Well, that was quick.

David gets one Indeedyheh for this graphic. Maybe even two.

At least once Blogger gets unbloggered.

Drinks are on me!

Well, a few drinks.

One, anyway.

If it’s small.

We’ll see about that one, Robert.

Jesus, you Rocky Mountain people have a lot of blogger bashes.

That’s because we like them. They’re fun, mostly because of the people (the furnishings get out of control from time to time).

I am RSVP’ing in advance.  And apologizing in advance.  For the crying and the puking and the topless table dancing.

Woo Hoo shots!

Oh, can I bring a date?  I call the Retropolitan!

I’m RSVP’ing in advance, too. But I totally refuse to apologize for the topless table dancing.

And you can only bring a date if he/she also agrees to engage in crying, puking, and topless table dancing after buying me some shots.

I’ll also RSVP pre-emptively.

Hey, Shannon!  I thought I was your date.  :D And I can be trusted to keep you safe far more than any one else attending, I am sure.  Well, if I was attending....

Rae, whaddya mean that you don’t want to come to Colorado in the middle of winter (and during the coldest month of the year) for a little party?

I’m so disappointed.

In completely unrelated news, the adult beverage sector traded sharply higher on Wall Street today.

Which is nice since the rest of the market seems to be having a pretty rough day.

Thanks for the tip!

I so want to be there! I want to talk to you about Cat Power and football too!

Walter!  Wait!  Is Walter and the Mrs. Walter going to be there?  Because that’s worth a flight and a drive in the snow.

Andy?  Are you up for picking up?  I have been missing the Wee-Fi and Mrs. WWW and The Baby Boy.

David, not on the rooftop, right?  I was freezing in the summer on top of the mountain; I can’t imagine the winter...especially considering all the depth* of snow there lately.  Heh. 

*Sorry.  A moment of self-amusement referring to other comments made elsewhere on this site.

Party time! Excellent!

Rae, that is precisely why you will NOT be me date.  Safe?  Please, woman.  I have a room full of blog-crushes I have to humiliate myself in front of.

(Though is totally hope you come.  You owe me shots, sister.  And I, you.)

Hmm, a roomful.  That is compelling.  It is the weekend before my birthday and I have a feeling my birthday this year is going to SUCK.  So, I am considering…

I’m there (since is was asking you to host it in comments--it’s only fair)

Maybe Cutter will bring his new squeeze? Or failing that, at least his new knife?

I’d mark my calendar, if I had a 2007 calendar. I actually went to B&N to buy one last Sunday, but they were pretty will picked over, and I couldn’t decide between DaVinci and Hello Kitty. Maybe I’ll hit Tattered Cover on the way to the gun show tomorrow.

Should we just plan on kidnapping Jeralyn?

Please do blognap Jeralyn. I’ve been wanting to meet her every time I come to the Bash, and each time she’s a no-show. Especially when she got invited to go to Amsterdam that weekend.

Everyone else braved the -20 wind chill for v 5.0 that night. She got to sip dangerously strong espresso on the Dam.

Who got the better end of that deal? [/rhetorical]

A “foolish bet”? Silly man. For the price of a couple of beers, I have an ironclad reason to attend the bash viz. my wife. “Honey, I WANT to stay here with you - but I owe these guys. I made a bet, and I have to pay up. You don’t want to be married to the kind of guy who runs out on an obligation, do you?”

So for the price of three beers (I’ll be counting. Unless I’m too drunk and lose count, in which case I’ll probably be stuck on two and follow you around for the rest of the night going “DUD3! 3Y3 N33DZ M3Y3 B33R! U R T3H LUZ0RZ W1TH0UT M3Y3 B33RZ0RZ!” or some other foolishness.), you get a night on the town with the guys (and girls)…

Nice planning, dude.

Of course, you could have just been really optimistic at the time and now you have to come up with a way to spin it into a positive light.

(And yes. I really AM that much of a geek. I speak fluent l33t. But I only do it when being obnoxious. Or drunk, which tends to trigger the obnoxious tendencies.)

Of course, you could have just been really optimistic at the time and now you have to come up with a way to spin it into a positive light.

