Nosy, aren’t they? I’m nowhere near being anonymous on the net, but I’m uncomfortable with putting all the detail they want up there.

Given the political and social nature of our little group, I’d have to say that there will definitely be some people who refuse to join on one principle or another.

Just sayin’.

Shall I elucidate a principle or just say, “Nah”?

(And I’ll try to be there on the 7th.)

You can always talk about principle. Since their folks will be reading the comments, it might be good to give them your feedback.

When I mark you down as an attending (I’m always an optimist), which blog should be the “home” blog that I link?

I was initially hesitant when I read of wheels’s discomfort about the level of information requested.  That wasn’t enough to stop me, but it was enough to raise my antennae.  What stopped me was the load time for the page.  After 10-15 seconds, the app was only at about 35% loaded.  I wasn’t willing to spend more time on something that I was skeptical about already.

You should probably list this as the home blog, as I’ve written more here lately (I know; that’s sad) than I have at KTM.

I’m a definite probable maybe.

One: Jed, you are a definite in August.  I am not paying the money I am paying and NOT sitting in someone’s lap.

Two:  I skipped all the info I didn’t want to give, and I still have a profile that works fine.

Three:  The page does load kinda slowly, but it’s getting better every day.  I am going to dive into it tonight, and feedback will come.

Four:  David, you’d better hope some new blood comes with credit cards, because you’re going to be busy buying ME shots all night.  And letting me sit in your lap when Jed stands me up.  Though, I’m betting Steve will step up to the plate on that one if he must.

I’m working extra jobs right now just so I can afford the bar tab to come. I’ll be ready, I tellya.

And do dive into it. I gave you admin priveleges so you can help me make it look like it’s supposed to, talk like it’s supposed to, and shine. Because I like shiny things.

Who said anything about August?

I said something about August. You’re coming, damn it.  I will show up at your house with a shotgun and...oh, wait, you’d like that, wouldn’t you?  I will show up at your house with incense and pot and wearing Tye Dye and sing kumbiya at the top of my lungs until you run screaming for the closest bar.  Which I will make sure is the Curtis one.

PS:  Who has pictures?  Andy?  Steven?  Rae?  David, can we get some people to email me what they’ve got for the webpage to ?  Thanks, kids.

Yes, I know it’s Stephen and yes, I suck.  I’ll by you a Scotch, honey.

But I said maybe to June. By August, I might be living under a bridge.

Then you will REALLY need a drink.

View my life does want an awful lot of info, but you don’t HAVE to provide it.

You don’t really want to view my life anyway, unless you’re having trouble getting to sleep.

That’s my life as well, Bil^4.

And the profile was perfectly fine with me just skipping over a vast majority of the entries. Like pretty much everything south of the password.

I better start saving up some money. I only have 3 weeks in order to afford buying David a couple of shots. Yup. Me and my whole 25-cents-per-hour raise are gonna call a limited round this time!

God, do I need a life, particularly seeing that my biggest contribution to society over the last year or so was a ST:V reference…

Oh, and one last note:

Possible to resize the survey window? I hate having to scroll right and left in order to read a comment thread.

I WISH, dude.  let me work on it.  I’m not sure if David agrees, but I think you have to funnel any VML tech questions through me, right?  That’s my big ol’ contribution, I think.  That, and getting David all liquored up and distracting him with tight shirts while you guys put a few rounds on his tab?

I miss blogging?  No, not really.

Do I sometimes feel compelled to rant around the world at the rampant stupidity I see?  Sure.  But then I think a beer sounds better and all is right with the world.

But I will make the party.  I have some charity walk/run thing downtown that morning, so I might just spend the day out and about (I promise to probably shower before the party too).

I think I’ll owe you an entire fifth pretty soon.

And, I actually am uncertain about making it to this one. Which I never thought I’d read myself writing, but there it is.

Not sure if we’ll be in town or not.

Not looking financially possible at the moment, unfortunately. Still, lightning may strike.

Zomby, can I put and paste this post for my site, due to my total inability to summon anything resembling a creative juice this morning?

Jed mentioned Boomershoot, which I wouldn’t mind attending sometime. It’s not Boomershoot, but how about Blow Up The World, which is a day at the range and BBQ to which you hoplistically inclined bloggers are invited. It requires you bring pretty much everything: Guns (of course), food, ammo (of course) water, ammo, shade, ammo, targets (no junk, paper, milk jugs, clays, no glass, MUST clean up after), ammo, etc. If you don’t have a gun, and would like to try one, bring some ammo in the more popular calibers: .22, .38, .357, 9x19, 45ACP, .223, 7.62x39, 7.62x51 NATO, .308, 30-30, 12 ga.

This will be held June 21 from 9 to 3 or whenever we run out of ammo.

BP cannons and reactive targets have been known to be there too.

$5 parking.

RSVP my blog

You know my standard answer for any blogger bash: Defintely maybe. You know I have no control over my own schedule.

Billllll, my liberal little lefty brain just imploded.  That said, i kinda want to go.

Jed notes my ungrammatical parsing in the above comment.
“paper, milk jugs, or clays are OK; no junk or glass” is how it should have read.
Yes, Melons, or any kind of fruits or veggies, are OK.

Mr. Lady: If you’re not a shooter, the first few boxes of .22 are free, as will be the advice on which guns you should buy with your stimulus check.

