I found one of the urls

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Oh, I love that Forgotten NY site. I've killed so many hours reading it. (Also, it was very useful when I found the address of where my great-grandmother grew up in Brooklyn, and was trying to figure out exactly where in Brooklyn that was, and mapquest was coming up with nothing. Eventually figured out that the street hasn't actually existed since about 1915, but that site had an old map showing where it had been.)

If we're planning Seattle Halloween stuff, and Jilli and I were just discussing putting a notice in Press to Talk About It this Wednesday last, as one of the Seattle Halloween PLANNERS, I'd strongly prefer that we talk about it here, as, much as I try to use it from time to time, I hate the People's Forum interface with the burning fire of a thousand suns, and you're not going to see me there unless it's an actual emergency.

Also, honestly? Halloween is less than two months away. Any planning that goes on for a coordinated small F2F will be long over, and is not going to seriously fuck with the big F2F shit.

Plei, This has nothing to do with that, but I need your snailmail address. Can you send it to me?

I had to go to a birthday party for a friend this evening. It was very nice. The people were all pleasant, the venue was really pretty, in a beautiful wooded setting, the honoree's family had gone to a lot of trouble to decorate the hall and to display a lot of her work. The food was better than I had expected. But in the middle of if all, trying to find something in common to talk about, all I could think was, "This is not my tribe. I miss my Buffistas."

{{Beverly}} Only 8 more months to the official F2F. We'll last. I hope. In the meantime, I just want to say, I fucking love you. Mwaaaah!

Sail! I was thinking about you just last night. I miss your voice, your Wiscahnsin accent! Heck, I just miss you.

I'm not gonna last. Want peeeeps.

Sail, do you ever get up to Milwaukee? I'm there a lot recently, and if we ever coincide, I'd love to try to get together.

[Or if you're ever in Chicago, the offer of a nice glass of Ponche still stands.]

whimpers.

You have Ponche?

dies.

I don't get into Milwaukee nearly as often as I like. When I do go, it usually involves family. I would, however, love an excuse to go that is not family. If you've got a free weekend, I'd love to meet you there. Heck, I'd even love an excuse to come down to Chicago. I only make it once a year or so anymore, now that my mother is gone. I need someone who likes to shop. Of course, I have to tame the credit cards a little before I hit the Miracle Mile anytime soon.

I keep swinging between Sail's accent and Katie Bee's, even now. The kids think I'm possessed.