My friend, that’s one of the keys to a happy life.

We’ll be there, but I ain’t buying any no matter what David claims.

Molly - You too? I thought that Dave and my wife were the only two people in the world that I could talk to about both Cat Power and football.

I’ll be there, if there’s still room; it’s filling up fast.  Maybe we could rent Coors stadium.  Or, if not that, perhaps just Coors.

Well if we can make Rae’s birthday not suck, then I’m in for sure.

And also because I like drinking!!!

I must begin preemptively bitching about it not really being centrally located. In the meantime (or would that be after-time?) I’ll try to pop in. No promises but I’ll see what I can do.

& talk about Cat Power? Trust me, ya don’t wanna do that. Southern women hate it when ya talk about them w/o buying them a shot & maybe a matching purse.

If I could be lucky enought to have Chan Marshall in my presence, I would buy her drinks all night. That offer’s out there for you Chan. Any time, girl.

If Molly’s getting the drinks I’ll happily spring for Ms. Marshall’s matching purse.

Wow. Looks like I have some updates to make.

Matt, I’m still trying to decide if your taste in purses is good enough to match the occasion. I’m guessing not.

Disturbing? I’ll show you disturbing!

Cat power indeed!

Have you seen the purses that are popular these days? They’re basically leather gym bags… taste is not an issue.

Matt, clearly you have not seen my collection of purses.

Well, Jeralyn has posted her criteria for a location.

Jeralyn is weak and should just move to San Diego already.

I enjoy shoveling snow, dammit! I like cold! If I keep yelling these things they’ll be true!

Personally, I keep asking myself why the hell I left California in the first place. But again, I only do that when it gets really really cold. Like Sunday’s forecast low of twelve below zero. Anytime you have to mention the word “zero” in the weather report, it immediately qualifies for the “too damn cold” category in my book.

And just to push the fear of freezing my assets off next month, might I suggest a heated smoking area be among the selection criteria?

Ya know there used to be heated smoking areas. They were called bars. & why I’m hoping you had enough sense to leave cali is the same damn reason we no longer have those heated smoking places - collectivist-favoring, nanny-state dependent, nine sandwich eating, marxian loving, crust minded asshats in cheap yet expensive clothing in two flavors - D & R (with accent ont he D).

& I’d say we could bring personal warming devices for the smoking area but you know how Denver hates it when us peasants (ahem. make that two ahems) pack heat.

Matt - never EVER underestimate the importance of good taste in a purse to a southern Lady.

& btw miss Chan is AA so it has to be a really nice purse (preferably with matching shoes - & don’t try to bump no kitten slides past her & call it a day. she ain’t havin’ that).

& Dave, whatever the meaning fo the word “central” is I have a feeling it’ll involve a lack of absence of Denver proper (Sometimes my pessimism gets in the way of my cynicism).

Well, there are some cigar bars in operation.

AA? All I can think of is Winchester shotgun shells. Or Alcoholics Anonymous.

jed, only a handful though.  The rules for cigar bars in the smoking bill are so strict that several places that I thought would qualify didn’t like Fox N Hound in Lone Tree.  And no new ones can be created after Dec 31 2005.

Nick knows about at least one of them. I need to bug him anyway.

I’ve gotten used to smoking outside. I don’t smoke in my apt. for example. Last job I had where I could smoke at my desk was in 1992 or so.

Now if we could get a few women who smoke to attend, then we could huddle for warmth.

There are one or two drinking establishments in Littleton that feature “heated smoking area’.
The Castle on S Broadway is one. Never been there.

Bill+ll, does that mean you’ll be dropping by our little gathering?

I’d sure like to. Last time the combination of weather and location (and some other stuff) kept me home. I’ll be looking forward to discussing the upcoming circus, BP cannons, Large air guns, hotrods, or whatever.
Would an event called “Blow up the World” interest anyone?

ugh!  A Friday??  Can’t you guys party on a Saturday so that I would have a half-decent chance of flying out and making one of these??

We’ll have a bash this summer and we’ll make it on a Saturday. How’s that sound?

Upcoming circus? You’re behind the times - the legislature is already in session.

