Esteemed colleagues, After far too long, or maybe too soon, I present two new Adventures of Fred and the Avenging Chicken. Last May we went to the MLA-SLA joint conference in Detroit, then in September we ventured north to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the koha-US conference. Thanks to everybody we met, and if you notice any errors please let me know. The polite fiction that my employer is unknown has probably worn out, so it's even more important to include this disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, and are not necessarily representative of MedStar Health, its management, associates, affiliates, attending physicians, their families, or any of their household pets. And I mean it. The trip to Detroit is here: http://avengingchicken.online//mla-sla2023/<http://avengingchicken.online/mla-sla2023/> The trip to Portsmouth is here: http://avengingchicken.online/koha-us_2023/ Question to ponder: if the Chicken goes forth twice, is that eight or half? --Fred Fred King, MSLS, AHIP Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center fred.king@medstar.net 202-877-6670 ORCID 0000-0001-5266-0279 MedStar Authors Catalog: http://medstarauthors.org A conclusion is the part where you got tired of thinking. -- Anon