ITS OFFICIAL!! Boston DU Gathering THIS SATURDAY!

[matcom]

be there or be square.

WHERE: People's Republik (Mass Ave, Cambridge)
WHEN: (This) Saturday 1:00 pm (ish)
WHAT: Beer, Darts, Beer, Conversation, Beer, Hugs, Beer & Beer

PARTY ON!!

:bounce:

*please keep this kicked for a while*

[meegbear]

1. Thanks for the heads up matcom ....

you can't smoke there anymore, correct?

[trumad]

2. Did Pitt get new darts?

and will you be taking them from the Celeb extraordinaire again?

[matcom]

4. new darts won't help him

he is MINE all MINE :P

[SiobhanClancy]

3. No smoking in Cambridge anymore....

Don't let that keep you away,though...it's supposed to be a nice day(maybe getting up to 70!)so going outside for a smoke won't be too painful:)

[meegbear]

5. I be going in and out a lot then ....

smoking my stogies.

[StopTheMorans]

8. that's correct

I've been there since the ban

[curse10]

6. I'll be there!

:-) There's nothin' like getting drunk on a Saturday afternoon!

[ps1074]

7. matcom, more smilies for your sig line

[StopTheMorans]

9. here's another kick

I'll be there, but late. Going to an open bar the night before, then a party that starts at midnight, so I probably won't be there til 2:30 or 3:00 or so:)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

10. kick

:kick:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

11. I Have a Halloween Party That Night

So I have to moderate my alcohol intake in the afternoon :-(

[SOteric]

12. Saturday? - On the Day of the Dead?

Y'all are funny. :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

13. Another Dia de los Muertos fan!

:hi:

Y'all have fun up there. :beer:

[VelmaD]

14. We should follow their example...

and do something here in Austin this weekend. Hrm...

[GOPisEvil]

15. Hrm...possibly

The Longhorns play at 11 on Saturday though...we might want to wait until later in the evening. Just a thought. :-)

[VelmaD]

21. Good point

Is the game here? Cause if it is we want to avoid downtown at all costs. I remember the bad old days when I was a student trying to find someplace to park to go to actual *gasp* schoolwork on gameday. Blech.

Anyway, I'm rambling. Where would ya like to meetup? And do you think maybe we should start our own little thread so the Austin people actually know we're plotting? :-)

[GOPisEvil]

25. Game's here

Yeah, we should probably start a thread of our own. :-)

[VelmaD]

27. Even though highjacking...

others' is so much fun. :-)

[SOteric]

16. You bet!

And I have a prank to pull on someone this year. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

18. Hehehe!

Your secret is safe! :-)

A friend of mine has a nice collection of Dia de los Muertos statuettes from Mexico. It's an interesting and misunderstood celebration.

[SOteric]

19. Yeah,

It's not as macabre as we might like to paint it. I grew up in California. It's not all that exotic to me anymore.

[GOPisEvil]

20. Hehehe - we're hijacking Boston's thread!

Even growing up in Texas, I wasn't that aware. It's only been lately that I've come to understand its significance.

[SOteric]

22. I'll stop

If they agree to send photos of Matcom and Will, side by side in very tight pants. :7

[GOPisEvil]

23. Uh...although not arousing, the blackmail potential

forces me to agree with you. :7

[SOteric]

24. Well Dude,

you are my partner in hijacking, here. You could throw in some demands of your own at this point... ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

28. Very well.

The Knights of Hijacking demand......

A SHRUBBERY!!!! :D

[SOteric]

30. Just promise us you won't

Roger the Shrubber. :evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

32. *snarf*

[VelmaD]

26. Don't you already have enough...

blackmail material on Will. :evilgrin:

I certainly would like to see whether Matcom's ass lives up to all the hype. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

29. Heh, heh...blackmail material on Will?

Whatever are you talking about? O8)

[SOteric]

31. You're so cute with your little halo

If I had the time or the inclination, it really wouldn't be all that hard to put 2 & 2 together...

