RNC liveblog cancelled! But live chat still on

I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to cancel tonight's McCain speech liveblog. Because of all the hurricanes and conventions, I've been operating on a sleep deficit for like a week-and-a-half, and it's really hitting me this evening: I have a sore throat, I'm totally exhausted, I generally don't feel well, and as much as I hate to miss the big event, I think the prudent course of action (especially with more late-night hurricane-blogging sessions possibly looming, thanks to Ike) is to hit the hay early, TiVo the speech, and watch it at my leisure over the weekend. So, no liveblog tonight. :(

But, if y'all want to chat about the speech live, you can still do so here. In other words: "I'm getting verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves. I'll give you a topic. John McCain was a POW. Discuss." ;)

P.S. I can't believe I'm going to miss the f***ing balloons!