I should have just left the msg here instead of at Andy’s place ... but I can’t find a hotel close by if the place hasn’t been chosen yet.  And bout the “free booze” thing.  I want to apply for that!

We, the Executive Bashers, will be making the decision tomorrow night. I’ll post it over the weekend along with graphics and stuff.

You will definitely be on the Free Booze program--or, at least, on the Subsidized Booze Program. And be sure to let Andy or me know if you will be needing a ride to and from the event. We’ll make sure you’re all set.

ooooOOOOoooo graphics huh?? Will it include nekkid men?  And yeah, I’ll probably be needing a lift.  Otherwise will be taxi’ing all over the place.  But I’ll sort that all out later.  Just working on getting a room for now.  (unless some gorgeous guy wants to share his bed)

Ur pic gets mine.

Heheh. Very cheeky, Angie.

What happened to “Ur pic gets mine” ?? LOL

Well, mine is on my blog. (No, not that one. :D)

well considering the variables I have to deal with I don’t usually drink whenst I’m out so if a 20 year old hooptie antique car (that encourages smoking for both the passengers & the car itself) would suffice I’m available for taxi duty for miss Ang.

And I can vouch for his gentlemanliness, sobriety, and devotion to smoking.

Oh, and good taste in whiskey, too.

And I can vouch that you will be well protected in his company.  Regardless of muggers, terrorists or zombie apocolypse, you should be completely safe.  But bring hearing protection.

Well it looks like I might have my Friday getting around town covered.  Now working on getting from the hotel to the airport on Saturday situation.  Or considering if I should stay in Denver till Sunday.  But really, what is in Denver to entertain me for another day/night?  Plus, I would have to get home for the 12:30 Shark’s game anyways.  Can’t miss watching it ya know.

um, might I suggest staying in one of the suburbs? Aurora, Broomfield, Westminster, Englewood, Littleton, etc.. They all have decent hotels/motels, restaurants, clubs/bars & most importantly they ain’t in Denver proper (home of the bans on open carry, “assault weapons”, normal capacity magazines, pit bulls & people who want to make money in the bar biz & afford to pay good bands musicians who just want to make an almost honest living smoking). Not that I’m pissed off about Denver or anything…

I’m afraid David J & Cutter are both correct. I haven’t hit on anyone in months (which would cover the gentlemanliness [if that really is a word] thing); haven’t had a taste (of alcohol I mean) since the night I last hit on someone (which would cover the sobriety thing) & smoking is about the only damned vice I have left (which would sum up my level of devotion). I can recommend good liquor though. & no muggers, terrorists or hordes of zombies (no offense David) will get through me before you can make a hasty escape.

But the good doctor has it wrong. I don’t know how people were raised out here or if it’s a product of enduring a near decade of acedemia, but where I come from we always carry spare ear plugs in case a guest forgot his/her own.

When you figure out when you’d need a ride to the airport I might be able to cover that as well. As long as it’s post-noon.

& since there are so many gunbloggers who will probably be in attendence I’d recommend getting them to take you on a range trip if you decide to stick around on Saturday (if you’re not opposed to that sort of thing). Cutter, Jed & the Libercontrarian are all nice guys & fun to shoot with. Plus they bring neat toys to the party. & you might even be able to get David off his ass & have him go with y’all. Not that I think David needs to blog about range trips more often or anything…

Has a time and place been picked yet?
I’m in if the snow’s not too deep (>2 ft).

Fail to post a piccie of your buttocks on your blog, and suddenly, you’re just not entertaining any more.

Besides, I’m in Englewood anyways.

LOL I only posted the direct link to that on your blog jed.  So unless they are all rushing over to find it from your site, doubt the others have seen it.

You know, if you want to post pictures of your butt here, you’re more than welcome. We only pretend to be a family-friendly blog here.

Heheh.

And what the heck do you people have against zombies?

Zombies need love, too, you know.

On another note, final details and graphics coming up tomorrow. Drop by for the details and then commence to spreading the word.

Jed, you’re taking the wrong approach. I’ve found that I don’t have to post pics of my ass - my personality projects that for me all by itself.

