The 2008 NTC is upon us. Last year's veterans tell me that everything is going smoothly, but it took a lot of tearing, packing, dragging, lifting, and multitudinous other -ings to get this thing off the ground. We'd like to extend a big "Thank You" to everybody who's helped to this point.

If you're here in The Big Easy, or if you want to play along from home, but don't want to use our Sprout Widget, you'll want to watch this blog, as well as:

• Other blogs. Posts tagged "08NTC" will show up here.
• Flickr. We've got some set-up photos posted, with more to come.

Stay tuned, true believers.