After several delays and longer than expected layovers, I’m in Seattle for RSA.  The bummer is that last night Rachel and I and a group of folks were going to get together for a little book launch celebration…but, alas, I didn’t get in until 11pm.  Good thing that Ken and Trish were around and willing to hang out for a while in the lobby of the Westin, have a few drinks, and talk the night way.

I’m just about to head over to the hotel to pick up my conference materials and scout out the sessions for the day.  I will be going to Rachel’s “Transnational Rhetorics” panel at four o’clock which promises to be fabulous!  There’s also an intersting looking session at 2:15 on “Implications of the New Media” which is calling me, I think.  We’ll see.  Our panel, “Responsibilities to Whom, For What?: Complex Audiences at Cross-Purposes in Labor Organizing,” is not until tomorrow morning…

I just got off the phone with Rachel and was happy to hear that I’ll be joining her, Seth, and Ann for dinner tonight!  Yeah.  All is not lost.  Rachel promises many tragicomic tales of her trip here and I’ll get to meet Ann.  Anyway, despite what you’ve heard about Seattle:

Sunny and a beautiful 60 degrees!

Tags: conference, rachel riedner, responsibilities of rhetoric, rhetoric, rsa, Seth Kahn