David, we was talkin’ ‘bout spreading the luv to zombies - 165 grains at a time but luv nonetheless.

Nah.  I’m sure you don’t need to be seeing that before I head out there.  What kind of first impression would that be? 

And if you knew me, I love zombies!  And vampires, werewolves, mummies, etc etc.

Angie, ignore Publicola for a bit. Denver’s got a much better nightlife than anyplace this side of Boulder, and 89% of it is in LoDo or SoCo. (That’s Lower Downtown and South of Colfax [Although limited to the areas on either Broadway or Lincoln and south of Colfax.], for those not hip to the lingo.) He just hates the sight of Denver. It might be the simple fact that he’s setting foot into Diana DeGette’s home territory or something, but he does get physically ill whenever he has to go into Denver proper.

And Saturday night? Disintegration @ Club Boca. Second hardest goth night in town. (Only because The Church and Rock Island compete on Sunday nights and The Shelter gets all the action on Wednesdays.)

Wynkoop! Excellent. We can take over the entire front patio and scare the yuppies away.

Hmmm… a left leaning type warning someone else to ignore my warnings about the gun control, dog control & disrespect of basic property rights that are in large part the results of left leaning congresscritters? whodathunkit?

better nightlife? Really? Funny how all the decent bands I’ve seen have been in the burbs, not Denver proper. Perhaps it’s anecdotal, but I have to call ya on that for the moment, if we can agree that “nightlife” includes decent working bands & not just dance clubs with a way too high cover, parking that hell itself rejected as too cruel & a DJ with all the finesse of a college radio station during xmas break. Course it’s mainly hypothetical since the smoking ban.

But honestly it’s not just stepping into Deghetto’s home turf, it’s the idea that if I visibly show signs of being a free man then likely I’ll end up taking out a S.W.A.T. team with me for my trouble. It might seem like it’s just politics when you read it in the paper or get an e-mail from your congrescritter, but it’s something different when the local cop is pointing a gun at you because you dare defy an unconstitional demand. Not that any place is cool with someone being free, but in Denver the odds of me being a posthumous piece of “breaking news” is greater than in say - anywhere else in Colorado. Plus they tend to discourage effective self defense & that makes it mo’ dangerous than it should be. No biggie for me but I have a friend in Denver proper that I worry about. That’s why I hate Denver & don’t like spending my cash there. & the parking - can’t forget the freakin’ parking…

David - centrally located in the “double points for dropping the hammer on Publicola” zone perhaps. But y’all know that Englewood, Brighton, Thorton, Aurora & a bunch of other places have bars that are just as easy to get to, much easier to park near & aren’t nanny state central. Just sayin’.

Parking? You mean people still don’t shove their cars in a Park & Ride and take the light rail and/or bus downtown? It’s a hell of a lot cheaper that way, and few chances of getting a parking ticket and/or your car towed when you head over to gender-of-choice’s home for additional pre-dawn entertainment.

Anyways, where else but LoDo can you enjoy a decent plate of carne asada while listening to jazz? Can’t even find that combination in LA, fer chriss’ sake. (Plug for El Chapultepec.)

ah, that’d be a plan but from the time you park till the time you hit the bar you’d be sans effective means of self defense. Ya see, public transport proscribes carrying any sort of weapon. Plus you can’t pack in bars but with the driving option you’re at least closer than a light rail ride to an implement of mass protection.

Patrick’s has good bands with ample parking. Least they did pre-smoking ban (or as is said around the bandhouse, “before the dark times - before the empire”). & I’m not familiar with that dish you mentioned, but the proper cuisine for jazz &/or blues is deep fried, preferably from an ocean (or at least a good sized lake) & will encourage you to say things like “shut yo’ mouth”, “oooh Lawdy” & “that’s all right”. What you describe sounds as much a faux pas as eating a can of spaghettios at the Met.

As for getting a ticket during pre-dawn entertainment - Dawn won’t return my calls. Hell you’ve seen me - can ya blame her? Now that I think about it to badly paraphrase Kid Rock I ain’t seen the sun-sumthin’ or other in 103 damn days...& the forecast is looking kind cloudy.

