Any day in March or April is fine with me, I think.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

I'm basically on an island with 0 free time between April first and November.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

I could work with the weekend of March 15-17, but it sounds like kaufman can't. April 26-28 is out for me now. There's a slight chance that that will change within the next few days, but probably not. March 8-10 is still out for me too. Any other weekend in March, April or even May should be fine for me, but the sooner we can get a date nailed down, the better.

Wirthling's suggestions for where to go sound like good ones. I don't know this area as well as I ought to, so I can't really offer ideas. Unless you want to go into DC and see some national monuments. We could spray paint "TOBOR CORNHOLED ABE" on the Lincoln Memorial.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

So how does the 22nd look for you mooks?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

It's good for me.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Friday nights are bad for me. I work evenings. I could take the day off, however, if it turns out that 3/22 is what works best for everyone else...

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Then we'll all meet at your house Saturday morning for cartoons and Cheerios.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

I'm working the night of the 22nd. Should be free the 23rd.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

You work-at-night bastards. Ok, how about the 23rd? How are people situated during the day? Wirthling mentioned a Dave & Buster's. There's one here. It's a big ass building with a couple of bars, a restaurant, an assload of pool tables and an even bigger assload of really sweet video games. The kind that are 2, 4 or 8 player and that cost a buck or two to play. You can get in if you're underage as long as you have a chaperone around 26 or so, and there are enough of us old people to go around.

If you don't waste a lot of money on games it isn't too pricey, and there's a fair amount of stuff to do.

If people aren't up for that we could do other stuff. If we can do stuff during the day instead of just at night there's probably more options open, like going to the Smithsonian and trying to steal Archie Bunker's chair.

So, thoughts about Saturday the 23rd during the day/evening?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

That date works for me. I've been to the Dave & Buster's in Austin.... very cool place. I could catch a morning flight and be in Baltimore around noon.

Actually, that begs the question... where should we fly into? BWI? DCA?

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

[quote]That date works for me. I've been to the Dave & Buster's in Austin.... very cool place. I could catch a morning flight and be in Baltimore around noon.

Actually, that begs the question... where should we fly into? BWI? DCA?[/quote]Depends where you're overnighting.

IIRC, Wirthling's in Columbia which is most convenient to BWI. The Dave and Buster's is at White Flint, which is probably most convenient to DCA -- plus, National's got a Metro station, and D&B's is maybe a 10 minute walk from the White Flint stop.

If money is an issue, going via BWI's usually around $100 cheaper.

I live roughly equidistant from all three area airports, so I patronize them all.

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[quote][quote]That date works for me. I've been to the Dave & Buster's in Austin.... very cool place. I could catch a morning flight and be in Baltimore around noon.

Actually, that begs the question... where should we fly into? BWI? DCA?[/quote]Depends where you're overnighting.

IIRC, Wirthling's in Columbia which is most convenient to BWI. The Dave and Buster's is at White Flint, which is probably most convenient to DCA -- plus, National's got a Metro station, and D&B's is maybe a 10 minute walk from the White Flint stop.

If money is an issue, going via BWI's usually around $100 cheaper.

I live roughly equidistant from all three area airports, so I patronize them all.[/quote]

Actually, I live in Odenton now, which is 5-10 minutes from BWI.

Personally, I DESPISE Reagan National. It's a crappy little airport in a crappy part of DC. As kaufman pointed out, however, it does have the Metro stop.

If you want to fly into BWI and don't want to rent a car, I could come pick you up.

If you want to fly into Dulles, you're on your own.

As for day or night on 3/23, either or both is fine with me.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

The 23rd is fine for me too... anytime Friday - Sunday during any of my free weekends should be okay.

I'd have to recommend BWI too, unless you're taking the Metro. It's a better airport, and they're likely to be slightly less paranoid about security. Also, I've driven around and through Reagan in circles just trying to figure out how to leave the damn place.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

Since 9/11 we have tried to avoid DCA, anyway, so that is fine with me.

Any recommendations on lodging?

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...Trot and Cap'n Bill were free from anxiety and care. Button-Bright never worried about anything. The Scarecrow, not being able to sleep, looked out of the window and tried to count the stars.

I have never stayed at a hotel around here, but there are several near BWI. They should be fairly new and nice, as far as I know. I have stayed at and enjoyed Holiday Inn Express hotels in various places, though. I think their prices are probably better than Marriott or Sheraton.

The Wirthling Inn has digital cable, the complete set of Monty Python episodes on DVD, and a high-grade espresso machine, but it does not have room service. It also has three cats and two smokers, so those with sensitivities to such things may find the accommodations less amenable. The rates are very affordable, provided you don't think suprise sodomy is too high a price.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

As long as I get a couple of mints on my pillow I could deal with it.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Gabe, I don't remember if I already asked this or if you already mentioned something about it, but is Sarah coming with you on your trip?

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

No, not this time. So no wife swapping.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

[Click to view comic: 'Hospitality']

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

My wife would love to quiz Sarah about medical school. Maybe next time...

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

What is the going exchange rate for a wife? Can you swap for something cool like an X-box?

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When they invent BookFace, I'm -there-.

Senor boorite clued me in as to his availability and apparently he'll be flying out on the 22nd so he's going to miss things if we keep this date.

So let's open up this can of worms again. We've pretty much scrapped all of March. If we look at April when people have time available, I see either the 13th/14th or the 20th/21st. (Both Friday/Saturday).

How do these dates look?

I hope fuzzy didn't already order a ticket, or else it would suck. If so, we should probably keep the first date.

Planning things is a giant pain in the patootie.

Also, who's serious about coming to this? I assume that if possible kaufman, wirthling, boorite and evil_d will show up. I'll be driving through, and it looks as though fuzzy will try to fly down. Bunner might drive but if we change the dates it'll probably conflict with his work schedule.

Maybe we could care some sort of temporal rift that'd let us all meet outside the bounds of normal space/time.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

As I said earlier, April 20-21 is no go for me. The week before might work.

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As long as this doesn't end up getting pushed back to late June, any Saturday works for me. If a Friday works out better for others, I'll get the day off work.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

It would suck if bunner couldn't make it. Did we already rule out every other weekend in March?

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."