I appreciate and share the enthusiasm of seeing JB in Pittsburgh Sooner rather than Later, but if he's already got a commitment, it's not a matter of choice or convincing. And if he's got the time scheduled as Jim Time, best let him have some of that undisturbed. I'm sure we'd be pretty cheesed off if we were planning on attending an event with him, but someone else talked him into hitting theirs. Best to stick with the "Proper Channels" so as not to pester the Revered Author.
All true.
... yet I still find the time to send him the occasional open e-mail calling him a torturing bastard.
