I'm writing this from the FUDBus as we drive in the pitch-blackness of Somewhere In The Middle Of Upstate New York. We're in the throes of a post-dinner food coma - either that or still stunned from the zombie movie Spot put on after lunch (hilarious, for those of us not reading or napping, work and conversations are still running full-tilt; across from me Jon McCann is typing away, behind me Mo and Toshio are working on her laptop, and I can see J5 and Luke standing in the back of the bus talking away as we jolt over the road; it's dark so I can't see much else.

We started from Alewife at 9am this morning - really more like 9:30 after luggages and laptops (boxes of XOs courtesy of Adam Holt) plus a bike and a bass guitar were loaded and people counted (a big thank-you to our bus monitors Ian and Smooge for keeping us on the bus, on the road, and on time!) - and plotted our arrival at the Red Hat office in Westford.

When the bus pulled in, several squads jumped out: a FUDCon Swag Squad to haul down the Shiny Shiny Banners from Mo's desk upstairs (now piled in the back seat looking very good indeed) and a FUDBUS Snack Squad on Mission: OM NOM NOM that returned triumphant with bags of chips and apples and cookies and such. Also, a happy-tummy-thank-you to whoever brought the tarts and cream puffs on the bus this morning - I have no idea where those appeared from, but they were delicious! (Yes, you can tell what my priorities are... Food is important, yo. I'm hungry.)

We're reaching Niagara Falls as I type this, meaning that we're probably just under 2 hours away from arriving at the FUDCon hotel, and that I'm going to be heading offline in a moment. See you folks on the other side of the border!