Packing my Trunk

Mad Dog driving a pachyderm: bloke at the back was bearing the trusty Holland & Holland nitro express -you never know when you may have to bag a tiger.

The conference is over, papers have been presented, collaborations established and plans made. Also some sights seen. I have to say I find this part of the world quite intriguing and I'll probably be back in the not too distant future. Now it's back to Seattle (I'll be in the airport in 6 hours after a bit of sleep) where the shock of reality awaits. I have a lot of projects on the boil including rallying. More when I'm back in the Land of the Free.

On The Road Again, Again

Once again I'm heading off the airport. There's been a lot of travel on the agenda this year and I've still got two major trips before the end of the year. On this occasion I'm going to Thailand, a land I've not yet visited and I'm excited. I should get in a couple of days sightseeing on either side of the conference. And if there's time I'll try one of those "body treatment programs" the hotel brags about on its website. The problem with these jaunts to far-flung places is the opportunity to acquire interesting new gut flora which in the past has resulted in me praying for death for as long as a week. So this time I'm armed with a bag full of contingency pharmaceuticals including cipro. Fingers crossed it will be enough. Hopefully I'll manage a post or two from the road. More soon...

Customer Relations

Mad Dog (L) seeking to improve customer relations by engaging in light sabre/dagger fights with collaborators and clients. Company name has been obscured to save embarrassment and protect the guilty.

I was going to write a jocular post about my adventures at a big scientific conference and laboratory expo last week but have thought better of it. Not everyone might appreciate my sense of humour and some my observations would have been quite barbed. In anycase I don't want to be another "fired blogger" statistic so for now I'm keeping schtoom. Suffice to say that a productive and stimulating time was had by all and I'm looking forward to the next meeting with eager anticipation.

P.S. Before an iaido student points this out, I'm exhibiting poor koshi in the above picture and am working hard to correct this deficit (hopefully my Sensei doesn't read this blog).