Is the city vote happening, or has it been postponed? I don't want to miss it, but I had a vague recollection it should be happening around now.

I think it was pushed out to allow for the Seattle and Phoenix info being gathered.

I have two bids and a hysterical screaming orphaned 3 week old kitten in my lap. I don't see being able to do much for the next little bit.

Poor baby kitty! God, three weeks. So wee.

Think hyperactive month-old human baby with knitting needles attached and the voice of a banshee. Also, unclear on the concept of human hand versus feeding bottle teat. Even with the evidence of the milk and the teat being re-proven to her every three hours.

Kill me now. I'm looking at the Ramada's bid and wondering what planet they're on; the minimum catering/bar tab to comp the smaller ballroom is $1200 more than the Holiday Inn, and the rooms are $10 more a night. Very nice people, very nice hotel, but I don't think this is competitive with the HI.

Tell me I'm not evil for peeling the kitten off, putting her in the cat carrier, locking her in the bedroom in it, and turning up Pentangle to drown her out while I try to get some work done? I didn't get 90 minutes of sleep last night and this bloody book is on a deadline.

Also, JZ, if you happen to peer in, I know you and David a list of stuff you love to show people here in town. Can you e me with some of them? Need to put the pimpage together, if my damned head doesn't explode with lack of sleep or my hands don't fall off from this damned disease first...

Tell me I'm not evil for peeling the kitten off, putting her in the cat carrier, locking her in the bedroom in it, and turning up Pentangle to drown her out while I try to get some work done?

Of course not. Kitten mamas need sleep and food, too.

Can you e me with some of them?

We'll send it to you over the weekend, Deb. Good luck with the kitten.

Heh. Thanks, Hec. She's terrified and frantic; she was orphaned in the middle of an abandoned factory - the found some rattlesnakes in there, so hunting around last night with the security guard in the dark was, um, interesting. I doubt she's quite three weeks yet, but she thinks I'm mom, and she's very cross because there are no nipples growing out of my hand. We've tried deking her, but no luck. Right now, her tentative working title is the same as Plei's Lilibran: we've been referring to her as the Squeakaboo.

I am not calling the Ramada back today. I'm goofy with sleep dep.

Lilibran

This sounds like a baby that's a muffin.

BWAH! I am so. damned. tired. And writing a ghost story. LilyBEAN.

But the kitten is Squeakaboo. Will likely get shortened to Squeak, or possibly Bubble. Or Shere Khan, if the stripes stay where they are. Tiny torty tiger.

I need to get hold of various bits of info about Travelling Around San Francisco: visitors' passes, etc. Will make a list early next week.

I do have a question for Abi - in the event SF gets picked, we may have a problem with credit card hotel depositss, since Nic and I dumped ours. I am looking at Minimal Plastic, down the line.

Oh, lord, Khaled on my cell phone, ringing from the Ramada again. My phone plays a ringtone that's a riff from "She's A Rainbow". Damn it, dude, third call today. I aint callin' back until I'm awake...

Duly noted, Deb. Right now, I'm going with burning that bridge when we cover it. I don't think I can put it on mine, as I do not believe I have sufficient credit limit, but I think we'll probably be able to find someone who can.

City Pimpage (tm) is due by the close of business PST on the 22nd. We will vote from the 26th through the 29th in the evening. So, you've got till Monday. If you have rought drafts availble for comment, please send to me, first. I'll look it over and make sure everything that needs to be there is, and then open it to public posting/comment.