things seen along the road

First, thanks to everyone who posted and emailed (and phoned!) your congratulations. We are very happy and your good wishes only make us more so.

Of course, we're also kind of zombies at this point. We're not above accepting gifts and are registered here.

Quickly, quickly, with the promise of more to come. Our trip home was much improved by the traditional SBC tossing of fire batons in Asheville with CAAF. I also can't say enough about how satellite radio improves a trip. We were both nearly unconscious when we had the idea to switch over to the talk channels. The listener call-ins of rabid, slightly insane scuba people during the Radio Times conversation with Robert Kurson about his book SHADOW DIVERS: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II may have saved our lives. Not to mention Terry Gross's rebroadcast of this Fresh Air interview with Ricky Gervais of The Office. Oh, and Derek on Sirius OutQ's hypothesis that presidents should be judged by whether they interrupt popular TV shows on a regular basis with their speeches (Bush apparently does this; Clinton did not).