The Glade 4.0

Got here last night. There is an AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh, the only thing the eighth car rental place I checked had left was a Dodge Grand Caravan. I rented it and drove into my off-line friend's place and have slept a lot. I'm having dinner with them tonight, but will be free tomorrow evening before I drive back to Pittsburgh.

You folks interested in meeting me in the Columbus area agree on a place, I'll be there around 5:00 p.m. and stick around for a few hours. Kairtane, Kaffis, DFK, et al, please post here and let me know.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I have grad school class tomorrow night. I cannot speak for the KafMeister. Thank you for the invite.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

I don't know places in Columbus, but will keep an eye on this thread tomorrow. If I'm feeling well (still have the scratchy throat from Captain Tripp's cold), I'll drop by.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Kinda hard for me to slide on down there for a weekday evening too. Sorry Mike.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

I regret not being able to make it to DC Michael, but DC is actually a longer trip for me then Philly. I don't have much latitude to make such a trip on the weekday as my job is probably only 60 minutes from Philly but at least 2.5 hours from DC. I hate to waste the opportunity.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Well, waiting for a couple pm's from Kaffis and Kairtane before finalizing plans. When and if I do this again I will Leave more time at each place and plan meeting folks ahead of time.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

In the Pittsburgh airport, waiting, wanting to strangle an old woman babbling endlessly at her companion, happy that they will be sitting up front annoying the cabin crew while I sleep in the back.

Dinner with Kaffis and Kairtane was pretty good, pic later.

On my way home after a nice vacation, typing on my iPhone. Sleeping in my own bed will be great.

Later all,

Micheal

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Have a safe flight home Michael!

Thank you Xerxes, now in New York, JFK Airport. I have an 8 hour layover, 3 hours have gone by. Thankfully JetBlue has a wireless network available here. That allows me to try and download this.





Kairtane, Micheal, and Kaffis hanging around the salad bar at Ruby Tuesdays in Columbus.

Dang, still getting the word image. What am I doing wrong?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Micheal,

It's not you. There's something wrong with the <img> tags. I don't know how to correct that problem so here is a link to the picture.

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"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice R. Longworth

"Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash Williams

The img bbcode tag gets screwed up if you have a url with a question mark in it. I followed the link and added the url to the direct picture for you.

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And my streak for not being the palest person in a picture continues! I will hide by surrounding myself with people who throw off the color correction in my favor!

Mike, it was great to meet you. It was a fun evening, and I'm glad to have met Kairtane, as well -- I think in those 4 hours of conversation, I learned more about him than I've managed to glean from his posts to date! It never ceases to amaze me, as I meet Gladers, how rich and interesting a community we have.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Wish I'd been able to link up with you guys. Glad you had a good time!

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

You have any idea how hard it is to lurk face to face? Not to mention creepy?

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"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me." - Alice R. Longworth

"Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun." - Ash Williams

Seconded (or so)

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Well, for both of you guys, there's no reason that had to be the last time I drive out to Columbus...

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Home again home again, jiggity jig.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones