Hello from Rapid City, South Dakota. I was hoping to be on my way to Mt. Rushmore by now but I'm waiting around for the local post office to open - my third visit to a post office in three days. Before I left I triple-checked to verify that the size card I'm using had enough postage, but I've still...

Special thanks to Vicki S. for letting me sleep on her futon and exploring with me in Chicago; thanks also to Trent, who I was lucky enough to find in the Madison Public Library, to Christopher at The Project Lodge, and to Melissa at UW-Madison.

First of all, sincere thanks to Matt Dormond for conjuring the S.B.Y.F. website with almost no notice. In my next life I’ll be more web savvy, I promise. Thanks also to Dave Dormond, Geoff Kloc, Krista Tracanna, Becca Venuto, Matt Murphy and the...

As you can see, when I wrote the original draft I hadn't thought up all the fancy rules for the handprint yet. Not sure why this scanned blue, it's supposed to be yellow.

The first of many, I hope!