I survived The Next HOPE!

I think I have now almost completely physically recovered from my experiences at The Next HOPE (my back still doesn't seem happy about sleeping on the mezanine floor Sunday). Even though I spent most of my time there hawking Club-Mate it was a great time and I want to thank a few people in particular: Flo and Ragnar for helping me at the Mate stand when I needed the breaks, Neo Amsterdam for including me in the cast of 26 o'clock (I will link when the Statler archives are available), Thurmon (not sure if that is spelled right) and Nick Farr for keeping an eye on me when the lack of sleep and the tainted water got to me, and Robert Steele for being a good neighbor in the Vendor Area.
I'm sure there are a few more people I should be thanking here but the names and reasons escape me at the moment.
I have a few ideas for posts that have come out of the experience an I will try to get those up as well soon.

For now though, thanks again to everyone who made The Next HOPE the experience it was.