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Meetup success

by John Cole|  March 5, 201311:40 pm| 42 Comments

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That was fun. Stragglers are heading to the Friends.

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  1. 1.

    Cacti

    March 5, 2013 at 11:43 pm

    So, what body part did you get tattooed?

    Or did you wuss out?

  2. 2.

    trollhattan

    March 5, 2013 at 11:44 pm

    Bless you my children, go forth and sin…uh, no more. Oh, go on.

    Central Standard Drinking Time.

  3. 3.

    Marmot

    March 5, 2013 at 11:46 pm

    Nice to meet you in person, JC.

  4. 4.

    Mnemosyne

    March 5, 2013 at 11:47 pm

    Good news: Started building my new desk tonight.

    Bad news: We only got to step 4. Of 22.

  5. 5.

    Marmot

    March 5, 2013 at 11:49 pm

    @Cacti: Nah, he trolled us. Right up ’till I asked him about it. Dang trolls.

  6. 6.

    Three-nineteen

    March 5, 2013 at 11:52 pm

    I’m over 1,000 miles away, so I’m drinking with everyone in spirit. Speaking of spirit, when he’s in Texas he does a meet-up, but when he’s in Madison every year (a couple hours away from me) it’s a fucking mystery where he is and no one can meet him?

  7. 7.

    Sandia Blanca

    March 5, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    So here’s the official Meet-Up Roll Call. Please add your name if I missed you:

    * Janet Strange
    * Square Squid (Evelyn Dehais)
    * Lolis
    * Marcelo
    * Mark B
    * Matt Smith
    * Erik Orr
    * Kathryn Kenefick
    * Melville
    * Marmot
    * Lokahi
    * Grumpy Code Monkey (John)
    * RoonieRoo
    * KDAUG
    * Highway Rob
    * Sandia Blanca

  8. 8.

    Omnes Omnibus

    March 6, 2013 at 12:01 am

    @Marmot: Maybe he was just too polite to show you his bare ass. Be happy.

  9. 9.

    MikeJ

    March 6, 2013 at 12:02 am

    The redhead is the artist responsible for the feed logo.

    I was going to ask about her earlier for uhm, reasons. But I didn’t want to be rude.

  10. 10.

    tams

    March 6, 2013 at 12:05 am

    i don’t even have words to adequately describe how worried i am about you – while i am thrilled you allowed some of your stellar blogging family to meet you in person the other decisions and suggestions of things you have done in austin have left me in a state of angst. take care of you, cole – love you!

  11. 11.

    Punchy

    March 6, 2013 at 12:05 am

    Black Star Coop. Ask fer Suzy!

  12. 12.

    Ted & Hellen

    March 6, 2013 at 12:08 am

    Any fist fights?

  13. 13.

    Violet

    March 6, 2013 at 12:10 am

    Glad y’all had fun. Can’t believe Cole actually decided to have–and attend–a meetup. Good for you, John!

  14. 14.

    Matt Smith

    March 6, 2013 at 12:10 am

    Great to meet others – including lurkers like me. ;-)

    Also: There were two Johns there tonight. I met one and assumed that was JC. Tried to buy him a drink, blog-reader to blog-meister. But since this John wasn’t JC, and there weren’t many obvious reasons I’d want to buy him a drink, my offer was badly misinterpreted… his wife thought I was propositioning him. Facepalm.

  15. 15.

    Comrade Mary

    March 6, 2013 at 12:12 am

    Hey, guys! Somebody emailed me a stealth picture of John from the meetup. Cute!

  16. 16.

    Sandia Blanca

    March 6, 2013 at 12:14 am

    Just realized I left Logan off the list of attendees. Sorry!

    And yes, John Cole is real, he’s very sweet (shhh, don’t tell), and the meet-up was awesome. Several people have suggested we do it again, even if our esteemed host is back home in West Virginia.

  17. 17.

    Marcelo

    March 6, 2013 at 12:16 am

    That’s me and my beautiful wife hogging the front of the pic. I have a lovely pic of Cole as he was posting this very post but he won’t let me put it up.

  18. 18.

    NotMax

    March 6, 2013 at 12:19 am

    But… but…

    where were the Mao jackets and Black Panther berets?

  19. 19.

    Square Squid

    March 6, 2013 at 12:22 am

    Cole is so nice in person.

    @MikeJ, your inquiries have been noted.

  20. 20.

    YellowJournalism

    March 6, 2013 at 12:24 am

    I wanted to drink in sprit wih you all, but I have to work tomorrow, so I ate some margarita and strawberry daiquiri Jelly Belly beans instead.

