DPS 43: Oct. 2011 - Nantes, France
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OK, hang on. We're at the banquet reception, held at Les Machines de L'Ile in Nantes. This is totally out of control. It's like run by a crazy guy who had 20 billion dollars and decided to invest it all into the burgeoning market of steam-powered, mechanical, wood-and-iron sea creatures and elephants. It was utterly crazy and unbelievable.
Jen Grier (PSI) is operating the squid.
Credit: Henry Throop Oct 2011
![Guido Sonnabend (U. Cologne) and Kelly Fast (HQ /GSFC).<p>
Me: You look familiar -- I think we've met at, uh. . .</p><p>Kelly: [Mentions a dozen labs and conferences I've never heard of.]</p><p>Me: Hmm, no, no . . .</p><p>Kelly: Oh! Uh, maybe YouTube? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPdTlHK1h_0">Hotel Mauna Kea</a>?</p><p>Me: Ahhhhh!</p>
Credit: Henry Throop
Oct 2011](https://photos.smugmug.com/DPS/DPS-43-Oct-2011-Nantes-France/i-NmPMMMk/0/8d7c800f/Ti/DSC_6223_caption-Ti.jpg)
