Stuff to get right next trip

Bring everyone's address and phone number (and a backup). Derp.

BRING LESS BOOKS. The plane is not a workspace; it is a place of drugged unconsciousness punctuated by occasional bursts of oxygen-starved awareness. Bring a magazine or some crosswords. On the ground you will be spending lots of time in company (kind of the entire point of the trip, you idiot) so you won't need to bring ten thousand things to keep you busy.

jvowles was right about overhydration on the plane. edorm suggests lozenges containing marshmallow - forgot this time but must try next time. Sugar-free sweets essential in any case. Keep a bottle of water handy to sip and to splash on face and arms.

On arrival, do not eat nothing at all for a couple of days and then devour a vast American meal (Smothered In Cheese™). Japanese food and salads are your friend. US bread is horrible so try to get some rye bread with caraway seeds. BRING VEGEMITE.

BGM does not work without test strips.

Rent mobile phones?

ETA: Give Xanax three hours to work rather than just two to avoid ghastliness at the gate.

More fun with iT****s

Rock & Roll H******e Koo
Rockafeller S****k

... OK, you can see where those are coming from, but...

The Bee G*es?!

They're just taking the piss.

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As I mentioned earlier, Chicago TARDIS proved to be the cure for Internet fandom: the sound of laughter beats the silence of snark hands down. Unfortunately it also triggers a painful recollection of one's own online behaviour. For example: I can't quite believe that, on more than one occasion, I have bet online fans money they were wrong. Fandom's negligent, nay, cavalier attitude to fact is infuriating, of course, but can you imagine doing that to someone's face?! (Hell, even if you did, it would be defused by the exchange of visible signals - "what the shit", "I am not entirely serious", etc.) Egad. Jon had the good sense to apologise at the con for everything he has ever said on the Intersplat, and I more or less followed suit. As a forum for discussion, the net is worse than useless: I shall henceforth dedicate myself to essays (and, on contentious convention panels, shall fall silent and observe).

In related news, I have somehow managed to order two copies of the S4 boxed set, neither of which contains the promised outtakes. Blat. :P