After some quiet days in San Diego, I left on Tuesday to take the train to Los Angeles and go to the SIGGRAPH conference. Soon after I got to my hotel, Don Mitchell called and we had a long chat in the hotel bar where they were not serving, so things were quiet. Then we headed over to the convention center where we met Pat Hanrahan. I went off and encountered Greg Humphreys (Humper) Wim Sweldems (who was about to get on the redeye back to NJ) Emil Praun and Peter Schroeder. Then, Ben Shedd appeared and someone took my picture. After capturing Lee Markosian, it was time to gather for the bowling event. Perry was there as were Tom and Szymon. Allison Klein was trying on her shirt, Georg Essl was looking for his and Adam insisted on taking pictures of me, front and back. Tom Sanocki was welcoming Lena Petrovic to Pixar as Wagner Correa watched. On the way back to the hotel, I ran into Robert McDermott and his family. Because of the energy crisis, the restaurant that night was fairly dark and so it wasn't possible to capture the meal or even the outrageous bill on film.