It's a Tech-Ed miracle (for me, anyhow)!
It's like a scene out of a Christmas special. Looks like I've got a last minute opportunity to attend at least bits and pieces of Tech-Ed.
The head programmer in my group at work had a baby show up two weeks ahead of schedule, so he's not able to attend. Tech-Ed registration said they can transfer his registration to my name. It's sounding like I'm not allowed to take time off work, even unpaid, but I can hopefully catch some evening sessions at a minimum.
Woo hoo!
I have no idea what the schedules look like - gonna have to check out some recommended lists and see what's available. I'm especially interested in the ASP.NET master pages stuff, as we have a rewrite of a huge site coming up this year.