ah, conferences

it's conference season. there are conferences in every hotel and auditorium. slick foamboard signs are propped up in lobbies across the city - across the country! - telling people to Think Toward the Future. Hastily printed pieces of white paper are taped up all down the halls, telling people in 40 point font to go to room 9A for session C at 2:15. and the little conferences are so cute! 30 people here to talk about green roofs, 50 people there trying to Reach Your Target Audience. The lenders bagels will be barely defrosted by the time 100 more civic minded tote bag holders will schlep up the stairs at yet another smallish college and politely stick cold butter on them. And - just confirmed - in August i'll speaking at in room MB 253 of the Banff Centre in the Canadian Rockies.

Will we all be mightily punished one day for our lack of work?

Will we be expected to make up our debt to society by actually producing something or helping someone?

Who cares. Nutribreak at 3:20, with bagels.