  21. 21.

    rda909

    March 6, 2013 at 12:26 am

    @Comrade Mary: Does wine covering a keyboard and screen cause computer malfunctions?

  22. 22.

    YellowJournalism

    March 6, 2013 at 12:26 am

    @Comrade Mary: Bwhahahahahaha! They say people sometimes resemble their pets, but that would be ridiculous!

  23. 23.

    trollhattan

    March 6, 2013 at 12:30 am

    Keep forgetting to mention, one of my favorite photobloggers is an Austinista. Here’s an “awww” doggie moment from last weekend.

    http://visualsciencelab.blogspot.com/2013/03/dog-in-guitar-case-sixth-st-on-sunday.html

  24. 24.

    Citizen_X

    March 6, 2013 at 12:30 am

    @Marcelo:

    I have a lovely pic of Cole as he was posting this very post but he won’t let me put it up.

    Instagram is your friend.

  25. 25.

    Jewish Steel

    March 6, 2013 at 12:31 am

    Man! That looks like a blast.

    I wish I was there.

  26. 26.

    YoohooCthulhu

    March 6, 2013 at 12:36 am

    @Three-nineteen:

    it’s a fucking mystery where he is and no one can meet him?

    I think our blog host is turning over a new leaf. It started with the DNC.

    Actually, it started long before that, with the stopping being a Republican thing.

    Huh. At this rate, he’ll be in full hipster mode a year from now.

  27. 27.

    Marcelo

    March 6, 2013 at 12:56 am

    Don’t be mad, but we all totally made plans to hang with Cole tomorrow night. That’s how charming we are.

    Suck it, Madison. :)

  28. 28.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    March 6, 2013 at 1:00 am

    If you want to read some tweets that are funny, but not in the way the author intended, take a look at Dennis Miller‘s tweets about Hugo Chavez. He sounds like a Simpsons parody of himself.

  29. 29.

    Comrade Mary

    March 6, 2013 at 1:03 am

    @Marcelo: Can somebody please slip into Omnes’ place and hide all the knives? kthxbye.

  30. 30.

    RoonieRoo

    March 6, 2013 at 1:07 am

    Woohoo! Good to see the party still going. We had to head home since the poor doggy was crossing his legs needing to go out. Glad you are keeping Cole going. We definitely have to do this again even sans Cole.

  31. 31.

    TaMara (BHF)

    March 6, 2013 at 1:11 am

    Colorado is beautiful in the fall. Just sayin’.

    EDIT: Heck, Colorado is beautiful all year.

  32. 32.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    March 6, 2013 at 1:12 am

    This year, instead of sending some his underlings to Netroots Nation, Cole should come out to lovely San Jose himself.

  33. 33.

    dance around in your bones

    March 6, 2013 at 1:14 am

    @Marcelo:

    Gah! Gah! We’re (apparently) not worthy!

  34. 34.

    SatanicPanic

    March 6, 2013 at 1:18 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: David Mamet or Dennis Miller- who is lamer?

  35. 35.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    March 6, 2013 at 1:29 am

    @SatanicPanic: I would say Miller, mainly because he’s a more desperate clown.

    Although, Miller didn’t fall nearly as far to become a ridiculous idiot.

  36. 36.

    SatanicPanic

    March 6, 2013 at 1:38 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: Dennis has really managed to milk that SNL fame. That was over 20 years ago and he hasn’t done anything of note since.

  37. 37.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    March 6, 2013 at 2:02 am

    @SatanicPanic: Have you seen “Bordello of Blood”? If you’d been in that movie, you wouldn’t use it on your resume either.

  38. 38.

    SatanicPanic

    March 6, 2013 at 2:15 am

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: I actually saw that in the theater, and yeah, that was pretty weak.

  39. 39.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    March 6, 2013 at 2:24 am

    The children going hungry in America
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21636723

    Sad…but like the Republicans care…

  40. 40.

    Studly Pantload, the emotionally unavailable unicorn

    March 6, 2013 at 2:29 am

    Nice to meet ya, redhead responsible for the feed logo!

  41. 41.

    Steeplejack

    March 6, 2013 at 2:42 am

    Fair amount of snow on the cars and grass (here in NoVa), but it’s not sticking to the pavement. Can’t see it coming down. We’re supposed to get 8-12 inches.

    I’ma go to bed.

  42. 42.

    kdaug

    March 6, 2013 at 3:52 am

    @Sandia Blanca: Not me. I was never there.

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