( In closing out the con, we watched puppets, then watched non-puppets. Then we formed elaborate schemes regarding a bottle of water, and went on to consume noodles. )
And so, sadly, we set out into the night for the long drive to bunny_hugger's home.
Trivia: The word ``verve'' originally referred to a special talent in writing, and only came to mean something with vigor and vivacity of ideas after 1780. Source: Semantic Antics: How And Why Words Change Meaning, Sol Steinmetz.
Currently Reading: Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History Of Strunk & White's The Elements Of Style, Mark Garvey. I'm confident that I knew before that the White of Strunkandwhite was also the author of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet Of The Swan, but every time I come across that fact I'm surprised by it again.