Sat
Sep 30 2006
11:00 pm
By: CathyMcCaughan
Thank you Rich! Unless the conversation turned sour after I left, I think everyone had a very nice evening.
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I'll second that
I'll second that emotion.
Thanks, Rich. It was fun!
Yeah, nice to see everyone,
Yeah, nice to see everyone, and meet some new folks in person.
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Which Flickr pic is that scoundral SKB? I can't tell without the Vols hat and sun glasses! Damnit! We need more names!
We should do that more
We should do that more often, and next time I'll try to get there before people start leaving.
:-)
scoundrel?
The only scoundrel there was the baby.
Asleep at the blog