Back to the salt mines...

I had a lot of fun this weekend. I'd just like to thank publius1 for throwing his little shindig and let him know that robeli disputes his comment made while walking to get breakfast on Sunday.

It was good to see every one who made it. Some of you I haven't seen in a long time, others I hadn't met IRL previously at all. desdenova had previous plans, and couldn't join us unfortunately and dilickjm and his lovely wife hennyanya had to cancel, so I've yet to make their acquaintance. Another time then.

missysedai deviled some eggs and grilled some burgers. I think there might have been other food as well, but really, what else is necessary after that?

There may have been cake. Ice cream was possibly in attendance.

Much Guitar Hero [1|2] was played, and when people weren't being Rock Gods, Demigods, Heroes, or at least wannabes, they were being Gods of War. publius1's PS2 (Sony, not IBM) may never recover from the carnage.

melallen, pokeypenguin, aor, and I played a lot of 9 ball, 8 ball, team 8 ball, and cut throat. scifantasy made the occasional foray over to the table as well, and I saw montoya play at least once.

I'm positive some one, at some time over the course of the weekend, might have had a drink. Possibly two. I couldn't say with any surety.

Despite getting up before the sun yesterday, I still managed to miss my flight, but I made it on the next one standby, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was a fitting cap to getting put on an earlier flight on Saturday, which then sat on the tarmac for almost two hours while ORD got sprinkled on. It's okay that you were still in zombie mode when I headed out Kenn. I wouldn't have been up either, except for that whole "I need to get to ORD by 8, and fuck, it's already twenty of 7" thing.

Just for the record, I got on a Brown line train at Wellington at 7:02 (I had to wait a bit, what with CTA being on a weekend/holiday schedule, and me getting up the stairs just as a train headed to the loop was leaving). I got off a Blue line train at ORD at 8:36. Google Earth informs me that this is a meager 16 miles by street. The El suffers from the same disease that makes the Metro a huge PITA. You can't get from anywhere to anywhere else without going to the center first (in DC, for fun, try to get from College Park to Silver Spring (6.6 driving miles) using the Metro).

robeli tells me that it would be easier (for me, and really, it's all about me) if you all came to my house.

Back to the salt mines...

I had a lot of fun this weekend. I'd just like to thank publius1 for throwing his little shindig and let him know that robeli disputes his comment made while walking to get breakfast on Sunday.

It was good to see every one who made it. Some of you I haven't seen in a long time, others I hadn't met IRL previously at all. desdenova had previous plans, and couldn't join us unfortunately and dilickjm and his lovely wife hennyanya had to cancel, so I've yet to make their acquaintance. Another time then.

missysedai deviled some eggs and grilled some burgers. I think there might have been other food as well, but really, what else is necessary after that?

There may have been cake. Ice cream was possibly in attendance.

Much Guitar Hero [1|2] was played, and when people weren't being Rock Gods, Demigods, Heroes, or at least wannabes, they were being Gods of War. publius1's PS2 (Sony, not IBM) may never recover from the carnage.

melallen, pokeypenguin, aor, and I played a lot of 9 ball, 8 ball, team 8 ball, and cut throat. scifantasy made the occasional foray over to the table as well, and I saw montoya play at least once.

I'm positive some one, at some time over the course of the weekend, might have had a drink. Possibly two. I couldn't say with any surety.

Despite getting up before the sun yesterday, I still managed to miss my flight, but I made it on the next one standby, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was a fitting cap to getting put on an earlier flight on Saturday, which then sat on the tarmac for almost two hours while ORD got sprinkled on. It's okay that you were still in zombie mode when I headed out Kenn. I wouldn't have been up either, except for that whole "I need to get to ORD by 8, and fuck, it's already twenty of 7" thing.

Just for the record, I got on a Brown line train at Wellington at 7:02 (I had to wait a bit, what with CTA being on a weekend/holiday schedule, and me getting up the stairs just as a train headed to the loop was leaving). I got off a Blue line train at ORD at 8:36. Google Earth informs me that this is a meager 16 miles by street. The El suffers from the same disease that makes the Metro a huge PITA. You can't get from anywhere to anywhere else without going to the center first (in DC, for fun, try to get from College Park to Silver Spring (6.6 driving miles) using the Metro).

robeli tells me that it would be easier (for me, and really, it's all about me) if you all came to my house.

Back to the salt mines...

I had a lot of fun this weekend. I'd just like to thank publius1 for throwing his little shindig and let him know that robeli disputes his comment made while walking to get breakfast on Sunday.

It was good to see every one who made it. Some of you I haven't seen in a long time, others I hadn't met IRL previously at all. desdenova had previous plans, and couldn't join us unfortunately and dilickjm and his lovely wife hennyanya had to cancel, so I've yet to make their acquaintance. Another time then.

missysedai deviled some eggs and grilled some burgers. I think there might have been other food as well, but really, what else is necessary after that?

There may have been cake. Ice cream was possibly in attendance.

Much Guitar Hero [1|2] was played, and when people weren't being Rock Gods, Demigods, Heroes, or at least wannabes, they were being Gods of War. publius1's PS2 (Sony, not IBM) may never recover from the carnage.

melallen, pokeypenguin, aor, and I played a lot of 9 ball, 8 ball, team 8 ball, and cut throat. scifantasy made the occasional foray over to the table as well, and I saw montoya play at least once.

I'm positive some one, at some time over the course of the weekend, might have had a drink. Possibly two. I couldn't say with any surety.

Despite getting up before the sun yesterday, I still managed to miss my flight, but I made it on the next one standby, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. It was a fitting cap to getting put on an earlier flight on Saturday, which then sat on the tarmac for almost two hours while ORD got sprinkled on. It's okay that you were still in zombie mode when I headed out Kenn. I wouldn't have been up either, except for that whole "I need to get to ORD by 8, and fuck, it's already twenty of 7" thing.

