anyone in the NY area who wants to meet up for drinks election night and not talk about it, let's do that, too.
I read this at first as "let's do this and not talk about it," and I had this image of the unfogged hivemind firing neurons promptly at 6:30 pm and 20-30 people arriving, bemused, at the same bar.
So far, Dr B, Megan and I will be in attendance. If we have to drink all by ourselves, we will raise our glasses to Unfoggedarians in absentia. And come up with really good rumours about Ted Haggard and [fill in your name here].
I could maybe go, as long as we're somewhere with a tv so I can check the returns. And someone brings a laptop.
To the NYC meetup, not the LA one, if that had not been clear.
I'll have my Sidekick. We can check internet returns on that and I can give my number out for people to send me text messages with election results and lascivious come-ons. And as we get drunker, we can send them drunken text messages in response. Everybody wins.
LA! I'm really excited to meet more of you, so that after, I can come back home and insult you in public. It will be great.
when can we have a d.c. meet up? the public demands it!
9 -- what are you talking about? Don't you guys have like an ongoing drop-in meetup down there?
(Maybe I mean "an on-going drop-in meet-up".)
Ok, as long as Beckse brings the Sidekick, and as long as we pick a place that is child-friendly...
Dude, I so want to fly out to LA for this meetup. Dr. B, Domineditrix, and Megan? Teh awesome.
Unfortunately, I have to take the MPRE (ethics portion of the bar exam) this Saturday.
14: after my behavior last time, we need someplace that will accommodate childishness.
I am pro-a bar with a TV to watch the returns, 'cause after all, misery loves company.
Well, in case the Clown child needs to come this time, I don't want to have to bite anyone.
I am pro-a bar with a TV to watch the returns
I thought this said "reruns", and I thought, yes, that's what we'll probably be watching.
13: The advice I got on the MPRE was to look at every question and think WWJD? The non-denominational version of that was "Would you do it with your mother in the room?" With that, you don't even need to have studied. (Oh, some of the judicial questions are trickyish, but it's not like you need to do well, just pass.)
14: Last meetup, Clown tried to bring his daughter in to say hi, and was cruelly rebuffed by the kid-hating staff of the Gingerman.
18 - The advice I got for the MPRE, which I didn't take, was to always choose the second-most ethical choice.
The problem with using WWJD is that he kept breaking the law - y'know, committing battery on those money changers, practicing medicine without a licence, making wine in excess of the amount allowable per household per year... and probably over-fishing and baking without a health permit.
And how did the LA Meet-Up thread get high-jacked so quickly by those New Yorkers??? C'mon, people, get your own thread. Sheesh.
13: LeBlanc, we're meeting on *Sunday*. Take the stupid exam, then get on a plane Sunday morning. I'll pick you up at the airport! And we can get drunk! And you can spend the night, or a couple nights, here chez Brady!
10: we do, sort of. but believe me, it gets old. we need some fresh unfogged blood up in here.
I'll be in DC for Thanksgiving, but I may not have time for a meetup (lotsa family stuff to do). I'll be back in December and January, though.
I keep on thinking work is going to make me have to come down to DC (it's happened reasonably often in the past) but there's nothing on the horizon. When it does, consider yourselves all met. (Or remet, as applicable.)
My trip to DC that I mentioned someplace has gone out the window. I hate you all and your accessability to each other.
But Chopper, you have *me*.
Well, once in a while.
26: Drat. I was actually thinking that that might be a good enough reason to get myself to DC somehow, considering the unlikelyness that I'll ever get out to Minnesota.
Fear not, catherine! A DC meetup is tenatively scheduled for the end of December, to coincide with Alameida's trip to the states, Teo's visit, and the APA philosopher convergence.
Just a reminder that there will be a Portland meetup around Dec. 15, consisting at the moment of Jesus and I.
My visit in December will not coincide with the APA; I'm not sure when exactly it'll be, but definitely before Christmas.
The Boston meetup went well. arthegall, mrh and I all agreed that we felt vaguely stalkerish, cause we talked a bit about the rest of y'all.
I totally want to go to the DC meetup. I miss D.C. Are there free floors available at chez Bloje?
I miss D.C.
