Finally, some action !

[Gogi]

Annoyed KO today by sending him the glad news that our little worshipful group is second only to the John Kerry group in the post count sweepstakes. He probably has me on ignore!

:wtf: KO says, why aren't you first, get a move on! Some fan club I've got.

[gkhouston]

1. Gogi, are these the sort of "messages from KO"

that BerryBush receives?

[RevCheesehead]

2. Hope not.

:tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat:

[Gogi]

3. Yes my dear, they're telepathic vibrations.

Emphasis on the vibrations! If I ever got an actual response I'd probably be afraid to read it, he might tell me to buzz off and stop clogging up his inbox!

[RevCheesehead]

4. You did?

That was sweet. He should be proud of us. Just think what our post count would be if we had our own group back in January!

Of course, we may want to speculate how many of those posts should have been deleted, especially if they appeared anywhere else on DU. :evilgrin:

[Gogi]

5. Put an asterisk next to the Kerry group's post total.........

to indicate they'd been in existence longer than us. Baseball fan that he is, I thought he would appreciate that little touch.

[RevCheesehead]

7. "*"

You know Keith is the kind of guy to read footnotes and end-notes. That is, when he's not speed-reading.

Nice touch, that * .

[gkhouston]

8. yes, but would we need to put in a dagger for our group

to subtract the number of posts we spend nattering about menswear?

[RevCheesehead]

11. Or bitching about Dan Abrams' ties.

But then again, who closely scrutinizes the Kerry group? :shrug:

[WolverineDG]

21. bite your tongue!

if we did that, then we'd have to subtract all the posts bitching about bowtie boy too......

dg

[gkhouston]

6. OMG, the tie debate

that was truly insane. Are we going to do that again? And if we do that again, are we going to do it out in the open or do it via PM since it seems likely we can be overheard here? Or should we just label the thread prominently and if he wants to spoil the surprise that's his own damned problem?

[RevCheesehead]

9. I'm thinking he needs to weigh in on the decision.

Let's find him something he'd actually wear, rather than display in a shrine in his bedroom.

Damn - remind me to get the man a cheesehat.

[gkhouston]

10. fine, he can create a sockpuppet account, make a token

donation, and cast a vote if he's so inclined.

Interesting that you believe The Tie is a) enshrined and b) in his bedroom. Is there something you aren't telling us, dearest?

[Gogi]

12. An autographed cheesehat!

Our signatures, on a cheesehat, how appropriate! Anybody good at caligraphy? If you are, you could put KOEB on it and then we could send it around by mail for signatures.

[RevCheesehead]

13. I'm thinking we could maybe

put a tiny camera in one of the holes. One that would pick up the goings-on of the newsroom.

Perhaps Keith would like an official KOEB mug? With cheap red wine?

[gkhouston]

14. a tiny camera, eh?

and you want it to send pictures to the nearest computer port and thence back to your IP address? You little snoop, you. ;-)

on edit: oh, jeez, it's after midnight. I'd better logoff or I won't be seeing any "action"!

[Gogi]

15. No, a cheesehat! It must be a cheesy gift!

Just consider this, by handling the cheesehat we each get some of our DNA near KO! Perhaps even into his bedroom! (Let's face it, unless we pay his speaker's fee to talk to us at a meeting, we ain't gettin' any closer.)

[RevCheesehead]

16. C'mon, Gogi -

I'm still putting my money on you being the first to meet and greet KO in real life. Then there's that stalker's brigade.. um, I mean, your KOEB lunch group. If you advertise on here where you're going to meet, who knows who just might "show up" unexpectedly? :)

[Gogi]

18. I like the way you think, Rev!

But I'm a realist and NYC is a huge city. Just not my nature to be that optimistic. Now, where should we go for lunch? A soup place, perhaps, NYC has lots of them. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has places to eat and I plan on spending at least half a day there, but $8.00 for a little slice of pizza, uh-uh. Bloomingdale's? Perhaps Crispi and Bunny have a favorite place to eat? Weigh in girls!

[crispini]

23. Somewhere near-ish to Times Square would be nice

since I'll be nipping out of a conference I'll be attending, and won't have a TON of time for lunch.... :shrug:

[Gogi]

24. PM me and tell me where the conference is.

I've been investigating places all over Manhattan.

