Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Time	Event
6:07a	Motor City Madhouse The typically slow Motor City Friday was enlivined by a thorough display of copyright enforcement. I was talking to Dave Aiken about music when everyone around started pointing and whispering in shock and amazement. It took a few moments for us to realize that two of the people in the group across from us where police and the the others were in cuffs! It was a massive bust of DVD pirates. I heard reports that up to 16 booths had been closed down. People spoke of a large group of sad fat men in handcuffs and a bus waiting to take them away. The bootleggers have been a part of the convention for as long as I can remember, and everyone was startled that suddenly anyone cared, but whatever your thoughts on the legality or morality of buying and selling boots you have to be prepared to deal with the fact that it is illegal. My biggest worry is what effect this will have on the cost of tablespace in the future. Guess I won't be looking for "Eek! the Cat" today. :) (1 Comment | Comment on this)
6:15a	Behind Closed Door Speaking of imprisonment... When we got home last night, Ling and Pixel were right there to greet us as usual. Wyeth sometimes hangs around a room away, but just as often stays curled up somewhere until we find him. So I didn't notice his absence until I tracked down his frantic cries to my closed study door. He seemed relieved to be free but not anxious to be relieved, if you catch my meaning. I'm convinced he was forced to pee in my room, but haven't figured out where yet. Until I have time to observe where they all sniff in here, I'm not letting any of them back in. Poor guy. His Friday must've sucked. (Comment on this)

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