Word around the convention today was that there was no fire at the hotel last night; that a couple of unnamed lunkheads (that was the politest thing I heard them called) started playing around with a fire extinguisher, unaware that it was connected to the fire alarm system. The "smoke" some of us heard or saw was, I was told, fire extinguisher output. Do we believe this? I dunno. But at least it got us all outside at one in the morning, which is always nice, especially when it's one entire degree Centigrade and many folks are in pajamas or bare feet.
The con was a little less crowded today. Then again, it would have to be.
And I'd like to add that this is the first time I've ever blogged while it was snowing outside my window.