Ten thoughts/observations from my experiences thus far:

1. You can identify the Secret Service by the flak vests they wear that say “Secret Service”…hmmmmm
2. Denver is a small town.  Almost four days in and only half a tank down.  In a Durango.
3. Speaking of driving, I am confident I would make an excellent Editor/Chauffeur should the job-posting ever surface (read: logistics are a bitch)
4. Pick-up drivers like rolling down their windows and say ridiculous things while stopped at stoplights:
   • Man motions to roll down window. I acquiesce. “So.  John McCain.”  Me: What about him?  “Pretty awesome, huh?”  Me: Yep, the best.  [laughter]  Aaaand, scene.
   • Man motions to roll down window.  Max acquiesces. Man cocks his head towards an African-American woman with a sideways pony-tail died red at the tips walking along the sidewalk.  “Chicken-head Obama supporter!” he growls before driving away.  Max feels sick.  To be fair to the host city, he had Arizona plates.
5. One way streets, police barricades, miscellaneous protests, and Denverites with complete disregard for street-crossing signals will ruin your day quickly
6. “Change you can believe in” is the most co-opted phrase at the convention, appearing on signs, t-shirts, and billboards in various, reworked stages of irony (see below)
7. Best dig on John McCain came from Biz Markie: “Vote for Obama. This right here is no country for old men.”
8. Don’t sit in front of Tom Hayden at a panel, unless you would rather hear him talk the entire time instead of the panelists
9. Don’t attempt to make a schedule for any given day, unless it is for purely comedic purposes when you judge it against what actually transpired
10. You know you’re in town for a political convention when you see this as you’re buying a cup of coffee: