Silent Kev

[kevin_standlee]

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I talked my voice to pieces during SMOFCon. Today, I spent nearly the entire day in a conference room interacting with co-workers entirely through e-mail and instant messaging. It was not until I went to lunch and gave my sandwich order that it occurred to me that it was the first time all day that I'd actually spoken a word. This is probably just as well. I still am somewhat hoarse, but resting my voice and drinking lots of hot tea (but not coffee) seems to help.

Comments

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Misread the headline as "Silent Key," wondered which ham radio operator had died. I am glad to hear the answer is nobody.

Hope you're feeling better soon.

I overlooked the fact that SMOFcon was happening in Chicago until it was too late to make plans to attend. )-: Hope it was productive.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I noticed that potential misreading myself later; sorry about that!

I thought SMOFCon was very productive for me. I filled a bunch of positions for both the 2017 and 2018 Worldcons, and had many valuable conversations. I enjoyed it a lot. In some respects, I enjoy it more than Worldcon, although I seem to end up losing my voice every year at SMOFCon by the time the weekend is over.