Things You Can Learn in Kalamazoo

- Soda cannot improve unfortunate scotch.
- Plastic animals, however, can make a fantastic paper even better.
- As a general rule, large groups of medievalists dancing are not bringing sexy anywhere.
- If necessary, medievalists will trample one another to get to tiny plastic cups of booze.
- There are chibi catgirls on DeviantArt.com.
- Sometimes, part of Whitesnake will crash the dance.
- It is easy to identify medievalists in an airport.
- Seersucker is a popular fabric.
- The majority of medievalists have read Make Way for Ducklings.
- It really is okay to sleep through breakfast.
- Everyone knows the lyrics to "Livin' on a Prayer."
- This state's large rabbit population might be problematic.
- There is no good way to keep the dorm shower curtain from blowing in on you.
- You can go to prom again.

All joking aside, though, I had an excellent time in Kalamazoo this year. Though I missed the blogger meet-up, and so didn't get to say hello to everyone I would have like to see, I did run into several old friends, made a few new ones, was part of a fantastic panel, have a couple of potential publications in the works, got to eat at Saffron again, the book exhibit was seductive as usual, and I'm already looking forward to next year. Maybe then I'll go for fun, and won't have to spend most of my free time worrying about cutting my paper down.