The paper is done

It runs about 4900 + words and desperately needs a boffo ending that never quite showed up. But it's completed. I have no perspective on whether or not it's any good, although I suspect not. But I can go to bed tonight with a clear conscience. Thank goodness. Asking for the afternoon off today to finish it was the right decision.

I took a look at the schedule again. Apparently, the discussion of Stardust that Neil Gaiman might attend starts at 11:00 and runs for an hour; my presentation is at 11:30. So I won't be too surprised if my presentation is poorly attended. These things happen.