Circumstances and cash preclude my being there. I have a huge manuscript deadline bearing down on me, even as my apartment is due for the latest phase of the building-wide renovations starting that same day -- and I have to pack up the kitchen and the bathroom as almost everything in both is being replaced in consecutive days, not to mention a medical appointment sometime this coming week.
That's why I asked about the availability of a webcam. I will have online access, even if Lieb and I have to spend the day at the Caribou Coffeehouse to use their wifi to do it.
And if TAR 25 is any indication, CBS should be releasing the names of the cast once the Race is safely underway. (Race started at 3 am ET then, and within a few hours, CBS released the cast list.)