Blogger Bash
The bash was last night. Smallest turnout I’ve been to. Myself, Rich, Les and Chris showed up eager for some entertaining conversation. The smaller crowd was nice because you could talk to everyone there but still I missed seeing the regulars. I think weeknights are bad for folks as evidenced by the small crowd. But any excuse to toss back a Guinness (or three). And the fact it’s summer may limit weekends as well.
Seeing Rich again is always a pleasure. Chris was a super nice guy who appreciated my adult beverage choice. And Les showed up wearing an I’m Blogging This T-Shirt. We talked about Canada, strip clubs, dogs (I talk about my dogs too much), new bloggers in town, and the status of the RTB.
Some specifics:
We pondered if the epic struggle of good and evil, played out by Bill Hobbs and SK Bubba (not necessarily respectively), was an intentional ploy to draw traffic; or if those two were just ornery; or if perhaps they had a slight affection for each other.
We also pondered why Bubba (an ordinarily mild mannered liberal) has been so quick to ire lately. We wondered if he was catering to lefty lunacy to increase traffic, which is apparently very popular these days. We decided instead that it may have coincided with a specific event.
We also discussed the difficulty in getting Instapundit’s attention these days. And we discussed the current quality of his posts. Until recently, Insty would post a link to something, then a quote or relevant fact about the topic, and then some of his insightful commentary.
Now, all he seems to post are links to other people’s insightful commentary followed by an Indeed or the slightly less frequent Heh. Is he burnt out? Busy? Enquiring minds want to know.
Les also proposed the idea of having RTB day at the range. Come one, come all. Bring your family and your guns. Could be fun or deadly.
It was a good time. I hope more (and especially some of the newer members) make it next time.
June 26th, 2003 at 4:29 pm
Hate that I missed that, but I was entertaining the aunt-in-law on her birthday. Weeknights definitely aren’t the best idea. Y’all need to find a place that serves real liquor too. Beer/lager/ale/zima suck. 🙂
June 26th, 2003 at 4:32 pm
Well, zima does zuck. the rest i like.
June 26th, 2003 at 6:51 pm
Yeah, I’ve noticed it’s near-impossible to get any kind of Instatention. I just sent a link noting the existance of a whole mob of Davis Recall bloggers, and while I’m one of them, that’s just the kind of thing — a new blog-alliance-thingy — that he’d usually post to in a moment. Not so much lately.
June 26th, 2003 at 10:33 pm
Sorry I missed it too, guys – Wednesday night=church night for us, and normally I would’ve been able to come for a little while but we’re practicing a new singing quartet, so….maybe next time.
Agree about Insta – he didn’t even post the link to the Volunteer Tailgate Party last week – hey, I’ll admit it, I was looking forward to an Instalanch…
Oh, and regarding a Gun Range day….I’d rather drive a rusty nail through the back of my hand while it’s sitting on a balloon filled with iodine and being forced to watch The Golf Channel in a tornado than go to a firing range. Nothing personal, I just don’t ever want to have to fire a gun.
June 27th, 2003 at 9:09 am
Wow barry. I can understand people not liking guns or fearing them to an extent. But to make such a zealous claim is kinda paranoid. Turn off Oprah!
June 27th, 2003 at 12:22 pm
Barry, what do you have against golf?
June 27th, 2003 at 10:31 pm
Heh. My dad is a golfer (and I’m not, although I’ll go occasionally to the driving range with him) and many a Sunday afternoon when I was kid he’d have whatever that weekend’s PGA Tour on TV – and we couldn’t watch anything else. So it was either, like, play, or read a book or find something else to do. Dang tyrant. 😉
June 27th, 2003 at 10:31 pm
SU – I’m afraid I’ll like it.
June 29th, 2003 at 9:30 am
“We also pondered why Bubba (an ordinarily mild mannered liberal) has been so quick to ire lately. We wondered if he was catering to lefty lunacy to increase traffic, which is apparently very popular these days. We decided instead that it may have coincided with a specific event.”
No wonder my ears were burning. Sorry I wasn’t able to make it. I trust Rich explained why and relayed my regrets.
As to why I’ve been quick to ire and catering to “lefty lunacy”, you might have noticed (but maybe not) that this has been happening over several months. The more strident and steamrolling the right becomes, the further I (and many others) am pushed to the left. If there is to be no compromise or middle ground, then there must be balance from the extrem ends. There was no specific event, really, but if you want to peg one, I probably went over the edge 3/21/2003.