Comments on: Internet Killed the Pen Pal Star http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:33:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sheik Yerbouti http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18346 Sheik Yerbouti Wed, 21 May 2008 18:35:15 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18346 Or short bus, either (I hope). Man, I'm sorry I had to miss out on the magic. I console myself with the knowledge that I've met Mark in the past (though he showed up early for a LAN party and I was still helping with kids so on the whole, the first hour was pretty boring). Still, Simon and Moksha... cool! We need to have a BurgerCon in Texas sometime (you know, because I live here). Or short bus, either (I hope).

Man, I’m sorry I had to miss out on the magic. I console myself with the knowledge that I’ve met Mark in the past (though he showed up early for a LAN party and I was still helping with kids so on the whole, the first hour was pretty boring).

Still, Simon and Moksha… cool! We need to have a BurgerCon in Texas sometime (you know, because I live here).

]]> By: Simon http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18227 Simon Sat, 17 May 2008 03:53:09 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18227 Thanks for the "precious" comment Mark. That made me feel special! (But not in a short but sort of way.) Thanks for the “precious” comment Mark. That made me feel special!

(But not in a short but sort of way.)

]]> By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18200 Mark Thu, 15 May 2008 21:42:43 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18200 No time to answer everybody right now, but I had to say that you needn't worry, Simon. I've already written your precious 40 hours in the next installment. Oh, and the butterfly girl, too. Stop the spoilers, all ye who were there! No time to answer everybody right now, but I had to say that you needn’t worry, Simon. I’ve already written your precious 40 hours in the next installment. Oh, and the butterfly girl, too. Stop the spoilers, all ye who were there!

]]> By: Simon http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18198 Simon Thu, 15 May 2008 20:53:04 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18198 I felt only a little guilty for terrorizing Norah Lu with the Rancor since she DID back off a bit when I roared with perhaps more realism than intended. But not very much guilt. It was fun seeing how much drunker the Drunken Butterfly Girl had gotten by the time we saw her in the second beer tent. Mind you, I think that Moksha and I were as well. But that's all in good fun. And I have the commemorative glass as a reminder. To toot my own horn a bit, it was more like 40 hours up straight by the time I got to bed Friday night. That zombie card game could have had me as a character; I was feeling pretty bad by the end of it all. Any slurring for the rest of the weekend I'll blame on the beer or the scotch. I felt only a little guilty for terrorizing Norah Lu with the Rancor since she DID back off a bit when I roared with perhaps more realism than intended. But not very much guilt.

It was fun seeing how much drunker the Drunken Butterfly Girl had gotten by the time we saw her in the second beer tent. Mind you, I think that Moksha and I were as well. But that’s all in good fun. And I have the commemorative glass as a reminder.

To toot my own horn a bit, it was more like 40 hours up straight by the time I got to bed Friday night. That zombie card game could have had me as a character; I was feeling pretty bad by the end of it all. Any slurring for the rest of the weekend I’ll blame on the beer or the scotch.

]]> By: Émilie B http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18190 Émilie B Thu, 15 May 2008 13:40:33 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18190 The similarity in your outfits on that first photo makes me think you three are indeed of kindred nature. The photo including both the Simian Farmer and Norah Lu on the Regular Life blog is getting me confused, though, like when characters from a tv show visit another series. Is there a spin-off coming our way? I would expect Moksha to be a fun party planner and thus the perfect host for your GT (collecting cool points here), never mind location - and so far the retelling seems to concur with this impression. Glad you guys had a good experience. The similarity in your outfits on that first photo makes me think you three are indeed of kindred nature.

The photo including both the Simian Farmer and Norah Lu on the Regular Life blog is getting me confused, though, like when characters from a tv show visit another series. Is there a spin-off coming our way?

I would expect Moksha to be a fun party planner and thus the perfect host for your GT (collecting cool points here), never mind location – and so far the retelling seems to concur with this impression. Glad you guys had a good experience.

]]> By: Moksha Gren http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18171 Moksha Gren Thu, 15 May 2008 02:48:03 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18171 Shan - I've been accurately called much worse than bumbling...by your husband even. Besides, there's something sorta lovable about the image of the "bumbling host." Puts me in such good company as the "absent-minded professor." Shan – I’ve been accurately called much worse than bumbling…by your husband even. Besides, there’s something sorta lovable about the image of the “bumbling host.” Puts me in such good company as the “absent-minded professor.”

]]> By: Amy http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18170 Amy Thu, 15 May 2008 01:00:38 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18170 You gave Shannon a belated mother's day??? How awfully sweet of you... You must be a fabulous husband :oP. Glad you guys had a great weekend. Can't wait to meet you in person myself. I wonder if we have enough room for the wives and children as well..... You gave Shannon a belated mother’s day??? How awfully sweet of you… You must be a fabulous husband :oP.
Glad you guys had a great weekend. Can’t wait to meet you in person myself. I wonder if we have enough room for the wives and children as well…..

]]> By: Shan http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18166 Shan Wed, 14 May 2008 23:40:30 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18166 Moksha, I was wondering of you were going to stand for him calling you "bumbling." Pretty darn disrespectful, I must say. But considering how much he has raved about what an incredible time he had (& all of the incredible places you guys went & incredible things you did), I guess it's safe to say he didn't mean it that way. But I'd still kick his ass next time you see him. I'm just sayin'. Moksha, I was wondering of you were going to stand for him calling you “bumbling.” Pretty darn disrespectful, I must say. But considering how much he has raved about what an incredible time he had (& all of the incredible places you guys went & incredible things you did), I guess it’s safe to say he didn’t mean it that way. But I’d still kick his ass next time you see him. I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: Moksha Gren http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18164 Moksha Gren Wed, 14 May 2008 15:05:35 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18164 "Because, as we all know now, the clocks in your house do not tick" :) They are a sad lot, aren't they? Double doomed by my own procrastination and my wife's refusal to have competing metronomes within earshot of her piano. But hey...right twice a day is better than I manage some days. “Because, as we all know now, the clocks in your house do not tick” :) They are a sad lot, aren’t they? Double doomed by my own procrastination and my wife’s refusal to have competing metronomes within earshot of her piano. But hey…right twice a day is better than I manage some days.

]]> By: Mark http://blog.markwill.com/2008/05/13/internet-killed-the-pen-pal-star/comment-page-1#comment-18163 Mark Wed, 14 May 2008 14:59:44 +0000 http://blog.markwill.com/?p=1022#comment-18163 Sis B - Thanks for passing that information along to everybody! Dave - It truly was the most fun I've had (with my clothes on) in decades. Alvis - Sshhhh! Moksha - Of course, you know I was kidding about the "bumbling" part. The thrill of the meeting itself sustained me just fine. I tried to very subtly slip in this comment at the end of the sentence suggesting that we were bored: "as we watched the clock tick and the pigs fly." Because, as we all know now, the clocks in your house do not tick and pigs do not fly. As for the rest of your comment... no spoilers, man! Sis B – Thanks for passing that information along to everybody!

Dave – It truly was the most fun I’ve had (with my clothes on) in decades.

Alvis – Sshhhh!

Moksha – Of course, you know I was kidding about the “bumbling” part. The thrill of the meeting itself sustained me just fine. I tried to very subtly slip in this comment at the end of the sentence suggesting that we were bored: “as we watched the clock tick and the pigs fly.” Because, as we all know now, the clocks in your house do not tick and pigs do not fly.

As for the rest of your comment… no spoilers, man!

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