P-C, you can kvetch all you want

I have permission? Sweet.

I'm thinking that May 21-22 is looking like a good bet for F2F 2004. Thoughts from folks?

It's been a winner so far. Let's go with it.

Also, I think Hil + JZ persuaded me that New Orleans wouldn't be the Swampy Morass of Humid Hideousness that I thought it would be. Austin just showed up in Newsweek as one the the 10 most wired cities in the US (San Diego is #1. Let's do San Diego sometime. Wreck diving! Zoo!). I'm trying to keep Heather in mind.

I heard from the hotel manager today. Here are the stats on rooms booked:

Here's the breakdown of room nights picked up:

Friday: 19 rooms (12 blocked)

Saturday: 23 rooms (15 blocked)

Sunday: 7 rooms (5 blocked)

Don't know how many people shared since they called in to make reservations. You'll have to consult your group to get those details. Lisa will give you the actuals regarding the cash bar.

Thanks again for letting us host the 2004 Buffistas F2F - have a great week!

Still waiting to hear from the beverage mgr. about consumption. I'm sorry that the bartender & alcohol wasn't very good. I called for more Heineken and something else imported when I realized there was only Bud and some other light American swill.

There was an elevator to the hosp. suite, so, also very, very sorry that I didn't know it was needed. All it would've taken is a phone call from the black phone near the ice machine/door downstairs to get access to/from it.

Emily, MM, AImee and I all also fled Michigan, but that was before we were Buffistas.

You were Buffistas; you just didn't know it.

You were Buffistas; you just didn't know it.

Buffistas in waiting?

Java, I'm betting no one thinks you have anything to apologize for.

Seconded. Even if we (Deena and I) weren't there. Java, you did an amazing job on relatively short notice and everyone looked to be having a hell of a lot of fun in the pictures.

With all due respect to Java's city selection, I am not going near Texas anywhere near summer. I've been, thanks, and never again, not between March and October. One tornado, one tarantula emerging from under a friend's patio table (and that was just outside Austin), one fire ant outbreak, one being stuck indoors for three days because of a bee swarm (near El Paso, IIRC).

The wiring is not an adequate tradeoff. Maybe for a late autumn thing, but May-June, when there's weather, and insect life? Pass-a-dena.

One of the things that amazed me about living in Arizona (whitefont for the arachnabug squeamish) was that tarantulas migrate. I found that out after one day noticing about 10 of them wandering across my yard in the same direction. They never bothered me as much as other bugs (centipedes, ewww!) do.

Sorry, Susan.

One of the things that amazed me about living in Arizona was that tarantulas migrate. I found that out after one day noticing about 10 of them wandering across my yard in the same direction.

Never living in the Southwest. Never. Ever. I'm all but screaming and pulling my feet off the floor just imagining it.