News on the “Vacation that Wasn’t” front: Ticketmaster UK has actually refunded the money I spent on advance theater tickets. What’s more, when I called this morning, I actually got through to a human being before my beard grew in, and the gentleman (I think his name was Andrew) was genuinely nice! I tell you, it was like night and day compared to Ticketmaster US. So thank you to the nice people at Ticketmaster UK for making this a little less painful.