As she added her e-mail address to the order form, Laura smiled and shook her head as she read the name of the facility where the event was to be held. California did have a reputation for a certain degree of craziness, but the incongruous juxtaposition of the two words made her laugh out loud as she gave a final click on the icon of a flying envelope to speed the order over the miles to San Francisco. Who but Californians would name a building the Cow Palace?