Brian has made it to more events like this in recent months than I have.
By the way, I know super-short posts like this look kinda funny in my new design. I usually try to fill them out so they look nicer, but I can’t always do that. Use them as an opportunity to enjoy Jesse Ewing’s gorgeous illustrations unmuddied by yards of distracting text. Speaking of Jesse, he sent in an excellent X-Rea contribution the other day, which I will post. (Yours, too, other recent X-Rea tipsters!)