Last night, Jeff of Blue Collar Scientist hosted what turned out to be a surprisingly successful meet-up at Barnes & Nobel. Clock was the left....(watch me butcher everyone's names):People Sitting (clockwise from left to right): Me (Zach), Cici, Marcus, Drew, Nelson, John, Erik, and Scott Elyard (of Coherent Lighthouse).
People Standing (left to right): ...Jeff?, Greg, Scott, Amber, Jeff (the BCS), and Karen.
I'm honestly surprised that I only forgot one person's name.
I didn't talk about pterosaur wings, Scott didn't really discuss the art show, and Jeff isn't made of cheese, but I did learn that Jeff consulted for an upcoming episode of Mythbusters, and I gave Karen the inside scoop on acquiring a Wii. Otherwise the meeting was more of a meet 'n' greet than a formal science meeting, which is fine! It was surreal to hear Cici ask if I was the guy who worked at Nintendo World Report...I have readers! And according to Jeff, I have lots of readers.
As far as I know, the next meeting is in two weeks, at an undetermined location. Now between you, me, and anyone else reading this blog, I think a conference would be fun sometime down the road. If our little meetings garner enough interest over the coming months, I believe such a task could be well within our collective powers. An interdisciplinary scientific conference? Awesomeness!
At any rate, the meeting last night was great fun, and I met a lot of awesome people. Also, Scott and I are dropping the aeteosaur from the art show (sorry, Darren) and we're replacing it with Scleromochlus, because, frankly, that basal ornithodir is far easier to draw than a big armored pig-crocodile. Perhaps when the show migrates from the Vegabond Blues in Palmer to downtown Anchorage (hopefully), I'll prepare Desmatosuchus in the transit.
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YAY! I'm so jealous...you'd think that you'd be more isolated in Alaska...but no...being directly attached to the rest of the U.S. does no good when you live in Vermont. At least there's SVP...
:)
Awesome, Zach! You captured the event perfectly. And that's a pretty good picture. I need to hunt that barista down and tip her....
Can you e-mail me a copy of that pic in a nice high res?
Oh. Heh. The BCS is having a case of teh dumb today. I just discovered I could click the picture and get a big version.
Oh - and the name you forgot was Kent.
Holy triskaidekaphobia! Do you realize that there are thirteen of us on that thar picture-thingy! We're CURSED I tell ya, CURSED!
Seriously, I thought the meet-up was wonderful. I look forward to many more.
OOPS!, just looked at a larger picture and there's a fourteenth person in there. Dangnabit, curse potential is eliminated! I was kinda lookin forward to, say, warts, or an extra limb. (I could use that extra limb...for cooking, of course.)
See, this is why I'm usually a lurker.
I must admit, while I didn't understand everything that was said, and while I was distracted with the intracacies of WoW and just how awesome it is and how I want to get it once I get a computer, I enjoyed myself and found it both informative and interesting. If the next one is at a bar, I will BE THERE.
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