Everything Was Fine Until the Table Exploded…

As I was telling some of the Sun folks yesterday afternoon, I’m a big fan of conferences that begin in leisurely fashion. After arriving at the St Regis yesterday around lunchtime, I was able to get some work done, work out, shower and change all before I registered. Compared to the standard operating procedure that demands that conferences begin early and go all day, this was quite enjoyable.

Anyhow, post registration I caught up w/ my colleague, ZDNet’s Dan Farber, Illuminata’s Gordon Haff, and Sun’s Jim McHugh over a beer, then headed up to a briefing/cocktail hour where I was regaled with tales of JSE and developer progress. From there, I headed off to dinner at Bacar (which I didn’t fully appreciate, b/c I only drink wine w/ a limited audience) with some of the services folks.

So far, so good. But unfortunately, just a few minutes after I hit the bar at the St Regis along with a cast of characters from Sun and elsewhere, the glass table we were seated around chose that particular moment to explode. While I might have been standing right next to the table, I’m innocent. Rumors that I had some hand in said destruction are almost certainly the product of cruel lies and slander, and I encourage all of you to take such claims with a grain of salt.

Fortunately, I escaped unscathed from the glass shower, and was able to make it through another couple of hours of cocktails with no further destruction taking place around me. More on the conference shortly.