oogle. Are these conferences nice? There is one round the corner from me every year but it tends to be full of silly people ranting repetitive stuff. I only went once ten years ago, though, so maybe it's changed. Hmmm. My brain alas is too mushy to understand things like dialectical anything and historical materialism, so I'll content meself with walking my sausage doggie by Marx's grave and sending homage blessings through the brambles to him.