I may have timed it right so that I arrive on the doorstep of the Virgo Month of Leisure exhausted and ready and able to do some relaxing. Or not. This past month was a flurry of writing, travelling, socializing and fretting about talks and roommates and the rest of 2006. Now I think I just have drop-in time to manage and a lovely Vermont Autumn to look forward to. I'm heading home from Chicago tomorrow, more in the way of updates from the trip then. My two talks went well. You can read them online here

• On The Fly Tech Support, or "Hey, this isn't my job!"
• Search - It's Not All Google or is it?

If this is your birthday month, make sure you give yourself a little slack Virgo; you've earned it.