OK, 'tis begun. Here are my impressions of The Network Tour kickoff gig, whence I have just returned. Here are my impressions:

I arrived to a big hug from my sister-out-law, whom I had not known would be there. Allan was playing the guitar with a skinny hairy dude (playing the banjo) and someone who looked terrifically familiar (playing the most beautiful black flute). At that song's conclusion, Allan got up and gave me a hug and introduced me to the others. Bill handed me a Mudcat Cafe pin with Mrrzy on it, A present from England, he said. Familiar Man looked at me and said Mrrzy? Aren't you the woman I mistook for your double? And not only is BeauDangles one of the many, many people to mistake me for this person I obviously look exactly like, he's the one who made the best comment, the comment I have consistently repeated to all who mistook me for her in the several years since he and I met... which was Whatever you do, when you meet, don't touch or BOTH universes will be annihilated! And the punch line is... he didn't remember making the comment!
Don't you love it when your memories come back to you from someone else's brain where they've been hanging out for years?
The next thing I found out is that the person who was supposed to be working the coffeehouse had just quit in a huff, and the owner was thinking of just closing up. More to come, someone at door!