They'll give you hell for this, but I couldn't agree more.
I don't know how you all can think about NOT watching the election returns. I'll be glued to my monitor, then my radio, then my TV, with 5 or 10 minutes of angsty transition in between each move because something might happen while I'm walking the 20 feet to my car/house. Where will you all find the restraint to not be lunging at the nearest media source?
32 -- "agreed that we felt vaguely stalkerish" s/b "ditched Brock".
I would go to DC except I couldn't afford it.
You could afford to come down to LA.
I've met you and Megan before. I demand greater than 1/3 original content.
Speaking of meetups, I met Chris the erstwhile lurker tonight. Nice, nice guy.
I demand greater than 1/3 original content.
But DE is YOUR MOM.
By the way, since you're up and commenting...what's a haX0r? It's been driving me nuts.
41: You could drive down to LA too, Mr. Ogged.
Haxor. It was Mr. Smasher's decision to name the groups that way.
You could drive down to LA too, Mr. Ogged.
You have me confused with a younger man.
Oh. You kids and your crazy lingo.
I will be at a gathering with three (3) televisions for election-night, and my texts, since they will originate in New York, will travel rapidly. I volunteer to do this if it's actually needed.
46: You know, you used to be pretty.
I demand greater than 1/3 original content.
I could come! I know you've all been dying to meet me!
Admit it or I'll cry.
Forever.
(Cue "Christmastime Is Here")
29: w00t! who else would come to that?
28: Well, let me talk to the missus. We originally thought we would go to her high school friend's wedding, but decided we couldn't afford the $1200 or so for two plane tickets and 3 nights of hotels, plus gift, restaurants, etc. I could maybe swing a solo trip if I can score a spot on a floor and pick up a cheap ticket. But then there's no reason to tie myself down to the one date.
Yeah, since I botched my last DC trip unfogged-wise I'm looking for a make-up quiz. When's this tentative date? I wish we'd had this thread before I bought my ticket to go to LA between Dec. 21-28.
Speaking of which, LA people and nearby California residents (I'm looking at you, w-lfs-n), I'm going to be in LA Dec. 21-28.
who else would come to that?
I'd probably drive up for that.
M leB - Then we'll have to have a Solstice meet-up. Perhaps we can go around singing carols in a peculiarly Unfogged sort of way...
Scott Erik Kaufman, glad you'll join us on Sunday. I'm all excited to meet everyone.
51 is a follow up to 42, and not to 50, right? Right?
And thank you Ben for saying what so needed to be said.
Chris, I submit that you aren't allowed to be touchy about being the only non-bald person on earth who nevertheless shaves his head for no publically obvious reason.
no publically obvious reason
It assures potential partners that he's free of lice.
I'd never seen that spelling of publicly before. OED returns the following examples:
"Individuals leaping on to the stages of Danish sex clubs and publically copulating."
"The publically valued institution of marriage."
"It was sometimes hard for parents to accept publically that their children had mental or physical difficulties."
I'd never seen that spelling of publicly before
You must not have been paying very close attention. Even the hoohole returns dozens of instances of its use on this very blog. I myself used it in a comment very recently.
very very very. Verily I say unto you...
He's Aryan Nation.
This is probably true, or you have this stuff on the brain. On that note, have you considered casting the blonde Unfogged children in your movie?
What the heck is the link in 65? And doubly what the heck is this?
Hope that not an indiscretion error. If it is it's Apo's fault. I like the bunny gif!
(a) w-lfs-n has kindly (and somewhat illegally) made the services of the Oxford English Dictionary available for public querying.
(b) w-lfs-n has created found poetry from a random intermixture of comments found on the site.
On that note, have you considered casting the blonde Unfogged children in your movie?
This is really the only way to go, I figure.
Clicking on figures innocently named b.jpg while you are at work: not such a good idea.
73- so of course I had to do it after reading this... not a good idea at all. Ben, you should really warn people about stuff that's NSFW.
Yeah, no kidding. And it isn't even B.
Brock:
w-lfs-ncomments.txt was used as data for this adventure in markov chain–related bizarrerie. It's simply a text file of all the comments I'd made up to whenever it was that file was made.