[GOPisEvil]

34. Heh...ya gonna grill me? Rubber hose? Bright lights?

[VelmaD]

35. If she does...

can I watch? :evilgrin:

[SOteric]

37. If I do...

He'd probably slip you some buckage to film it for his private collection.

[VelmaD]

38. Hell, he wouldn't have to pay...

I'd film it for free as long as I get a copy too. Never know when I might need counter-blackmail material on his ass. :evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

39. Hell, I'll set up the cameras!

Ahhhh...workplace boredom is so conducive to evil thoughts.

[SOteric]

43. Well this ought to get you

back down to earth...

I'm working on this new addition to my site. (It's not linked up yet). Maybe take a gander and tell me what you think...

http://www.edgewise.org/Edgewise.html

[GOPisEvil]

47. Feet planted on terra firma.

Sigh...we're so fortunate, even with his Chimperial Majesty we're so much better off than most of the world.

[SOteric]

51. C'est Vrai, my little cabbage.

*smooch*

Thanks for peeking. Any feedback?

[GOPisEvil]

54. It's really dark, but then

I have an anti-radiation filter. Maybe brightening the font slightly. Other than that, I like it. I didn't like the eye at first, but I see why it's there. You do nice work. :*

[VelmaD]

33. Well, I figured a bright and devious boy...

like yourself would have a camera handy at all times. You know...pics of him asleep and drooling on your couch, drunken hiccuping jags, surprise candid camera moments in the shower, that kind of thing. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

36. Heh, heh...I *do* work in investigations, ya know...

We've hidden cameras in some interesting locations. :evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

40. Uh-oh...

you don't have one of those ones in the back bumper of your car do ya? Eep.

[GOPisEvil]

42. I do but the battery died.

[VelmaD]

45. Before or after...

Mr. Pitt's little adventure in Texas?

I'm an auditor. We're trained to ask these vitally important follow-up questions.

[GOPisEvil]

48. After he arrived, but before he left!

[VelmaD]

52. Gee...

that helped set my mind at ease. :eyes:

[GOPisEvil]

55. Heehee!

That was fun! Can we do it again? :bounce:

[VelmaD]

57. If that's what turns your crank...

then you're weirder than I thought and that's saying a lot.

I wouldn't say no to a repeat performance though. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

58. Heh, heh...I bet not...

Nah, actually, not a big voyeur. :shrug:

[SOteric]

59. That doesn't explain

all those photos you have a women in various states of undress, then.

I mean, technically, all girlie-mags are voyeurism.

[VelmaD]

60. Maybe he's just scared...

of the live show. :evilgrin:

[GOPisEvil]

62. There are just some things I don't need to see.

:7

[SOteric]

64. Are you kidding?!! The Dude has been *praying* for the live show!

He just hasn't any confidence in his ability to refrain from participation. Yeah...dat's da ticket...

[GOPisEvil]

61. Have you been looking under my bed again?

Sheesh! Is nothing sacred?

[SOteric]

63. Of course it's sacred!

I'm setting up a shrine to the world's largest dust-bunnies.

[SOteric]

53. Oh-so-obviously...

Something he did wore out your battery.

[GOPisEvil]

56. Heh heh

Yet another excuse to use:

[SOteric]

41. Right. Sure.

'Cause you never can tell when photos of Will Pitt yarking into your commode will come in handy.


...or...whatever...

[GOPisEvil]

44. Heh...if only my couch could talk...

[SOteric]

46. Yeah, just what we need in this world, talking couches.

"Hey you!- Buddy! Lose some weight!" - "And you, the kid with his finger up his nose! - You wipe that thing on me again and I pitchin' a spring up yer ass!"

[VelmaD]

49. Could be helpful though too...

like "Hey, did you know there's 10 bucks in loose change down here?" or "You can stop looking for that remote control. It's in here between the cushions."

