Back from 3 weeks on the road just in time for fall to bust out all over. At High Park for a great al fresco birthday party (Leaf fights! Piñatas!)

My faithful Samsonite (which should probably be called "Samesonite" because of its dubious Shanghai provenance) has traveled with me everywhere - Frankfurt, London, all through the US and Canada, HK, China, France, the Caribbean. But its wily backstreet Chinese streetsmarts were no match for the dark satanic mills of Air Canada baggage handling, which left it with irreparable injuries after the flight from Toronto. So, at the insistence of a certain publishing CEO with very strong opinions on luggage, Rimowa replaces Sam, suffused below with near-death white light.

A good night's sleep and I'm feeling like a million bucks. Sun's up, Ffurt looks great and the morning light is glinting off my gilt tech-baroque pimp furniture. Big day ahead: Shortcovers meetings with publishers, publishers, publishers, partners, and Hall 8 sprints.

Yesterday was back-to-back fantastic audiences at TOC Frankfurt, the UN publishers forum and the Canada/Germany Publisher Symposium, dinner with one of our great conversion partners, and then complete collapse from exaustion. Mental note: 48 hrs on 5 hrs sleep is _not recommended_.

2 presentations down, 1 to go! As you can see, all of our ppt is handcrafted by skilled artisans in a factory decorated with a combination of Louis XIV and Austin Powers to maximize creativity, swinging-ness, shareholder value, and baroque splendor.

(we would like to thank both Expedia and the global economic downturn for making rooms like this both affordable and available for booking just 2 days before the Fair starts!)

Or wolverines. Added to agenda: luggage shopping in Frankfurt. This is the karmic kickback for calling attention to my excellent upgrade.

(good news - foolish looking strap that I use despite bad aesthetics has avoided clothes-strewn-through-underground-conveyor-belt scenario. Score one for ugly/functional.)

The travel gods smile and grant me access to Air Canada Executive Pod Land (thank you, super system-wide certificate!)

Not busy on Tuesday in Frankfurt? I'm speaking at:
* TOC Frankfurt
* the UN World Bank Digital Publishing Conference
* the Canada/Germany Publishing Symposium

And with this sweet ride across the atlantic, they will all get their presentations on time!

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