The first Dopers I have ever met IRL, and boy do I feel like the luckiest man on the planet right now. Li’l Ed Zotti also joined us just to make my day. (No, that was not the reason he joined us, it was the result.)
True to their reputations Li’l Edreally is little. (Well, compared to me, but then, most people are) Dr. Matrixreally is a doctor. (What’s a ‘digital’?) Cajun manreally is from Louisiana (I Ga-ron-tee. I Ga-ron-tee that he has exactly NO Louisiana accent after living in New York)
Also, Dr. Matrix, true to Moderator Legend, simply exudes raw sexuality. This heterosexual man wanted to have his children.
We laughed, we cried, we giggled like schoolgirls. (okay, that was just me)
All in all today ranks as one of my best this year.
Many thanks to Spider Woman for letting me know they would be coming through the biggest little city in the Midwest.
One last thing; Zotti picked up the lunch check using a diamond-platinum-titanium American Express Card, proceeded to tip the waitron about $250.00, and further proceeded to tip each of the people carrying his throne-chair enough to have cheese with their bread and water allotment for the day. Thanks Ed.
and the train was right on time. I hadn’t seen a passenger train that close in years, and it was exciting to see the semaphores light up and know that their train would be rolling in within seconds.
They’re really safely here, and sleeping right now (as I should be, but I promised imthjckaz’s youngest son that I would bring our 22 pound cat to his school today since I have the day off).
I was so excited. My entire fan club showed up to meet us at the train station in Chicago. OK, the only member of my fan club is Frumious Bandersnatch. But hey, do you have a fan club?
It was a pleasure meeting Ed Zotti. We were also joined by an old friend of ours who turned out to be an older friend of Ed’s.
When we got back to the station, the train was already boarding. It was close, but we made it.
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