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MeTa post:
Chicago Meetup
I can possibly make it.
Of note is that SantaCon Chicago is having a planning meeting Wednesday, October 15 at Rossi's on State.
Don't know if any of you are interested, but it's one of the more freaky things I do every year.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 8:35 AM on October 5, 2008
Wellllll... I'm more of a Stanta Rampage type of guy, rather than a SantaCon participant. Something about being on a bicycle and being able to escape quickly just appeals to me more...
But I mean, people do both, and I might this year...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 9:43 PM on October 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Chicago Meetup: the Bloody Return of Eamondaly
Wait wait wait...
We're sticking to the Billy Goat, because it's familiar. But we're moving it to the Billy Goat on S. Wells?
And it's on a Thursday?
What type of Bizarro-World Meetup is this?
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:54 PM on August 23, 2008
Map of 330 S. Wells. You can see several L and bus stops as well as Union Station nearby.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 11:42 AM on September 15, 2008
A word of warning about those parking garages: If dilly-dally in your a friend's car for more than 15-minutes your paid ticket expires and you either have to drunkenly explain yourself to attendant or pay again...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 3:53 PM on September 18, 2008
I think the next meetup should be at the Wilson Avenue water crib.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 8:29 AM on September 22, 2008
I'm here. Where is everyone?
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 4:05 PM on September 24, 2008
I think I'm going to have to sit this one out too, guys and gals. I'm not near close to being finished with today's work, and I have to be functional in the early morning... so...
Sorry! Please drink one for me.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:44 PM on September 25, 2008
MeTa post:
!@#$%
I have a strict policy of not commenting in my own callouts, but for the snake of clarification I'll respond here:
- I have indeed read one too many of these types of questions. I believe that it is common guy problem in that it's often hard for men, particularly single men, to just be friends with women. While at the same time I find it amusingly frequent that women, even single ones, seem to have no difficulty with such platonic relationships. Further, these types... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 11:51 AM on September 14, 2008
wfrgms, it would be nice if you made more of an effort to reign in your snark next time.
Yes, yes, many things would be nice.
Snark has its place, and overly sensitive Mefis would do well to remember that. As I pointed out above, I feel that sometimes snark can provide clarity. In my case, I don't even know if my comment was that snarky in the traditional sense. Vulgar, crass, obnoxious, sure - but with the precisely the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 12:55 PM on September 14, 2008
MeTa post:
A midsummer night's dream...a Chicago meetup?
Heh. It's IndigoRain's first time.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 5:16 PM on August 1, 2008
Well, if Iguana isn't going, count me out. ;-)
I'll be out back smoking with the cool kids.
No, seriously, I don't think I'll be able to make it tonight. But I hope everyone has fun and is painfully hung over in the morning.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 9:52 AM on August 13, 2008
Oh Jesus Hussein Christ, I'm sorry I couldn't make it over there guys, but trust me, I'm in no condition to hang out, so you're better off without me. Lest I be shoving long island iced teas down each and everyone of your gullets...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 10:30 PM on August 13, 2008
Honestly the meetups at the Billy Goat have been working pretty good so far. It's a central location with lots of public transport options and taxi service. It's cheap with ample seating and it has the type of seedy ambiance that a lot of us go for... Also, a lot of the MeFis seem to live and work nearby so turn outs are usually good. It seems like the things that prevent us from getting there are individualist rather than related to the location.
As for Evanston - I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 11:02 AM on August 15, 2008
How about that crummy little bar in Central Union Station? The Snuggery?
I mean, if you're going to go the Billy Goat, go to the original. If you need something close to the Wells St. Billy Goat, maybe something like that would work?
Hey the name is right and it's as least as safe as Rossi's.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:59 PM on August 15, 2008
Snuggery on Yelp.
Choice line: "when you order wine, they ask if you want a large or a small"
Heh...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:02 PM on August 15, 2008
Eww. Snuggery? Seriously. Eww.
As if that response is somehow a strike against the place...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:13 PM on August 15, 2008
MeTa post:
...almost TWO Hugos, in fact
Conservatives clueless enough to think that having Condi Rice and Andrew Sullivan on the team somehow counts as diversity. Pen their "thinkers" like veal in think tanks rather than let them interact with people who might oppose their views. Loathe women who are not willing to have their opinions as safely shellacked as their hair. Let their sons get caught with a dime bag and see how many are really for "zero-tolerance." Let a swarthy day laborer impregnate their... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 6:59 AM on August 11, 2008
MeTa post:
Because beer makes fire better
I'm still recovering from the last meetup, plus I'll be out of town that weekend.
Can we do the next meet up on Dec 24th?
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 9:31 PM on June 8, 2008
Sorry guys - for some reason I thought this was happening on Wednesday night - I'm tied up tonight.
But I'm still thinking about iguana in the bath. Rawrr!
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:47 PM on July 8, 2008
MeTa post:
By Executive Order
21st. Yah. Whatever works for eamondaly and crush. I do what they tell me.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:23 PM on May 6, 2008
My noobitude is 14% - MeetMegan and eamondaly are messing my game up.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 4:50 PM on May 8, 2008
I'm going to try really hard and get there right at 5 or 6pm. The last two times you guys have been nodding off while I was just on my first beer.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:53 PM on May 18, 2008
I wouldn't have broke that damn window if I knew it would cause you to miss the meetup, Crush. Sorry about that.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 4:18 PM on May 20, 2008
Leaving my place in 10 or 15 mins...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 3:57 PM on May 21, 2008
Wow! I have a really fun time tonight. Thanks to everyone who came over to Rossi's - I feel like we all got pretty cozy there. ;-)
I love eamondaly and when you hit your knees tonight, ask God to love him too!
