It’s oh so still in here today, empty enough that I could take off my headphones and listen to Brian Lehrer out of computer speakers the way god and WNYC intended, if I were so inclined. Everyone from my department is at CCCC (aka, 4C’s). Although I don’t get to enjoy those specific festivities, there’s a company-sponsored bash at Tavern on the Green this evening, and before that, the small team I’ve been working with on a project gets to take our author & his wife–in town for the conference–to lunch, Iron Chef style. Yes, that’s right: we’re going to Morimoto!

I am too excited. I keep hearing the Chairman’s voice in my head. Funny, I didn’t have this problem before I had lunch at Bobby Flay’s restaurant, Mesa. There’s something about the idea of top-notch sushi that sings to my stomach like nothing else. That must be why Japan is on tap for the honeymoon.