Zoom Flameout

Zoom screen vanishes…

Trevor: My Zoom link just collapsed mid-sentence.

Xen: Looks like your connection blinked out for a moment. Let’s get you reconnected.

Trevor: Can you tell what it was?

Xen: Hmm. Could be an overload, ISP fluctuation, WiFi interference, cache glitch…

Trevor: Thanks for the quick restart. I’m back online again.

Xen: Glad to hear it. My guess? System overload?

Trevor: Could be. Stuffed up the piping. Like that 747 way back flying through volcanic ash, all four engines sflaming out. 

Xen: Good analogy. Then one by one they restarted and the plane made it to Jakarta.

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Voice-over

In 1982 Flight BA 009, flying from Kuala Lumpur to Perth, experienced volcanic ash ingestion causing temporary total engine failure. Following successful restarts once the aircraft exited the ash cloud, it landed safely in Jakarta.

Online Post-conference Happy Hour

The stars congratulate each other…

Michael: It was great.

Charles: Everybody offered something. Just like Stone Soup.

Michael: Yes, some presentations were like meat and potatoes, others exotic like pineapple tiramisu dessert.

Charles: The best?

Michael: That had to be you on character arcs. Closely reasoned but absolutely brilliant.

Charles: Oh no. It was you on secondary characters.

Michael: But everyone was good. Karen on memoirs. And so many others. Nothing disappointed.

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Voice-over

The upside of Zoom conferences: not having to go out to attend face to face. The downside of a Zoom conference: not being able to go out to attend in person. However, by choosing sessions carefully, no presentations disappointed. And all achieved without stepping outdoors.