[Gogi]

26. I remembered.............a feat for me.............

that you already told me. How about the Times Square Deli or, if time is really short, the hotel?

[crispini]

35. Let's *not* do the hotel.

I'm sure the hotel restaurant will be muy busy, and anyway, they are totally overpriced. Times Square Deli is cool.... also, there is a yummy little seafood / Asian fusion place at the N. end of Times Square which came with a recommendation by my mom's cousin, who is an executive chef. :9

[Gogi]

43. I'm up for Asian Fusion.

Try something different is what I say, no McDonald's for me!

[crispini]

45. Oh, now you're going to make me remember the name of this place...

:7 I'll try to think. Maybe Bunny will have some good ideas too.

[Gogi]

46. I'll check menu pages.........

you can search a specific area of nyc by cuisine.

[Gogi]

47. Blue Fin is near Times Square.

If memory serves me correctly there was a KO sighting there.

[crispini]

48. A ha! That's the one I was thinking of.

Is it Asian Fusion? I seem to recall sushi and Thai dishes, which is my definition of Asian Fusion.....

and a KO sighting eh? Hmmm... well, that's not where I got the idea, I swear! :)

[Gogi]

49. It's seafood.

eom

[crispini]

50. Well, whatever you like :)

Sounds like you're not a big fan of seafood? I'm easy, there's not much I won't eat. :)

[Gogi]

51. I love seafood!

I hate the depletion of our ocean resources so I generally avoid eating most seafood for that reason.

[crispini]

54. Your call, guilt or no guilt? :)

We can always go to the deli! :P

[Gogi]

55. Now I read on virtualtourist.com to avoid eating anyplace between

34th and 59th streets as they are overpriced!

Let's go to the deli and if that's not promising, maybe we can find a hotdog stand! (Just kidding!)

[crispini]

59. Sounds good to me, where is it exactly?

oh, and we should PM Bunny.....

[Gogi]

61. It's on W 43rd and 7th Avenue.

If we don't like the looks of it we can certainly find someplace else to go.

[crispini]

62. Bueno!

And I have your number anyway, safely stored in my phone. Under "Gogi" :P

[Catchawave]

17. Great idea !

Thought we sent him a floatie heart mug already? If not, I'll be happy to donate one of my spares still in the bubble-wrap!

Also, there is a brand called Cheap Red Wine, and it's pretty good (I'm such an expert:9 )

[RevCheesehead]

19. That's what Botany gave Stephanie.

She seemed to like it. :)

[Catchawave]

20. Um...did you answer my question?

I have no idea who Stephanie is?

Edit: clarifying I'm donating a mug and cheap wine for the KOEB :shrug:

[gkhouston]

27. Stephanie is Stephanie Miller

radio talk show host and Botany's one and only, except for all of his favorite EDV's. We did not send Keith a floaty heart mug. Someone suggested doing it for Valentine's Day and people liked the idea on paper but it got collectively flushed as too stalkerish because we'd only just sent him a bday present and it's a little weird sending him something for a holiday with romantic overtones when we don't even know the guy. The consensus seemed to be that since he's had stalker trouble in the past, we should use a little caution about doing things that might creep him out.

on edit: you can check the archives for the discussion -- I'm pretty sure the idea was floated midway between KO's bday and VD, so probably in the neighborhood of Feb 5-7 of this year.

secong edit: if memory serves, this discussion would have been in ERD and wasn't primarily on a nightly thread. And no, I don't know why I think that.

[Gogi]

53. Ko has had stalker problems?

Missed that one, though I'm not surprised someone (female, I assume?) would do so!


KO: don't worry, would'nt stalk you or anybody else.O8)

[gkhouston]

56. yes. I'm not up on the details.

I have the vague impression that it was a female, that it went on for years, and that at one point she used some ruse and got security to escort her to KO's desk while he was working at ESPN, which must have given him a nasty jolt. Whether she was an overtly threatening person or simply someone who tried to suck all the oxygen out of his life by being the Overeager Fan From Hell, I don't know, but anytime I hear the word "stalker", I assume it wasn't good and that it would be considerate to take extra pains to respect his boundaries.

[crispini]

60. Yeah, I remember hearing / reading that story

somewhere as well. I would imagine that most famous types have had an incident or two.