[GOPisEvil]

50. Oh yeah...that couch could tell a few stories on me too!

:o

[bicentennial_baby]

17. As usual

I can't make it, but have fun y'all!

[Kat45]

65. We have to take our thread back

from these Southern degenerates. I'll be there at the People's Republik; I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Hey Matcom, did Will Pitt agree to show up, hungover or not?

:hi:


:bounce: :bounce:

[matcom]

66. EASY

for i am king asshole and since i am done working FINALLY, it is MINE again

[Kat45]

67. Great to see you back again, matcom!

So, did Pitt say he was coming or is he going to wimp out?

[matcom]

72. Pitt will be there

and he BETTER bring his darts!

[VelmaD]

68. Yeah...well...

my thread is still beating your thread (despite the fact that I'm posting on yours again). So there. :P

[Kat45]

69. Eat me!

This is the Boston gathering thread, started by one of the premier thread hijackers on DU--and while I'm online, I'm watching his back! :-)

[VelmaD]

70. Yeah, well, you're only watching his back...

so you can stare at his ass. :-)

[Kat45]

71. Got a good look at it at the last Boston DU gathering--

His ass even posed for a picture; I can't remember who took the photo, but I'm surprised they didn't post it here. :-)

[VelmaD]

73. If you got a good look...

was it a nice ass? Does the reality live up to the advertising? :-)

You gotta get us all a pic of his and Pitt's collective asses - for comparison purposes. You could post it and start a poll. :evilgrin:

[Kat45]

77. That poll's not a bad idea!

But I'd have to hijack someone with a camera to get the pic, because I don't have a camera. I'll try to remember. Once those two get drunk, it will be no problem getting them to pose--actually, even when they're sober, I don't think it would be a problem. :D

[VelmaD]

78. Woohoo...

just make sure if you highjack a camera to get Will to show off his tattoos too. He showed 'em while he was here in Texas but I didn't think to whip the camera out. *smacks self on forehead repeatedly*

[populistmom]

74. I thought about going

I'm an hour and a half away, but I mentioned this to my not so better half and was told "Do you think I'd ALLOW(wtf?!) you to go to some bar in Boston to meet up with a bunch of strange men (like it's even all men)?"
So will I go, no, it's just not f*cking worth it. Oh well, just add this as #999 to the list of things wrong in populistmom's marriage. Apparently 13 years of being faithful isn't enough to prove anything to some people. Still somewhat pissed here and the whole conversation was 24 hours ago.

[VelmaD]

75. "ALLOW!?!?!"

"ALLOW?!?!?!?" Grr...

Would you like me to come kick his ass? I'm not Skittles but I'm still pretty mean.

[Skittles]

84. ALLOW ME TO KICK HIS ASS

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[populistmom]

85. Could you please, Skittles?

How about like this?....
Every...KICK...time...KICK...you...KICK...act...KICK...jealous...
KICK...and...KICK...insecure...KICK...it...KICK...drives...KICK...
your...KICK...wife...KICK...farther...KICK...away...KICK...and one more KICK for good luck (for me)!!!

[Kat45]

79. Wow!

"Allow" is a word that should never be spoken, spouse to spouse. I'm with VelmaD!

Actually, the last time I went to the DU gathering, I turned down a party at my friend's place on a lake to go to it. I explained to my friend, a guy (and ex-boyfriend from a couple of decades ago), where I was going, and he was pretty concerned, e.g worried, about it. He asked another friend of mine if she knew anything about it (and she didn't, which made matters worse). He also told my other friends at the party that I didn't go because I was going to a communist gathering with people from online! (I think the name of the bar freaked him out a bit.)

I didn't get it at all when he reacted that way, but my (female) friend who he had asked was also concerned. I told her it's a mixed group, meeting in the daytime--what's the problem? I guess it's the seamier side of meeting folks on the internet that gets most of the news/attention, so it just raises a red flag for some people. So in a way I can understand your husband's reaction, but using the word "allow" tells me that he crossed the line (and from your reaction, I'd guess not for the first time).

