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7 DAYS... and counting...

1. I'm still trying to gather more website/blog listings for posting next week. I plan to post each one as a separate item. This way any comments provided can be made to the specific site/blog and hopefully avoid confusion as to which site/blog you might be commenting on...

2. Starting Thursday, April 27 (my Birthday!) I will be volunteering at the FLL International gathering here in Atlanta, Georgia USA. This will be all day Thursday, all day Friday, and part of Saturday. I will do my absolute best to take plenty of photos and upload them in the evening - I'll probably be too busy to do much real-time blogging during the day. But rest assured, by Saturday afternoon/evening, I should have plenty of stuff to share with you - LEGO is going to be there doing demos of NXT, Lego Education is also supposed to be there, and there will be plenty of MDP/MUP members present as well.

3. I'll have a chance (hopefully) to ask Soren Lund (pictured left) and the other LEGO employees some questions and maybe do an interview or 2... please let me know if you have any questions you'd like to me to add to my list. I can't promise I'll get to all of them, but I'll try!

This is going to be a busy, hectic week - FLL international, preparing for the May 1st information release, and an MDP/MUP meeting. I'm anxious to share what I can with you, so please hang in there just a little longer...

(ps. By the way, it appears Blogger has been having some trouble - I've had difficulty over Sunday and today uploading. I hate being so dependent on another company's servers, but for now I have to put up with it.)

Jim

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