So last night we attended a meeting of the Melbourne Chapter of Democrats Abroad. There was a banner turnout; where they would typically have five or so, about thirty showed up. Interestingly enough, I ended up sitting next to this guy. I didn't even know he was an ambassador until he got up to speak. I'll bet he's got some amazing stories (judging from some of the details in that article); I wish I had more time to speak with him.

Anyway, so we volunteered for some things. We also met a lot of great people, and had some great conversations; at our table, in addition to the ambassador and his wife, were an ornithologist, a student working on the neuropsysiology of cochlear implants, and the regional manager of a local conservation volunteer group.