Just for the record, I got on a Brown line train at Wellington at 7:02 (I had to wait a bit, what with CTA being on a weekend/holiday schedule, and me getting up the stairs just as a train headed to the loop was leaving). I got off a Blue line train at ORD at 8:36. Google Earth informs me that this is a meager 16 miles by street. The El suffers from the same disease that makes the Metro a huge PITA. You can't get from anywhere to anywhere else without going to the center first (in DC, for fun, try to get from College Park to Silver Spring (6.6 driving miles) using the Metro).

robeli tells me that it would be easier (for me, and really, it's all about me) if you all came to my house.

Hmm...

I've never really thought much about throwing a social.

I mean, who wants to come to DC? There's nothing here.

Well, except for the museums, the zoo, the monuments, the center of our govt., the theaters, the battlefields, the food, and maybe some other stuff I've forgotten. It's not a place we get many tourists or anything.

In all reality, unless you've got a car, most of that stuff just isn't accessible from my house. I love living in the 'burbs, but it does mean that the Metro, in one of it's few useful configurations (if you want to get to DC's attractions, the Metro is fantastic, but you have to go to it), isn't a mere few blocks blocks north.

I live 7 minutes from Dulles (IAD), 15 in traffic. I'm 15 minutes from the Vienna metro station, which you can get to from National (DCA) with no problem. Both of those require driving, though.

I live here.

We're talking serious suburbia. Picket fences, 2.4 kids, dogs, cats, manicured lawns, SUVs, the whole suburban enchilada. I have the space to throw a party. I've got room for people to sleep. I'm just not easy to get to.

I also have no clue when I'd do it. The next long weekend is the July 4th one, and you DON'T want to be in DC in July. It's hot, it's humid, and on that particular weekend, the place is packed. They throw great fireworks in the air right over the Potomac so the mall has the optimal view. And you only have to share that view with 500,000+ of your closest friends. Oh, and I'll be down in Williamsburg, so you'd be sleeping on the driveway.

I'd love to have people over. I'm just not sure when. Also, if you weren't staying here, the nearest hotels are in Reston, Herndon, Fair Lakes, and Chantilly. Oh, and thanks to proximity to Dulles and every tech company and defense contractor known to man being located all over this end of Fairfax Co., none of them are of the particularly inexpensive variety.

Hmm...

I've never really thought much about throwing a social.

I mean, who wants to come to DC? There's nothing here.

Well, except for the museums, the zoo, the monuments, the center of our govt., the theaters, the battlefields, the food, and maybe some other stuff I've forgotten. It's not a place we get many tourists or anything.

In all reality, unless you've got a car, most of that stuff just isn't accessible from my house. I love living in the 'burbs, but it does mean that the Metro, in one of it's few useful configurations (if you want to get to DC's attractions, the Metro is fantastic, but you have to go to it), isn't a mere few blocks blocks north.

I live 7 minutes from Dulles (IAD), 15 in traffic. I'm 15 minutes from the Vienna metro station, which you can get to from National (DCA) with no problem. Both of those require driving, though.

I live here.

We're talking serious suburbia. Picket fences, 2.4 kids, dogs, cats, manicured lawns, SUVs, the whole suburban enchilada. I have the space to throw a party. I've got room for people to sleep. I'm just not easy to get to.

I also have no clue when I'd do it. The next long weekend is the July 4th one, and you DON'T want to be in DC in July. It's hot, it's humid, and on that particular weekend, the place is packed. They throw great fireworks in the air right over the Potomac so the mall has the optimal view. And you only have to share that view with 500,000+ of your closest friends. Oh, and I'll be down in Williamsburg, so you'd be sleeping on the driveway.

I'd love to have people over. I'm just not sure when. Also, if you weren't staying here, the nearest hotels are in Reston, Herndon, Fair Lakes, and Chantilly. Oh, and thanks to proximity to Dulles and every tech company and defense contractor known to man being located all over this end of Fairfax Co., none of them are of the particularly inexpensive variety.

Hmm...

I've never really thought much about throwing a social.

I mean, who wants to come to DC? There's nothing here.

Well, except for the museums, the zoo, the monuments, the center of our govt., the theaters, the battlefields, the food, and maybe some other stuff I've forgotten. It's not a place we get many tourists or anything.

In all reality, unless you've got a car, most of that stuff just isn't accessible from my house. I love living in the 'burbs, but it does mean that the Metro, in one of it's few useful configurations (if you want to get to DC's attractions, the Metro is fantastic, but you have to go to it), isn't a mere few blocks blocks north.

I live 7 minutes from Dulles (IAD), 15 in traffic. I'm 15 minutes from the Vienna metro station, which you can get to from National (DCA) with no problem. Both of those require driving, though.

I live here.

We're talking serious suburbia. Picket fences, 2.4 kids, dogs, cats, manicured lawns, SUVs, the whole suburban enchilada. I have the space to throw a party. I've got room for people to sleep. I'm just not easy to get to.

I also have no clue when I'd do it. The next long weekend is the July 4th one, and you DON'T want to be in DC in July. It's hot, it's humid, and on that particular weekend, the place is packed. They throw great fireworks in the air right over the Potomac so the mall has the optimal view. And you only have to share that view with 500,000+ of your closest friends. Oh, and I'll be down in Williamsburg, so you'd be sleeping on the driveway.

I'd love to have people over. I'm just not sure when. Also, if you weren't staying here, the nearest hotels are in Reston, Herndon, Fair Lakes, and Chantilly. Oh, and thanks to proximity to Dulles and every tech company and defense contractor known to man being located all over this end of Fairfax Co., none of them are of the particularly inexpensive variety.