Standby for Launch!

Systems check . . . .

• Google Nexus 10 charged and uploaded with Fireball XL5 videos: Check!
• Superman underpants, Hawaiian shorts, hippy sandals & geeky sci-fi T-shirts packed: Check!
• KLM airline seats booked and on-board films identified (Iron Man 3 - goody!): Check!
• Entry visas to Fortress America logged and paid for: Check! (Memo to Self: go through the official site next time and pay £14 rather than a phoney site that charges £85, dammit!)
• Book rental car from Enterprise (who else! -- it is a Sci-Fi Convention, after all) for the post-Con Texas tour: Check!
• Blog website set up and functioning: Ongoing!
• Empty freezer, eat all the rubbish that's been hiding there all year, and defrost: Ongoing! (Memo to Self: next time, buy a more expensive fridge that defrosts itself!)
• Get Linda to sew me a carry case for the Nexus so I can look like Spock with an outsized tricorder: Ongoing! (Memo to Self: must get myself some false pointy ears!)