Got to the Menger Hotel around 9:30 am and was able to check in, make sure I have internet access in the room before I headed over to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center for the Texas Republican State Convention.

After all the activities on Thursday, got back to my hotel room and what I got was a blue screen of death on my laptop. Turned it off and couldn't turn it back on. Tried and tried but it just wasn't working. I thought it was a goner and decided that I didn't have time to tinker with it until after the convention, when I get back home. I got it on once I was home but then it hung in the middle of me doing something and I was too tired, will have to deal with it later but at least I know that it's still there, not a goner.

Karl Ninh by the Texas delegation seating area: