Jon sez
Brody has advanced in Liraz's esteem to the point where she believes he is behaving himself. Whether or not this is damning with faint praise is up to the reader.
Mark sez
Back from staffing the con. I've heard that Otakon is fun. I'd like to go someday!
In other news, Jupiter was apparently just smacked by a huge object, probably an icy comet. Good thing that such a disaster can't ever happen to the Earth because of, uh, some reason or other, right?