Good night and God bless!
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:01 AM on May 22, 2008
It is just me or does that Billy Goat brew go down way to quick? I must have had like five in an hour...
Or maybe I'm just a lush...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:49 PM on May 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Mission Accomplished
I've just been reading through the comments over at LGF. I'm very pleased that some of the posters have touched on my post in the MeFi thread.
They are doing a great job of internalizing my comments. I love the, "WTF? We can search!" posts... slightly missing the point, but I give them credit for the effort.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:02 PM on May 18, 2008
mediareport: "Jesus god, please close this thread."
We have a fifth moderator now?
*sigh* The Holy Ghost gets left out once again. It's a trinity people! Get it straight!
And on Trinity Sunday, no less...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:06 PM on May 18, 2008
Haughey Deletes LGF Link
Haughey Deletes Another LGF Thread at MeFi
Dude seems to have a chip on his shoulder back in 2002 and 2003. Course, here we are with a LGF thread still up...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 3:01 PM on May 18, 2008
#275 charles_martel 5/18/08 6:33:39 pm reply quote report 0
Oh, I've had a metafilter attack before. I made one self-link, for which I apologized, I didn't know it was against the rules, and I got viciously and savagely attacked. I was a newbie then to blogs, so I used my real name. Instead of telling me I violated their rules, or even blocking my username, they "Google-bombed" me. Using my real name and saying that I was a child molester and rapist. Yes,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 7:43 PM on May 18, 2008
MeTa post:
Everybody in Tidewater say "Ho-ohhh"
I lived in Norfolk (on Colley Ave in Ghent) from about 2000 to '03. I really liked that town a lot. Sorry I can't be there to hang, but I'm glad to see there are some MeFis there now.
Is Colley Cantina still around? They had these bizzareo huge quesadillas that I really miss. Ohhh... and the Norva. Ah... Good times. That town is a hidden gem.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 9:03 PM on May 8, 2008
MeTa post:
But I was just here!
Why doesn't MetaFilter always recognize that I have visited?
MetaFilter gets a little fed up with how needy you are sometimes, so it ignores you. It's sorry about that, but what are ya going to do?
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 10:44 AM on May 3, 2008
MeTa post:
Baby don't you want to go?
WHAT.
THE.
FUCK.
CHICAGO MEFIS?
Seriously, how did I miss this? And who makes a meetup suggestion five days in advance?
You all owe me a beer at the next meetup. Jerks.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 6:37 PM on April 8, 2008
So is there going to be another meetup this month? If so, someone needs to start a new thread and soon. These swine are rapidly closing in around me over here, pretty soon my schedule will be full up.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 11:23 AM on April 15, 2008
MeTa post:
Meetup! What time? Where?
I don't want to meet anyone who is so busy, important, or engaged in life that they can't spend hours pouring through all the indecipherable inside jokes and innuendo made in the Chicago meetup threads...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 9:25 AM on March 21, 2008
MeTa post:
He should have known he would get responces like this from wacked-out liberals.
Oh... now it comes to MeTa. You know frankly I thought we were handling it just fine on our own.
Dude is a fucking class-A dickhead and deserved every lump served to him.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:41 AM on March 4, 2008
And Wroksie is just all over it like white on rice:
I would immediately send a link to the question in which you ask about DOWNLOADING MUSIC ILLEGALLY through Limewire to the RIAA in order to help them out with their 'sting operations'. Or did you post the question in order to entrap the people who might want to help you find a stupid, terrible, shitty song for your 'girlfriend'?
I am absolutely blown away by what a hypocritical douchebag idiot you... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:44 AM on March 4, 2008
Oh and Blazecock has the gist of why it's a bad AskMe
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:45 AM on March 4, 2008
orthogonality, perhaps to his credit, maybe not, stayed above the fray and actually provided meaningful, step-by-step guidelines for gaming the flag system on Craig's List.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:53 AM on March 4, 2008
To what extent can scriptural support be found for this?
Dude. Scriptural support don't mean shit. Have any of the fuckers even read the bible? NO. If they had they wouldn't be building little Craig's List Nazi armies to police the random encounters section. For fuckssake...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 1:56 AM on March 4, 2008
The fact that the asshole watches "To Catch a Predator" is pretty fucking telling on its own...
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:06 AM on March 4, 2008
I mean... this guy is living out some sort of fantasy right? He watches To Catch a Predator then he gets this idea about busting whores on Craig's List... first he is saying he just wants to flag their posts and then he alludes to some sort of law enforcement involvement. WTF? What type of strange ass, authoritarian fantasy is this guy working through? Gezz... what a creep.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:08 AM on March 4, 2008
Yeah, what Wroksie said x 1,000,000. And also, I love you too Ortho, you marvelous bastard.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:21 AM on March 4, 2008
Now of course, everyone combs through my previous askme answers, looking for more sly sabotage.
And I thought I was just being cute posting as a Christian Fundamentalist on a certain small town's CL rant's and raves. Viciously sneaky.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 2:25 AM on March 4, 2008
MeTa post:
2/07 Chicago Meetup
How is everyone's week going so far? Can I get a woot for who is going to make it tomorrow night?
Also, round about what time do most of yall plan to commence with the festivities? As I don't plan on being requested to jump a dead car battery I should be able to make an appearance fairly early unlike last time.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 10:34 AM on February 19, 2008
I'm going to work really hard today to crack 600 favorites.
That way I'll know I deserve those Meetup beers tonight.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 8:17 AM on February 20, 2008
All I have to say is that the view from the women's room at the Hancock is worth the risk.
posted to MetaTalk by wfrgms
at 11:12 PM on February 20, 2008
