My blog is loosely connected to my camera. If I don't remember to take pictures then, for practical purposes, it didn't actually happen. My memory remains somewhat porous and photographs continue to be an excellent reminder. I just returned from a business trip that lasted almost two weeks. I took the day today off of work to recuperate from the whole event, get caught up on things at home, and readjust from jet leg. I'm not entirely sure I ever got myself properly time shifted when I was in Europe. I woke up so many times during the night each evening that I think I was still psychologically here in Saint Louis. I will get back to the topic of my business trip, but not before I get up to date with the sporadic photographs I found in my digital camera when I transferred them today. According to the camera the last thing that happened to me is that I attended a Halloween party at our neighbor’s house. Diane and Lenny Brown threw a great costume party the weekend before Hallo