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Wow! it is still raining out there!

We toured the Spy Museum today.  It was neat to see all the old spy tools, but the museum is really geared towards kids, and i found that I learned more watching the discovery channel than I learned in this museum. 

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I know Austin Powers is a popular hit movie series and all… but it was a spoof of spy movies… i don’t think it deserved the spotlight it got in the section of the museum that delt with spys in film…  They covered all kinds of spy movies and tv series (Get Smart anyone?) but it really seemed to be heavily geared to Austin Powers… you could almost hear the museum screaming “Hey kids, I am cool… See… ‘one million dollars!’… hello? anyone? I AM cool!!!”…
Well… re-reading that… I can garantee that it makes more sense in my head… oh well!
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We also went to the pre-conference dinner hosted by CFDynamics @ Dave & Busters…  Last year they also had an event at Dave & Busters, but it was a very informal everyone pay for thier own meal then have fun sort of thing…  This year, it was a $30/head thing with food set out and unlimited pool table use… honestly, it was not worth the $30… I think next year i will just order off the menu. 
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Oh, and to the waiter(s)/waitress(es) that were assigned to our group, I am sure that there was a gratuity included in the fee for our renting of the section of the restaurant… would it have killed you to actually try to EARN it? I had to flag someone down to get a soft drink order in, and we were never able to find anyone to get a refill.  Very not cool.
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Well…

I am back in the room, and have some work to do, so check back tomorrow. it is the first day of the conference, so I am sure I will have lots to write about!