[DS1]

80. f THAT! go on a 5 hour "shopping spree"

3 hours travel time, plus 2 hours hanging out with us!

Decency depends on it!

[ForrestGump]

91. Strange men?

Neither Mr GOPisEvil nor I shall be present at this gathering, so please inform the old ball and chain that 'strange men' shan't be a problem. :D

That does suck, rather loudly, I have to agree. I hope he comes to his senses. Men don't always necessarily share the same time and space as their senses, I have to admit.

[populistmom]

93. Oh darn!

Well, I'll miss you anyway. Next time you're in the northeast, there's going to have to be a special ForrestGump gathering or something.

[ForrestGump]

104. Yes, the GumpBow Family Tribe gathering

I like the way you think.

Lots of nakedity and endless quantities of s'mores.

And hot tubs, of course. What are s'mores without hot tubs?

It will be most liberal.

:D

[populistmom]

105. You tease

You just keep going and all I find is myself want s'more.

[arcane1]

76. hell yes!

I'd love to take enough time off to go to ALL the DU gatherings :evilfrown:

throw back a couple for me! :beer:

[curse10]

81. kick!

:kick:

[bpilgrim]

82. cool i'll be passsin through that day

maybe i could drop by :bounce:

:hi:

peace

[Kathy in Cambridge]

83. Let us know if you need directions via public trans or car

:hi:

[WindRavenX]

89. I'd appreciate directions

I'm coming from Boston College (B or C T line). Just tell me the nearest T stop and I can find it! :hi:

[bpilgrim]

108. please PM me directions

i'll be driving, thanks :hi:

peace

[Kathy in Cambridge]

109. Let me know where you're coming from

:hi:

[populistmom]

86. Damn the misogynist

I think I'll go. What the Hell! I told myself if there was another one is Boston I'd go so there I will be.

[VelmaD]

88. You Go Girl!!!

You do what makes you happy and he can just learn to cope.

And if he gives you any grief you tell him me and Skittles are on our way to KICK HIS ASS!

[populistmom]

90. Well, thanks....

That little jealousy thing that was cute when I was 19 or 20 is most certainly NOT cute at 31. Don't worry, I could probably kick his ass too if I had to.

[VelmaD]

95. Us girls in our 30s...

gotta stick together. No wonder he's worried. Chicks in their 30s rock. Young enough to still have the goods and old enough to know what to do with them. :-)

I have no doubt you coule kick his ass. But you'd definitely want me and Skittles there to hold the camera and the microphone.

[SOteric]

87. I wonder if Matcom realises

that the words: *please keep this kicked for a while* are posted right over his ass.

[ForrestGump]

92. So is this where I come to kick Matcom's ass?

Okay, people...form a line, now - let's keep this orderly...

[SOteric]

94. And get

out of Skittles' way.

[ForrestGump]

101. Man, Skittles is getting a running start there

Go, Skittles, go!

[matcom]

96. i could be so lucky

:D

[ForrestGump]

102. Oh, darn

He's enjoying this way too much.

[WindRavenX]

97. KICK

I'LL BE THERE!
(hopefully they wont card me ;) )
:kick:

[SiobhanClancy]

98. time for a kick

:)

[populistmom]

99. Directions question

Coming from the west heading east on the Mass Pike. Exit 18, right? Any shortcuts from there? PM me if anyone knows.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

100. Just PMed you Directions

:-)

[populistmom]

103. Thanks!

:)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

106. A Reminder Kick

:kick:

[matcom]

107. Saturday Morning KICK

SEE YOU ALL THERE TODAY!

:hi:

[jmm]

110. kick!

Looks like I'll be there although probably not until around 2:00 or 3:00.

[Kat45]

111. Great! It will be good to see you again.

:hi:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

112. Me too-I should be there between 2 and 3

:hi: