when have you met an online friend in face-space for the first time? In what circumstances?

I flew to London for a meet up with bronzers in Cardiff, Wales. First friend I met in person was a kid named Simon with the most incomprehensible Welsh accent. We met at Paddington Station and went straight to a pub and got shit faced drunk.

Nora -- I think the guy I knew from before was Jerry Boyajian, come to think of it, whom I also knew from online in rec.arts.comics back in the 80s.

Why is my state nuts?

BLACK JACK, Mo. - The city council has rejected a measure allowing unmarried couples with multiple children to live together, and the mayor said those who fall into that category could soon face eviction.

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From the totally mundane news of the day file, I think I may skip my frozen TJs meal for another day, and order a quesadilla from the Mexican place down the road. That way I get to walk outside, and have cheese.

How much mercury is in the water down there, Gud? Them folks are just wacko nut jobs.

Congrats jengod!

How much mercury is in the water down there, Gud? Them folks are just wacko nut jobs.

No kidding. Missouri seems to be trying to out-nut Kansas lately.

Congratulations jengod!

Happy Birthday Vortex!

My first real world meeting of people I knew online would have been people from rec.music.gdead providing crash space during a run at Cal Expo. Looking back, that was fairly insane, but I did go in the company of a couple of guys I knew from college. It was more insane for them - opening up their homes to people they'd never met. It was a great time, though, and I ended up seeing a lot of shows with them. I'm not really in touch with that crowd anymore, alas. Before that the people I talked to on BBSes were people I knew in meatspace first.

Word is insisting that every style I have is called "Page Number". It's sort of Rain Main-esque.

Thomas Friedman hoist with his own repetitiousness. Kinda depressing too, because Iraq related.

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