[RevCheesehead]

33. Stephanie Miller.

The radio diva that Botany's madly in love with. He met her in person when she did a live show in Columbus, and Botany got to meet her, greet her, and hug her. They posted terribly cute photos here, and Ms. Steph wrote to someone that "Botany is the definition of cuddly." Therefore, some of us call him "Cuddles." :loveya:

[Gogi]

22. The tie debate was official club business.

It was about KO's birthday, after all, and all comments about bowtie boy also qualify because Tucker is horning in on KO's act.

[gkhouston]

25. he's horning in on KO's act?

he's so not in KO's league that I didn't even realize that... (and no, that wasn't meant as a slur, I'm quite serious.)

[Gogi]

28. I know gk, but when Tucker has a portion of his show devoted to

odd stories he's stealing the same vibe KO started.

[gkhouston]

29. Oh. I don't watch his show

so I didn't realize he was doing an "Oddball" riff.

[Gogi]

30. Yes he is.

I was'nt happy to see it even though Tucker has a guy who presents the odd stories with him. It's at the tail end of the show. Anderson Cooper also tries to riff off KO, a fact that KO has commented on himself.

[gkhouston]

31. it's pretty pathetic

when everybody's copying off of you... and it's obvious that they're doing it. I wonder how long Tucker's show is going to last.

[Gogi]

32. Have you noticed the ads for Tucker's show?

Several quotes from reviewers praising his show, watch them sometime. I watched a little of one show and fast is not the word for it, it's news commentary for people with ADHD. It's definitely suited to Tucker because there's no chance anyone will embarrass Bowtie Boy like Jon Stewart did. Al Sharpton made a comment Tucker did'nt like, Tucker cut him off with "Oh, come on!" and then it was off to the next topic. News commentary at the racetrack!

[RevCheesehead]

34. "All hat, no cattle."

Seems to sum it up best, doncha think?

[Gogi]

44. Exactly, what are these reviewers seeing that I don't?

KO is cool and fresh, not BowtieBoy, all he does is his same old schtick, just faster.


:loveya: KO

[gkhouston]

37. I watched the first show

okay, that's a lie. The television was on and I was in next room doing chores, but the first thing I thought was that the pace is intended to conceal the shallow depth of Tucker's knowledge... and it doesn't even manage to do that.

I don't "watch" Keith while I'm the next room , and woe be unto my husband if he tries to start the tape before I've finished making the lunches...

[crispini]

36. The tie debate was WAY fun.

Thank GOD we don't have to do it again til, what, January?

The tie was great, largely because he indulged us and WORE it, but it *would* be nice if we could get him something he could use. Something baseball-related? Problem with that is, he's probably GOT everything baseball-related that ever was.

Shopping for men is HARD; shopping for men you don't know is even WORSE. Thank heavens my dad's a geek; I just have to get him a gizmo from www.thinkgeek.com and he'll be happy. If it plugs into the USB port, it's cool. :P

[gkhouston]

38. well, if we wanted to be totally annoying

we could use the time between now and January figuring out which of his outfits work and which don't and how he could shuffle what he's already got in his closet to increase the number of "winning" combinations. That'll be good for about 5,000 posts. ;-)

[crispini]

39. Ugh.

Let's not and say we did. :7

Hey, Gina, check this out: Totally cool (and practical) gizmo: The Power Squid. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/77e6/

[gkhouston]

40. thank you for not being anal-retentive

and yes, I'm thinking we could use a Power Squid or three. Thanks for the idea!

[crispini]

I haven't been to thinkgeek in a while, so I'm shopping.

I think I may have to get this:


or maybe these. :evilgrin:

:rofl:

[crispini]

41. delete, dupe

[gkhouston]

42. clearly that was a 413 :-) n/t

[Gogi]

52. Too much like home ec in junior high, absolutely loathed menu planning.

Sewing was okay, except for that friggin net and sequin apron!

[gkhouston]

57. ah, but imagine yourself wearing the apron and

nothing else. :evilgrin:

If you had that on, hubby would be glad to eat that nutritious grape jello with lima beans. :7

[Gogi]

58. Not if one of the sequins got caught in his teeth!

Never could get those damned sequins to stay on!:evilgrin: