I propose another Stripcreator fest, this one in the Baltimore/D.C. metro area. To the best of my knowledge, this includes kaufman, wirthling, boorite and evil_d. As well as anyone else that might be able to show up.

I'm planning on taking a week off to head down to North Carolina to see my sister and I was going to swing through the area and visit with boorite for at least a day. I figure if two of us are there, we might as well try for everyone else.

I'd like to get some idea of if the rest of you are interested in at least hanging out some evening and swilling back a few cold ones. If so, it would help to know generalities of when you guys have free time. Right now my schedule is pretty free, and even if I can't make it during this trip, I might just hop on a plane and jet over for the weekend. (Considering that flights stay in the $100 range where they are now.)

But it would help to know when you are free so as to make this as smooth as possible. If nothing else we can just go egg wirthling's house and leave a bag of flaming poop on his doorstep.

Post here if you'd like, or email me.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

When? I'm really busy for the next couple of weeks with EMT stuff, but I should have some free time after that.

I can't wait to kick you in the nuts.

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

Who knows? It's a busy time coming up, but I might be good for some Saturday.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

Wow. No wonder Amtrak is having troubles. I checked the price of an Acela ticket from New Haven to D.C... $285. They list that as Business Class; either that's all the have on Acela, or that is all that was available.

Meanwhile, I can get a ticket from Hartford to D.C. on Continental for $115.

I'd be interested, sort of depends on when.

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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 wish i had a car.

and money.

If only I were old enough to drink. I can take off work whenever I want, snd I get paid plenty to fly out, problem is, you guys like to meet at bars. Maybe in 2005. *sigh*

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Hey Gabe,

First you want our baby pictures, which
mysteriously disappear without a trace...
then you want to know when each of us
has free time... hmmm...
I haven't figured out the connection yet,
but there must be one somewhere...

: )

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Just strip yer palooza when you get into space needle country, Bucko!

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

come november ill be able to smoke and stuff...

my music teacher has been going through this big thing quiting smoking. every time i see him its like, dude, ive been X weeks + 1 since i stopped! he goes off the patch soon.

anyway, the joys of aging include being able to smoke, drink, drive, and buy guns. And then theres the age of consent, but thats another story.

ah what does it matter, ive still got 5 years or more of school left.

Then again, who'd want to wind up with a body like Whitney Houston after all that?

Exactly what are you implying?

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

I read that, thought a minute, then said "Ooooh".

I am Canadian! I can (legally) drink when I'm 18! You gotta wait til' you are 21! Wheeeee!

Just to let you guys know, I do this on accident.

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Even I will be able to drink (legally) in 2005!

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I am not 16 going on not 17, I know that I'm naive.

You should all come to Scotland, they INSIST you come into the pubs, you can buy beer under bridges.

*imagines Bazilla, Nate and joshw all wandering around the outskirts of Glasgow, cold, lost and alone*

you should DEFINITELY come to to Scotland!

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Dad was flammable

You are old enough to drink. At least I sure was when I was 17 (of course those were the enlightened days when 18 was legal).

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com

Yeah, but at the current exchange rate, you're only ten and a half.

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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.

Well, actually, I was born on February 29, so i would be like, -2 or something.

It's colder in Canada right now, so I'd be thrilled to have a balmy -10 C* day.

I've been to Glasgow, visiting relatives. I forget who it was though.

I wouldn't be alone, because you said Bazilla and jerymnmnmnynmynnate would be out there too.

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I'd consider that alone.

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Dad was flammable

I'd consider that alone.

You've got a good point there Kajun.

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I am not 16 going on not 17, I know that I'm naive.

Antisocial though I may be, I don't see how I could pass up the chance to hang out with such stripping luminaries. Not to mention the chance to witness the historic first face-to-face meeting of wirthling and Gabe.

Weekends are good. The weekend of March 9-10 is bad. I guess the following weekend is too... I should find out whether my family expects me to visit for St. Patrick's Day. Other than that, I don't have any concrete plans before about May.

I'm over 21, but I don't actually drink alcohol, so anywhere we go is all the same to me as long as I can get a Coke. If there are underage people interested in attending, it would be cool if we went somewhere that will at least let them in the door.

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

March 24-30 is out for me.

I know a great place in Arbutus called "Shuffles' Saloon." It's a cinderblock basement across from the railroad tracks. All the machinists and plumbers and truck drivers drink there. There's a 24-hour porn emporium right next door.

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What others say about boorite!

I'm in the Atlanta area, so I could conceivably just scoot on up the coast...if you wouldn't mind me tagging along. I am of age, and I do drink, but I do agree with evil_d...it should be somewhere that everyone can get in. Any weekend is good for me.

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If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all. D'OH!

I'm specifically busy from now up through Feb 23. After that, I think my calendar's clear until June.

I'm not quite social, either, so we probably wouldn't want me to make arrangements unless you all think hanging out in my living room watching me play Grand Theft Auto 3 is a good time. I do have a couple of recommendations, though.

There are two places I can think of that would allow underage folks in and provide entertainment while allowing us alkies to drink if we want. There's Dave & Buster's in White Flint (Bethesda), which is near DC and offers bar/restaurant/game room. I haven't been there, but I hear they have cool virtual reality games and good food. Jillian's, located at Arundel Mills mall (Hanover, MD, very near BWI airport), is similar to Dave & Buster's (booze/food/games) but also includes a bowling alley. Both places have pool tables. It would probably be a good idea to get to either place early, as they are enormously popular and get crowded on weekend nights.

Plus, Jillian's or Dave & Buster's would be good places to take boorite so we can hear him rant about vapid American materialistic soullessness.

If it turns out that everyone coming is 21, I don't mind going to a bar, but I'm not sure I want to go to a Teamster's hangout. I do like dives, but that sounds a bit divier than I'd like. I also wouldn't want to go to a dance club where you can't hear anybody talk. Other than those preferences, I'm open to going anywhere.

Just let me know where and when we're meeting and I'll be there with bells on. And maybe pants, too.

I have a spare bedroom and sleeper sofa in my house, so I can put a couple people up if necessary, as well.

By the way, as far as I'm concerned, anyone is welcome who wants to come. Just stay away from my bitch.

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

When you get a specific day agreed to, lemme know.

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

Ok. I've nailed down a couple of tentative dates. Ideally this should happen on a weekend, and it needs to be the one at the end of my trip 'cause it's a lot shorter to shoot home from DC instead of SC.

My thoughts were either the 15th or the 22nd of March. I know at least evil_d wasn't so hot on the 15th, and I know boorite's skipping town on the 24th and he might need to pack. So those dates might be sucky for y'all.

If not those, then we might have to bump it ahead a month or so into late April.

Thoughts?

PS - I got dibs on wirthing's spare bedroom. It'll be a lot easier to set the house on fire if I can get the accelerants inside.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

March 15th is bad for me; the 22nd has possibilities. And I'll be out of the area the third weekend of April.

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ken.kaufman@gmail.com