i'm back. getting home yesterday from new york was an ordeal. pretty much everything that could go wrong (in terms of making connections) did. and by that i mean i didn't make any connections.
anyway, one of the few bright spots of my trip was the opportunity to meet aleph sikkiin and chris on tuesday. it's really amazing how well i've gotten along with the bloggers that i've met. besides four hours is a long time to sit without back support, so i'm guess they didn't have had an awful time either.
p.s. chris, mrs. noz says the term for a baseline mood level is a "set point". i'm not sure if that's what you were thinking of, but there it is.