As to warning people about what's NSFW: you browse directory listings, you get what's coming to you.
As to warning people about what's NSFW: you browse directory listings, you get what's coming to you.
Of course--I was just joking. Is that really B?
When she was younger, and had perkier breasts.
I'll try to come, but would need a ride up from Irvine. If anyone's headed up there from down here, drop me a line. I'll even pay for all the gas. (Yes, I get free gasoline but have no working vehicle. This is the kind of world I live in. Someday you too could be a graduate student!)
Only in the poli-sci department.
82: Yep. O what a lucky bastard I would be, if I owned a working vehicle!
So you live in southern California without a car? How's that working out for you?
Yes—but the act of linking to, funny!
Er, "linking to it." Foiled again!
Whew. Didn't anybody to mistake this for a pity party.
How is your back? Did they catch the guy?
That post is dated from May, so I'm assuming he's fine.
Never caught the guy, and I'm down to about two hours of rehab daily. I'm in the best worst shape—worst best shape?—of my life.
Holy shit, you're still doing rehab? Sorry to hear it, Scott.
Back injuries suck. One of my friends got his Iraq tour cut short by a back injury. Thrown from a fuel truck at like 50 miles an hour. He's 31, barely older than I am, and his back is fucked. He's going to have to be careful with his back for the rest of his life.
On a related note, don't jump off bridges (even if everyone else is doing it).
Back injuries, they're the worst.
I mean, really people, take care of your backs.
Unless you want to go the gym, sit on a yoga ball and lift embarrassingly light weights while all the bullies take turns kicking sand in your face.
Scott - Does The Pit still exist for grad students in the English department? Or did they finally realise that killing off the teaching staff by depressing them and depriving them of sunlight was cruel and unusual?
The Pit still exists, only now it's in the bowels of Krieger instead of Humanities Hall—which makes absolutely no difference to the poor, sunlight-deprived saps who cower in it.
Why do you care about the bullies, SEK? You have a hot wife.
But I'd like to keep her. She's sees them treating me like that and BAM! she'll shack up with the first C14th scholar she sees.
I bet if she sees you writing things like "She's sees" she'll start having her doubts, too.
Nah. None of those folks she studies believed in regularized spelling or grammar either. It's totally the sand.
Scott, you totally have to come. I'd give you a ride, but it's something like three hours from me to your place, which is a wee bit much. Rent a car?
That said, I'll have the car back tomorrow, so I'm back on for giving Megan a ride, at least.
Also, that pic is so not me. One, I eat; two, I don't have fake boobs; three, I would *never* put that stupid bow in my hair; and four, I haven't had that vapid an expression since I was an infant, if I ever did then.
Using the bus here in LA isn't that bad, although the busses are equipped with monitors that blare Chuck Norris commercials at riders. This week I rented a car, and witnessed some stupid unsignalling mofo swerve itself into the median and generate lots of smoke if not fire (I kept going). Next week I'm back on the bus, napping and reading. Next week sounds lots more peaceful..
I may see y'all at the French Market. Am right up the street. I don't think they serve drinks other than beer, but you can smoke.
Go for it. Smoking good! Yay smoking!
Are you the goofyfoot who wrote the book I'm supposed to review?
Nope. I'm just a dilletantish[sp], local, smoking goofyfoot. But if the other one doesn't ride a skateboard in the goofyfoot fashion, s/he's definitely an imposter of sorts.
Are you supposed to signal before swerving onto the median? They didn't cover this when I took driver's ed.
Scott - If you want to take the train up, I can arrange to pick you up/drop you at the station.
I don't think anyone I knew is still in the department other than Linda Georgianna. Who, upon being asked by someone if she advocated teaching the Bible in grammar school, replied 'Certainly! Especially those parts in Leviticus about the penalties for fucking bunnies!'
OK, people, we need something to signal who we are - any brilliant ideas, or should I just wear bunny ears and carry a sign that says "Unfogged"?
DominEditrix, that Georgianna story doesn't surprise me in the least. She's my wife's adviser and I've heard plenty similar ones.
As for tomorrow, I'm going to try to come. I think can drive up there now, but hopefully, I'll see you lot tomorrow.