Book FYI
I don't know if anybody reading this is a fan of Ellen Kushner's novel Swordspoint, but I wanted to mention that I just found out that there's a new sequel, Privilege of the Sword. I found it on Saturday evening and finished it by 6:30 Sunday evening. I highly recommend it, and will be re-reading both Swordspoint and Privilege of the Sword in a bit less hasty fashion sometime soon - probably as soon as practical after the dratted CISSP test.