I don't know if a thread like this has been started yet, but I'd like to send a giant THANK YOU to JtC and the other admins/moderators/monkey crew for keeping the lights bright, the doors open, and the bar stocked through last night!

Just wanted to drop a quick reminder and invitation to the membership

Tomorrow at Noon, at the "Lucky Lab" in Portland

915 SE HAWTHORNE BLVD. PORTLAND, OR 97214

We're probably going to be meeting at the back patio again, unless it gets insanely hot, in which case I'll be standing on the back patio and directing folks inside.

We had a real blast with about 10 folks last time, and I look forward to seeing everybody again!

Mentioned this in the Open Thread, but I don't think anybody read it, so...

Meetup. It's post convention, last one was a blast and we need a nice place to vent. Lucky Lab was a blast last time, and it's nice and convenient for me, so I'm nominating it as the location once again.

I never really had TOP withdrawal, and I've never looked back there. This site has filled part of the void and served parts of their function for me - most importantly as an occasional outlet for writing about (mostly political) stuff bouncing around in my head, but more generally a place to find common ground with fellow travelers, even though we may disagree on details. Whether I'm writing and participating in discussions, or just reading, I like the level of the discourse.

I'm running this a second time in case folks missed it over the holiday weekend.

Hey folks, Mark from Queens and I have been discussing a possible C99 meetup at the Philly convention, thinking that a lot of C99ers might be attending.

If you are going to Philly and are interested in a C99 meetup, please use the comment section to discuss when you'll be there and when would be convenient for all of us to meet.

Hey folks, Mark from Queens and I have been discussing a possible C99 meetup at the Philly convention, thinking that a lot of C99ers might be attending.

If you are going to Philly and are interested in a C99 meetup, please use the comment section to discuss when you'll be there and when would be convenient for all of us to meet.

The close-minded,jaw-dripping posts of a very few pretty much told me that this place is not for me.
The idea that Warren deliberately dissed folks, by USING THE BACK DOOR, to enter a meeting with constituents is inane and absolutely wrong.

We just had a remarkably childish, mean-spirited troll "diary" posted, since we all know from under which bridge the troll scuttled out from.

I clicked on it, thinking someone was being snarky or funny, but nope, just a troll wanting to display for us all the reasons why there will be no unity.

I started to comment "yawn..." but then thought - why bother? Honestly, who gives a shit?

Was a beautiful day in Portland today. (Apologies for the small photo size. My camera takes HUGE pictures, and the compression tool I have kinda sucks...)

Hey folks, this one's going to be fairly quick and fun. I've been talking with Portland area folks about a meet up for a while, and I think it's time that we finally took the steps to actually start organizing one.