The pirate party came off fairly successfully with only a few moments of panic (like not having passwords to log on to the systems and load the software until 30 minutes before the event was supposed to start), and Dogwatch was the hit of the evening. Very, very nice guys... for a bunch of pirates, that is.

Earlier in the week I went out on the town with Frogger. We mostly just party-hopped.

I have a whole new appreciation for the costumed character scene. The Frogger suit has no viewport except a small screen in the chin that lets you look straight down at your big webbed feet, so you're essentially blind. The poor actor barely fit as it was, and two of us had to maintain a death grip on his elbows while we moved him from place to place saying, "Left left left... now forward... a little to the right. Stop!" People really got a kick out it though (can't stop the puns), and everyone wanted to get a photo with Frogger.