Being in Europe means I'm really far away from most of you guys and I can't hop over to see Steven Brust's latest appearance at a Con. But it also means I can go to Budapest real cheap. So I did. I'm happy to report that the Easterners truly do come in many body shapes, their males sometimes do have hair on their faces, and the eldest of them seem to be less than 100 years old, and yet looked in the region of 3000. They were friendly though, and their palinka was very good. -- \Steve