[Lost Dog]

I feel like the weekend was a blur. Had a great time getting to know some new friends and getting reacquainted with my old friends.

As always, I love to take advantage of the generosity of the experts who come, even as guests. This year, it was Julie. She's given me a lot of help over the years, but I think her hands on session will help. Plus, she was able to run me through a series of tests that simply can't be done over the phone over the internet. She's awesome!

On the purely fun side of things, it was great to meet all the new people and hang out and talk. I wish there had been more time for all that, but things went soooo fast.

KC BBQ is great, and is often the case, the casual joint (adjacent to a gas station, in this case) kicked the ass of the fine dining bbq (not an oxymoron, it turns out). Nick, you should have taken us there last, because everything else paled by comparison.

At the ball game on Thursday, Nick pitched the fasted pitch of the whole day in the pitching booth. Not just our crowd, but all the people at the park who pitched that day. ...and not even warmed up.

It was great to meet Nick's older brother. It's great for Nick to have a role model like David to look up to.

The Q&A on Saturday was awesome. Yet, there are so many questions that remain unanswered from the Summit presentations. I'll have to email them and hope I don't get fat, tiny, and go lame in the meantime.

I wish we had flown out later on Sunday, because hanging out at Nick's for the afternoon sounds like a nice, relaxing way to cap the weekend. Next time...