& I’m still waiting for a defense of why denver’s laws against effective means of self defense, certain aesthetically selected canines, their disocuragement of effective self defense & their being the home of the smoking ban aren’t good reasons to avoid that pitiful excuse for a capital. C’mon - hit me with that.

So, instead of having it at my bar, we have it exactly right next door to my bar?  Seriously?

Parking....there is a garage on Wynkoop in between 16th and 17th.  It is $5 for the night.  It is, by far, the cheapest parking around.  ANd maybe we can all stagger to my bar after for cigars or something (I kinda get late-late night drinking priveleges).

Why does it call me 2?

Ah ... now the hotel hunt begins.  woohoo fun! (re!)

It’s not your fault, number 2. Heheh.

Anyway, my blog has a script error somewhere that I haven’t been able to diagnose. Seemingly randomly (can’t really be random, even though I haven’t been able to find the root cause), it will begin to give a number to the include scripts that are on some (not all) of the archive and individual pages. That’s why the blogroll doesn’t show up on every page, the “O’Brien Real Estate” banner shows up where the sitemeter counter is being called, and other such fun stuff.

Irritating as hell, and mostly likely caused by something that I’ve done, but with limited time, I’ve had a hell of a time figuring out where the problem is.

So, Lady, my apologies. Know that you will won’t be anonymous at the bash, though. It simply isn’t possible.

The drunk, naked chick rarely is.

If you’re going to be drunk and naked, I’ve already got a hotel room...oh, and a wife. Damn. Never mind.

Here’s a brief story from the Wynkoop. I was on a first and only date with a younger doctor who was right cute too. Unfortunatley, I was too old for her, as she told me at the end of the date. We bought two Hefeweisse or whatever the German is for wheat beer and it was horrible, about the worst thing I ever tasted. I warned her but she still took a sip, made a face and then said, “My kidney’s do better than this.” Stay away from the hefeweisse.

I got carne asada, Celtic music, and bellydancers on the same card at Blondies Firehouse in Englewood.
Newcastle beer, too.

So, there’s a chick commenting here who owns a bar? Where has she been all my life?

And, return to the Wynkoop, where it was that I first met many of the fine folks in the RM blogosphere? Cool.

I’ll have to remember to bring a couple cigars, and the camera.

Own it?  I wish. 

Go with the artilery ale.  It’s a nut brown seasonal and something like 8.2% alcohal.  Super duper deliciousness.

Publicola, if it’ll make you feel better, I’ll come heeled.

Robin, whatever shoes you wish to wear is strictly your business & I’ll try not to judge you for it. But the rest of these guys are a bunch of fashion harpies so be careful how you accesorize.

I will be there.

Did you see my bride wigout parody?  They showed it on Canada TV.  Eh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzjwYykzebQ

see yall friday!

Talked to Nick this morning. Sounds as if he’ll be there.

Does the Koop qualify as a cigar bar? I think it’ll be too damn cold to enjoy one alfresco.

Nope, Jed, it doesn’t.  But I have to work at 9 two doors down at a cigar bar.  You can come hang out with me.

Well, I might just have to pick up an Avo or something on the way home from work.

Or you could just buy one of ours.

Sure, don’t invite me for a cigar ... see if I pout.

Oh, and just so you know, David…

I won’t be quite as fashionably late as in previous Bashes, as my boss will actually let me leave early tonight. So yes, I will be showing up before midnight for a change. I should arrive in everyone’s cozy alcohol-induced glow by 9.

And Robert, no fair spending all your money by then.

Robin is a pouter. I’ve seen it happen. It isn’t pretty.

For those who were wondering, my site has now renamed another commenter. Mr Lady is now simply 2. Which might be a strange Republican plot to dehumanize the working class, rendering them into nameless, faceless cogs in the military industrial complex.

Or it could be a wacky script that delights in screwing things up on occasion.

Sometimes a random script error is just a random script error…

Anastacia42 will be there. I just got here and don’t know much at all about y’all. 

Well, you’ll probably know a little too much about us at the end of the night…

Well, here it is, 5:30, and I haven’t even showered yet. No time for dinner before the bash.

And I have a small selection of cigars. I DO have my priorities, ya know?