Blogmeet wrapup.
Just because it has to be said: Will Turk Turon just Shut the Fuck Up.
I mean, yap yap yap yap yap yap yap yap. It was amazing, he’s a machine. You just cannot shut the guy up no matter what you do, and he just made it impossible for anyone to get a damned word in edgewise.
Nice to see you, boss.
(Lest anyone not get this, Turk barely said a word the whole time i was there. Maybe it was the smell. I trued to wipe up the deer blood, I did.)
Carteach: This is one rare bird- someone who actually MADE A LIVING DOING SOMETHING who is now TEACHING OTHERS. What an amazing concept: Someone might accidentally learn something useful instead of theory that never works in practice. If I didn’t fix my own shit, I’d be knocking on his door looking for referrals to his students. Pity we can’t get more like this- My memories of my favorite instructors- through my whole life- were those who had come to teaching after making a living doing the work. They did so, at least in part, for the same reasons Carteach is doing what he does, I believe, to make sure another generation comes to the fore with some kind of clue. A pleasure to have conversed with you, Sir.
Brigid. Wow. Milk does a body good.
Grouch? that disk is fargtabulous. The “ode to joy” (always one of my favorite pieces) is tasteacular. Yum. Thank you and thank the people involved on my behalf.
For all the rest, sorry we didn’t have a chance to talk more, but there will be other times, no doubt.
Gun people are amazingly decent, aren’t they? What a great group of folks- including the inimitable Roberta X, whose graciousness is beginning to be the stuff of legend.

Og! I didn’t know you were at the blog meet yesterday! I would have loved to have met you and said hello.
I guess you were sitting at the end of the table near Roberta! Next time… well, at least the next time I make it up. The drive from Evansville is a long one :)
I was the big ugly fucker in black.
Maybe not the best place to get a hold of you, but I couldn’t find another way. would you please go read my blog and respond to the question. Thank you.
Pleasure to meet you. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Oh, I am so sorry I missed it – I’ve been hoping to meet you, Og. Maybe in the spring.
(and I’ve met Turk so I was laughing by the 2nd sentence of this post. Yap yap yap indeed.)
Great meeting you, loved the stories. And glad you enjoyed the disc, I’ll pass your thanks along.
ugly my Aunt Fanny – the man in black is always the draw, at either end of the table.
It was great to meet you and some of the other new arrivals, even if your compliments made me blush.
You were a great addition to the group. Glad you came.
Brigid
ed; Fixed.
I have an excellent optometrist to whom I can refer you.
I’m so damned ugly I still have to rub meat on myself to get the dog to play with me.
Hey! Darn nice meeting you too. Not many folks in this world I get along with right off the bat… just found one more (g).