Sadly, Mr. Lady resides in the western reaches of The Great White North—yes, Canuckistania. Therefore, she has to get her stimulus some other way.

But I’d like to watch her shoot an MP5.

Billllll, I am SUCH a non-shooter.  But I’d totally come if I could.  I could teach you about tree-huggin’ and you could teach me what the hell a 22 is.

Jed, how many people have to promise to buy you a round to get you to come? I’m sure David will buy you a round. Billll probably willll because you’re a fellow hoplophile. I’ll buy you two just so I can bum some smokes from you. Anybody else want to step up?

Oh, yeah, I’ll be there. I might even do the ViewMyLife thing if the stupid Flash file finished loading while I was writing this comment.

OK, now I’m totally confused.

I did the ViewMyLife thing (ignoring most of the fields per Billll and Off Colfax) and requested to join the group. It made a noise. Not sure if it was an “approved” noise, or a “pending” noise, or a “please go away” noise.

Then I noticed the “bash image button2.jpg” displayed top center, and I thought, “Cool, I’ll save the image and use it in my upcoming RMBB post.” Oops. Right-clicking the graphic produced 3 context menu choices: Print, Settings, and About Adobe Flash Player 9. So I can’t save the graphic??

Then I noticed that the graphic had the date 07-07-08. This post says the bash is on “7 June 2008.” Which is 06-07-08. Or, if you’re European, 07-06-08.

And Mr. Lady keeps referring to August. Which would be 08-07-08. Or maybe 07-08-08.

So when is this bash, really? And how do I get a cool button/graphic to post on my site to dazzle my millions of visitors?

Richard, you’ve just encountered one reason why flash-only websites are bad.

Anyways, there are 2 bashes coming up. The one on June 7th, 2008, even though it says 2007 up above, and the one in August.

Thanks for the drink offer. I will probably not decide until the day of, and it’ll depend on my mood at the time.

Um, the button says the wrong date because Mr Lady is a moron.  I’ll fix it and send you the Photobucket link.

Here’s the Photobucket code.  http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k9/shanbrentris/RockyMountainBloggersdoitAMileHigh.jpg
Cut, paste.

That didn’t really work very well, did it?  You can steal it off my blog or email me (hey mrlady[at]gmail[dot]com) and I’ll send you the direct link.

Jed, I didn’t notice that the date said 2007. And I’d completely forgotten the ill-considered proposal to visit a Denver drinking establishment during the Democratic Convention. I’ll be inclined to follow a more prudent course: lay in a week’s supplies and extra ammo (in case civil order breaks down completely), hunker down, and watch the chaos play out on the tube. At my age, it’s best to avoid exposure to tear gas.

As for Flash, it’s good for some things, bad for others, becoming overused, and—for some of us, at least—way too prone to crash Firefox. I’ve installed an extension called Flashblock that replaces Flash objects with a button. You can click the button to see the Flash you want to see, putting you back in control.

Mr. Lady, the link you posted worked fine for me, and I’ve downloaded the image. Thanks! Now I just have to get around to posting something.

But the image still says June 8th.

I hear you, re. heading downtown during the DNC. There’s some appeal, particularly for a Blogger Bash which, it is hoped, will be a major shindig. I of course, have a particular reason for attending in August.

As for Flash, the principle I espouse is to do everything with HTML if you can. Save the JavaScript and Flash for things that can’t be done with HTML. That ensures the greatest possible browser compatibility, especially considering assistive technologies, such as screen readers for the blind, and text-mode browsers such as Lynx.

But the image still says June 8th.
Nope. It says “7 June 08”—day, month, year. Very European. And really more logical than month, day, year.

I’ll be there.....if the wife lets me that is.....

Jed, you know you’re coming in August.  I promised to sit in your lap.  You KNOW you’ll be there.  And yeah, sorry, I was taught to write dates 7 june 08.  I can’t quit it.  Do you guys want me to edit it?  I can if I’m thinking about it.

I enjoyed the last RMBB, and would like to engage in some shameless promotion of my current “Bloodthirsty Warmonger” blog.

Not that anyone but Andy even bothered to tell me until just now, but I’ll be there Saturday.

Melissa can’t make it, so, you know, hide your wimmins.

I think it’s a plot on the part of ZombyBoy to drive traffic. If the way to find out about ‘em is to read RS, then people will check the site more frequently.

He’s devious that way, ya know?

Sorry, but I can’t make it for June. But I am definitely interested for DNC time. Anything to hang with Mr. Lady again.

And! The Denver mommy/girlie posse is also interested in an August gathering. If you want all us chicks around, that is.

The possibles include:
http://mothergoosemouse.com/
http://shoesandpie.com/
http://inherentpassion.com/
http://www.imaginarybinky.com/

Yes, we needs us more wimmins at the Bashes.

Particularly if they’re of the sort that will sit on my lap, instead of Zombyboy’s.

"Particularly if they’re of the sort that will sit on my lap, instead of Zombyboy’s.”

Dude, we’re on a budget.

Score one for Andy.

Hey, it’s not like I’m asking for an Ashley Dupre (and I wouldn’t hit her with your ... uh, tallywhacker, not even for money).

OK, Andy, I’ll be there (Missus in tow).

I’m not a blogger, just a reader of blogs. Can I come?

Everybody can come.  That’s why it’s called a bash.

I might make it depending on work schedules tonight.

Well, if STEPHEN’S coming, I best be getting with the walking, huh?