OK - questions ....
1st, yes Donny, since my knee surgery, I sit. Hope it doesn't last too much longer - I hate it.
2nd, Bob - it'll be great to meet you! Glad you can make it.
3rd, Fran ... funny how that worked out about the bracing. (smart-A**)
4th, the mic boom is a custom rig I made years ago - it started with a commercial Quik-Lok product, as Donny quoted, but I use a different upright to hold the boom - it's much smaller, and folds out of the way for transit. There is a cup holder that serves as a business card holder/tip cup that appears to be part of it, but it's not .... just hanging off of it.
It looks very much like the picture Gary posted, but it attaches around the tube end with a 30mm collar. The upright is just the upper part of a mic stand that I cut to size. It's only 6 inches tall - I like compact.

Hope to see some of you at Mamma's tonight!

ps: here's a few close-ups of the mic boom attachment.