So I’m new to this whole dopefest thing. How will I recognize you? Will you all be in fedoras and trenchcoats, newspapers discreetly folded to show the Straight Dope column? Will it be obvious, the party of nerdy-looking folks trying to conceal a goat and / or squid from the waitstaff? Should I wander from table to table and ask, “I was wondering how to render please pass the bacon salt in Latin”?
While any or all of those should work (particularly looking for squid) usually you just ask for the Cecil Adams party.
I usually end up wearing a kitty hat, so you can look for the cat ears too.
:smack: Of course! How did I not know this?
OK, I’m heading out! I’ll be making a quick stop in town first, and I can be reached by email all along the way, just in case. Asimovian has my phone number, as well. See you all there!
Beats hands against monitor
But I wanna come! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
Not fair, stupid people having fun eight time zones away from me…
I’m headed out the door. We have to take a detour due to the fires so hopefully I’m not late!
About to start hoofing. See you there!
And I just got a call from Rick, asking when I was going to arrive.
When I said 6-7 hours, he told me you all couldn’t wait that long.
Sorry I missed it, SoCalDopers. It’s rough living 400 miles away. Hope you enjoyed it. I look forward to the pictures.
I want to thank everyone who turned out…a really good crowd despite the long drives for some and the problematic commute due to the fires. You all are dedicated!
Unfortunately, thanks to revelations about chicken-on-waffle porn, Shayna’s newly revealed and well-earned ambassadorship, Queen Bruin’s “beer” runs and Dr. Drake’s ignorance being fought in ways previously unimagined, I will never be able to look at Roscoe’s the same again. Ever.
You guys rock. 
P.S. – Rico, at the rate we went, you probably could have made it. I was almost ready for a second dinner by the time we finally filed out of there.
And a great time was had by all! Thanks for arranging it Asimovian!
Ambassadorship?
Did anyone make a pirate ship?
A fantastic fest, as always. Lots of familiar faces and some new ones (to me) as well! Hope we can all get together again soon!
No, Johnny, but your name did come up in relation to the next Dopefest. Muahahaha. 
Not very many pics on my end, but the ones I took that came out can be found here, here and here.
Was a blast guys. Thanks again Asimovian for setting it up!
‘The only thing worse in the world than being talked about is not being talked about.’ 
There needs to be a mega-Dopefest in Vancouver, BC. (Seattle is three times farther from me, but I go there three days a week.)
I’ll be there in May…
Aww, but I wanted to make a pirate ship! 
Sorry I had to leave early, but it was either that or miss the last Green Line train. I had fun though. It was nice seeing you guys again, and meeting some of you for the first time.
I was laughing hysterically at what the chicken was doing to the waffle (seriously, look at them!), and what you can’t see behind Paladud’s head is that Yeticus Rex is fingering the chicken.
Thanks for the pics! And thanks for suffering through probably the longest trek of anyone to attend, although there were several contenders for that prize. Good to finally meet you!