), plus get to sponge off the kindness and hospitality of Dale Ahlquist <\/a>and make his life a living hell for four wonderful days!<\/p>\n This is gonna be fun! But (alas for us, my reading chums) it means no blogging today as I finish up stuff here and then toddle off to the plane. I will try to parachute in as I can (on the blog, not from the plane) and will be back for sure on the 12th, once all the excitement in Minneapolis dies down.<\/p>\n Till then, remember the bean\/nose drill instructions:<\/p>\n 1. Grip one bean firmly between thumb and forefinger. That is all!<\/p>\n Beautiful, zero Fahrenheit Minnesota! Where I will get to speak to some wonderful folk (see here for info), plus get to sponge off the kindness and hospitality of Dale Ahlquist and make his life a living hell for four wonderful days! This is gonna be fun! But (alas for us, my reading chums) it means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
2. Carefully do not put it up your nose.
3. Repeat as necessary till process is complete.<\/p>\n